a different question: can you earn a living with *just* python?

[Kay Schluehr]

Antoine De Groote wrote:
> John Salerno wrote:
> > It's a nice thought that a person can earn a living programming with
> > Python, which is fun enough to use just for its own sake. But for
> > someone like me (i.e. no programming experience) it's always a little
> > disheartening to see that most (if not all) job descriptions that ask
> > for Python still require some C/C++ or other language knowledge. I
> > suppose this isn't an issue if you studied CS in college, because you
> > would have been exposed to many languages.
> >
> > But what if you are an expert Python program and have zero clue about
> > other languages? Can you still earn a living that way, or do most/all
> > companies require multiple language proficiency?
> >
> > (I suppose this isn't exactly a Python problem, either. I'm sure even
> > companies that don't use Python still use multiple languages. Maybe it
> > isn't a good idea to focus entirely on a single language, depending on
> > the job at hand.)
>
> hmm, I don't know, but I can't imagine someone being a Python (or any
> other language) wizard, without knowing other languages. Does that even
> exist?
>
> Regards,
> antoine

I thought that would be quite common among Java programmers unless they
are oldtimers?