Difficulty Finding Python Developers

[Ville Vainio]

Offering some comebacks in advance...

>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Hansen <peter at engcorp.com> writes:

    >> Mention that when you do find a
    >> Python programmer he'll probably be better than your average perl or
    >> Java programmer.

    Peter> And here I would ask, "Why do you say that?  If there are
    Peter> so few of them around, how could anyone know whether
    Peter> they're better or worse?  And wouldn't the best programmers

I guess the braindeadness of perl can be argued as an indication of
the quality of programmers - if the Perl people are unable to see how
much the language stinks, they might be lacking in other areas of
programming also.

Java OTOH is the lowest common denominator, pretty much everyone knows
it, which drags the average quality down.


    Peter> be using the most popular languages, because they would
    Peter> make more money that way?"

Of course the best programmers are often mostly using the more popular
languages because they are paid to do it (the r341 31337 use C++ ;-),
but they *know* Python and would rather use it.

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Ville Vainio   http://tinyurl.com/2prnb