On Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at 3:37:56 PM UTC-7, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: > pta...@gmail.com: > > > New to Python and have been at it for about a month now. I'm doing > > well and like it very much. Considering a career change down the road > > and have been wondering... What are the job prospects for a middle age > > entry level programmer. Just trying to get a better understanding > > where I stand career wise. Appreciate all feed back. Thanks! > > Different employers hire differently. I have hired several people for my > employer, and age has never been a concern. Python is also an important > tool where I work. > > However, the problem in our field is that you have to be quite good to > be truly useful. Unfortunately, it seems that only a minority with a > formal degree are good enough. On the other hand, I work with some great > software developers who don't have a degree at all. > > One good way to become a good developer and also test oneself is to pick > a free software project online a become a contributor. Your commit log > entries on GitHub advertise you much better than any pretty-printed > résumé. > > > Marko
Marko, Thanks, appreciate your input. I'll check out Github and follow your suggestions. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
