Question on Python as career

[joy99]

On Dec 3, 11:16 am, Tim Roberts <t... at probo.com> wrote:
> joy99 <subhakolkata1... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >I am a researcher in India's one of the premier institutes.(Indian
> >Institute of Science,Bangalore).
>
> >I have done one MA in Linguistics, did a PhD in Natural Language
> >Processing and doing a Post Doctoral now.
> >...
> >After I complete my Post Doctoral which may be only 2-3 months away,
> >with this knowledge can I join IT?
>
> Wouldn't you say you have already joined IT?
>
> It's difficult for me to believe that you have managed to get all the way
> through a PhD without cultivating close relationships with at least one
> private sector company.  Unless you had planned to stay in research
> throughout your life, wouldn't that have been an obvious step along the
> way?
>
> >Are there any India based opportunities- as I checked Python job board
> >it is very less.
>
> There are very, very few full-time Python jobs anywhere in the world,
> although many people use Python as one tool in their toolbox.
>
> >If I get anything after completing my Post Doc with present base of
> >knowledge what profiles I may expect?
> >If I have to learn anything what they may be and how much time
> >generally a person needs to learn them and what may be the profile
> >expectancy?
>
> I am amazed that a PhD does not already have some clues about the answers
> to these questions.  Your best plan is to start exploiting your network of
> contacts.  If you don't already have a network of commercial contacts, then
> you have a long, hard road ahead of you.
> --
> Tim Roberts, t... at probo.com
> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

I worked for quite sometime in IT, for few months I was a fellow to
IBM,too. Our institute/lab has close collaboration with Carnegie
Mellon or Massachussets Institute, but I ported to Python, and I am
the only one in my lab using it others stick to Java. I got wonderful
results doing work in Python. So, I was thinking if I could make a
career in Python. And it is a room for expert Pythoner/programmers
around the world.

You are right, Python is seen more as a tool somepeople even find it
good scripting language,too.

Surely, I'll solve this on my own.
Happy Day Ahead,
Best Regs,
Subhabrata Banerjee.