Guido van Rossum wrote: > I keep getting regular requests from people looking for Python coders > (and this is in addition to Google asking me to hand over my contacts > :-) . This is good news because it suggests Python is on the uptake > (always good to know). At the same time it is disturbing because > apparently there aren't enough Python programmers out there. (At least > none of them looking for work.) What's up with that?
I know at least one Python developer who is looking for a Python job - me. :] The problem may be related to the fact that Python is rarely teached at school or university. I know no school or university in Germany that is teaching Python. It's mostly Pascal, Basic or C derivates at school and C/C++, Java or nowadays C# at university. Some courses of studies even teach PHP or Flash! On the other hand Python is gaining big momentum in science. A friend of mine who works at CERN once told me that they use Python as a glue and front end language for their problems. less teaching + growing demand = lack of available developers > I wonder if we should start maintaining a list of Python developers > for hire somewhere on python.org, beyond the existing Jobs page. Is > anyone interested in organizing this? There is definitely an interest in having a list of available developers. What would it take to organize a list? How do we avoid to create yet another XING (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XING), LinkedIn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinkedIn) or SourceForge Marketplace clone? Could we collaborate with one or multiple major players in the job market? Christian _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
