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[Madison] PyCon 2013 is under way! Now accepting proposals
by Brian Curtin July 31, 2012

July 31, 2012

It was only a few months ago when we wrapped up the hugely successful PyCon 2012, and we started working on the 2013 conference right away. PyCon 2013 will again be in Santa Clara, California, with tutorials kicking off March 13, the conference March 15, and sprints beginning March 18. Along with our site release at https://us.pycon.org/2013/, we opened our Call for Proposals a month earlier than last year at https://us.pycon.org/2013/speaking/cfp/. We're looking to you, the community, to help us make PyCon 2013 even better. We're accepting proposals through September 28, hoping to break last year's record of 519 talk, tutorial, and poster proposals. We're looking for all types of presentations from all types of people. If you've got a topic to share, we hope you'll submit a proposal. Create an account at https://us.pycon.org/2013/account/signup/, and fill in your speaker profile and submit away! With another record submission period expected, we're also rounding up volunteers for our Program Committee, the team tasked with evaluating the proposals and coming up with the conference schedule. If you're interested in volunteering, join the PyCon Program Committee mailing list and introduce yourself at http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-pc. Without sponsors, PyCon wouldn't be possible. They're what keep the conference prices low and values high, and we share the same deal with our sponsorship packages. Especially after you factor in the price of tickets that all packages include, we think our sponsorship packages are second to none. We even have a 50% discount for small businesses! Check out https://us.pycon.org/2013/sponsors/whysponsor/ for more info. We've also made changes in how we're doing ticketing, specifically for early bird rates. We even cut our student ticket prices in half, starting at $100! We'll announce more details as we get closer, but know that ticket sales will be opening up in the fall. Be sure to plan accordingly because we anticipate another quick sell out! Be sure to follow us at http://pycon.blogspot.com/ and https://twitter.com/pycon! Jesse Noller - Chairman - jnoller(a)python.org Brian Curtin - Publicity Coordinator - brian(a)python.org

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[Madison] Python Web Developer JOB POSTING Inquiry
by Joelene Whittaker July 27, 2012

July 27, 2012

Dear Madison Python Users' Group, My name is Joelene Whittaker. I'm a recruiter with Talent Partners & IT Services. We have an opening for a Python Web Developer with one of the largest online home and retail lenders. Do you disseminate Career Opportunities to your members? If so, I'd like to have this position sent out to them or posted on your website. The position is based in Charlotte, NC or Detroit, MI. Below is a detailed write up that you can post. I really appreciate your assistance. Python Web Developer w/National Leader Online Home & Retail Lending Location: Detroit, MI or Charlotte, NC Employment Type: Full Time Compensation: $70,000 - $75,000 + Bonus of up to 20% TO APPLY: Send resume to Jwhittaker(a)talentpartnersinc.com (www.talentpartnersinc.com) Advance your career as a Python Web Developer by joining a recognized National Leader in online home and retail lending. Our client operates multiple web centers throughout the U.S. and a centralized loan processing facility. The company has received recognition for outstanding customer satisfaction among all home mortgage lenders in the U.S. and has been ranked as one of the "100 Best Companies to Work For" across multiple years. The Python Web Developer will primarily be responsible for building quality, testable code in an iterative environment as well as ongoing maintenance and improvement of existing code. Will work on a project by project basis with every level of the team. The incumbent must have at least 2 years of professional experience building python applications for embedded or web-based projects. An established portfolio of work and/or code samples is required. Relocation is mandatory with assistance available. Duties and Responsibilities: - Deliver accurate estimates, provide regular feedback and consistently meet project deadlines. - Quickly understand requirements and build out initial code with tests. - Take existing code and modify as required. - Participate in Design and Code Reviews. - Understand and help enhance the existing development processes. - Basic Server Administration tasks. Qualifications: - Applied experience in a team environment using Python. - Solid understanding of supporting libraries (PIL, PyMongo, Python-MySQL, etc). - Solid understanding of supporting tools (GIT, FTP, vi, etc). - Collaborative development experience; Able to explain complex ideas and concepts to non-technical team members. - Superb attention to detail. - Must welcome and embrace challenges, focusing on coming up with solutions and options to solve these challenges. - Team-oriented experience highly desired. - Excellent oral and written communication skills regardless of audience. Pluses: - Experience with Pylons. - Photoshop and/or design experience. - Amazon Web Services experience. - Unix administration experience. Regards, Talent Partners Joelene Whittaker Senior Recruiter www.talentpartnersinc.com (208) 939-9942 Jwhittaker(a)TalentPartnersinc.com Regards, Talent Partners Joelene Whittaker Senior Recruiter www.talentpartnersinc.com (208) 939-9942 Jwhittaker(a)TalentPartnersinc.com

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