What py-opportunities in Old Europe?

[Peter Hansen]

MyPy wrote:
> 
> Thanks everybody for your opinions and suggestions.
> Apparently the Python market is not that rosy but there should be room
> for improvement. Let's hope...

Some comments hinted at the more useful attitude: don't go looking
for "Python work".  Just look for work, and hope that there are times
in which you can make use of Python.

If you do the former, you'll be a person with a hammer walking around
looking for nails to drive.  You'll spend more time looking than
hammering.

If you do the latter, you're a person with a toolbox containing many
tools, including a hammer, and when you see a nail you pull out your 
trusty hammer and hit the dang thing.  Of course, when you see 
something that looks a lot like a nail, hey, the hammer's already right 
there on top of the toolbox, so you might as well grab it.

Note: many screws look like nails.  So do some staples, and the 
odd piece of plumbing.  Be creative: many things are amenable to 
proper hammer use even if they don't look much like nails at all.

;-)

(Seriously, it's much better in a consultancy to have a wide range
of tools and techniques, and learn to apply the most suitable one
for the task.  There's nothing wrong with favouring one -- after all,
you get much better using that hammer than the strange red Robertson
screwdriver that will work only in Canada -- but you will be better
off if you don't restrict yourself just to "Python work".)

-Peter