[python-advocacy] LinkedIn Python Developers?

[Grig Gheorghiu]

A LinkedIn Group is a very good idea I think. Didn't know about it.
Maybe Tennessee can start a Python group, since he had the idea in the
first place.

Grig

--- Alvin Wang <alvinwang at gmail.com> wrote:

> I would link to one person that allows people to see their contacts
> but I
> would not want people to madly invite me.  By adding strangers to
> your list,
> you encourage spam mail from other people that want to connect to
> strangers.  The proper way to do use LinkedIn for this is to create a
> LinkedIn Group.
> 
> http://www.linkedin.com/static?key=groups_faq
> 
> That way all members of the group will have a nice python Foundation
> logo at
> the bottom.  We can search each others contacts.  It is easier since
> you
> don't need to invite potentially hundreds of people.  It is also
> FREE.
> 
> Alvin
> 
> On 1/23/07, Grig Gheorghiu <grig at gheorghiu.net> wrote:
> >
> > I created a Wiki page with the names of the people who contacted me
> so
> > far on LinkedIn:
> >
> > http://wiki.python.org/moin/LinkedInPythonNetwork
> >
> > Feel free to add your name so that people can start sending you
> > LinkedIn invitation.
> >
> > Let the meshing begin :-)
> >
> > Grig
> >
> > --- Tennessee Leeuwenburg <tennessee at tennessee.id.au> wrote:
> >
> > > I had a thought...
> > >
> > > One way to help spread Python would be to have a strong presence
> of
> > > Python
> > > developers in various online networks. One that springs to mind
> is
> > > LinkedIn,
> > > a job related social networking site.
> > >
> > > If we could encourage Python developers to start adding eachother
> to
> > > their
> > > LinkedIn network, then we shoud be able to create a
> well-connected
> > > developer
> > > network with business and industry contacts. This should benefit
> > > everyone --
> > > both people looking for Python developers, and also people
> looking
> > > for work.
> > >
> > > Comments?
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > -T
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> 
> -- 
> Alvin Wang
>