[Inpycon] Necessity of foreign delegates. Was Re: Notes from InPyCon planning meeting of local Pune Team

[Baishampayan Ghose]

On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Ramdas S <ramdaz at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm personally frustrated that my company have not been able to hire any
> Python programmers of less than 1 year experience, that we are actively
> thinking of going back to PHP, since we have work and we need people to
> execute. What is IPSS doing about it? Mind you, this is not just my opinion,
> several other entrepreneurs whom I personally know have been reluctant to
> switch projects to Python for the same reason.

What is your company doing about this? I don't think it's in IPSS'
direct agenda to generate employable Python programmers for companies
-- it's for the educational institutes and companies to do. IPSS can
only provide a platform for practicing Python programmers and people
who want to learn Python in the form of PyCon India and various
workshops.

After all, what can IPSS do if Indian colleges only teach Java, C/C++,
VB, etc. in their courses? Students don't learn Python because they
think there are no jobs and companies don't use Python because "they
think" there are no Python programmers in the country.

Companies should just hire bright programmers and train them in
Python. They can't rely on a non-profit organisation to do that for
them.

Regards,
BG

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Baishampayan Ghose
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