Difficulty Finding Python Developers

[simo]

pm_mon at yahoo.com (Paul Morrow) wrote:

> We've worked hard to convince our company to migrate our core
> applications to Python, and now we're looking for a Python developer
> in Atlanta to handle a short-term (approx. 3 month) project.  But our
> initial searches have been fairly unsuccessful.  We haven't actually
> posted a job on Monster, but we have been talking with various
> headhunters in our area and they don't have many resumes that show
> Python experience.  An so now, of course, mgt is wondering whether
> selecting Python was a mistake.

Yes, I'm beginning to think Python isn't as accepted as we think ;o)

I'm actually looking for a Python job now (in CA, not Atlanta) and it
seems that there's only a few out there, mostly at Google doing
SysAdmin stuff! Barely anyone actually lists Python as a main
requirement, more like a "nice to have" alongside Perl or C++.

I've seen no web development positions or prototyping/testing at all,
which seems strange to me, as I mainly use Python for RAD, prototyping
C++/Qt apps etc.

Guess I'm stuck with the old Perl/PHP etc....