[socal-piggies] Questions about Python Programmers in SoCal

[Andrew Kou]

Hi Jonathan,


I think all it takes is people who are willing to learn Python and generally
from what I've seen, the drive and willingness to learn Python is rather
organic. It really makes a difference when things just seem to work. I think
training people would not be difficult especially with such good resources
locally (Cartwheelweb etc). The one thing you have to make sure is that
people are onboard with the idea and you're willing to accept that whoever
you're training is still learning.

The company I'm working for is a Java shop but we've been adopting more and
more Python in various places and it has just been engineers teaching each
other. (we have two people who know Python and 3 people who have started
learning). The new learners seem to love it and we notice that more and
more, when we're working in Java, we ask....why oh why is this not in
Python.


- Andrew

On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Jonathan Chen <tamasiaina at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> At work, we've been looking into the possibility of migrating our web from
> classic asp to python (possibly django or flask/sqlalchemy). We are based in
> the Torrance area in LA County. Nothing is set in stone and available job
> openings have yet to be finalized.
>
> In the meantime, I am wondering how easy is it for your guys' businesses to
> recruit/train Python programmers in southern california? Some of the reasons
> why we want to leave ASP is because I am having the worst time finding asp
> programmers and even more of a headache trying to find .NET programmers in
> my area oddly enough. That is another story for another time.
>
> Thanks for the input,
>
>
> ~Jonathan C.
>
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