Where do they tech Python officialy ?

[Alex Popescu]

aleax at mac.com (Alex Martelli) wrote in news:1i26u6o.pthuan2j7nufN%
aleax at mac.com:

> Alex Popescu <nospam.themindstorm at gmail.com> wrote:
>    ...
>> Have you seen/heard of Jim lately? Cause I haven't. By the time he 
was
>> the lead of the AspectJ team his charismatic presence was everywhere 
(at
>> least around that project).
> 
> He wasn't at OSCON this year, but I hope to see him at Pycon next 
year.
> I don't see this as a deep dark M$ plot to kidnap and hide the best 
and
> brightest Open Sourcers, because I know what it means to get a 
wonderful
> challenging new job and pour all you have into it (I've had to skip a
> couple Pycons, myself, though I hope to be back next year).
> 

I wasn't trying to imply that (maybe just as a joke ;-)). It was more a 
personal curiosity.

> 
>> However I do agree with you. The only remark is that US trends are 
not
>> hitting my part of Eu so quickly ;-) (things are indeed changing).
> 
> About 3 years ago I was also getting sick and tired about my own part 
of
> the EU, which is part of why I emigrated:-).  I do see things getting
> better in Southern Europe, albeit from a distance.
>

Guess we both know the feeling then.
 
> 
>> > These are the ones you don't wan't to work for anyway !-)
>> 
>> Well... this is sometimes debatable :-).
> 
> A totally clueless employer may still be a way to make some quick and
> dirty money right now, but it will barely be enough to pay for the 
extra
> Maalox and Zantac you'll need.  Looking back on your life when you're
> closer to retirement than to when you started working, you'll see what 
a
> mistake it was to accept clueless-employers' offers, and how much
> happier your life would have been if you'd known that up front:-).
>

He he... been there done that :-). Escaped only with couple of Maalox, 
though :-).

bests,
./alex
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> 
> Alex