Author of a Python Success Story Needs a Job!

[Andrew Jonathan Fine]

On Dec 28, 6:21 am, Steve Holden <st... at holdenweb.com> wrote:
> Andrew Jonathan Fine wrote:
> > To whom it may concern,
>
> > I am the author of "Honeywell Avoids Documentation Costs with Python
> > and other Open Standards!"
>
> > I was laid off by Honeywell several months after I had made my
> > presentation in the 2005 Python Conference.
>
> > Since then I have been unable to find work either as a software
> > engineer or in any other capacity, even at service jobs.  I've sent
> > resumes and have been consistently ignored.
>
> > What I have been doing in the meantime is to be a full time homemaker
> > and parent.   As a hobby to keep me sane, I am attempting to retrain
> > part time at home as a jeweler and silversmith, and I sometimes used
> > Python for generating and manipulating code for CNC machines.
>
> > For my own peace of mind, however, I very much want to be doing
> > software work again because I feel so greatly ashamed to have
> > dedicated my life to learning and working in the field only to now
> > find myself on the scrap heap.
>
> > I find it highly ironic that my solution is still being advertised on
> > the Python web site but that I, the author of that solution, am now a
> > long term unemployment statistic.
>
> > Please, if there is anyone out there who needs a highly creative and
> > highly skilled software designer for new and completely original work,
> > then for the love of God I implore you to contact me.
>
> > A mind is a terrible thing to waste.
>
> > Sincerely,
>
> > Andrew Jonathan Fine
> > BEE, MSCS, 15 years experience, 5 in Python, the rest in C/C++,
> > about 1/3 embedded design and device drivers, and 2/3 in applications.
>
> Andrew:
>
> I am sorry to hear about your predicament. Unfortunately Holden Web
> isn't hiring, so I can't offer you a job, but I wanted to at least thank
> you for your support of Python and commiserate with you. These are
> difficult times to be looking for work in the USA.
>
> Do you follow the Python Job Board? It's a resource that not everyone
> knows about, where employers are allowed to post free for the benefit of
> Python community members who may be looking for a job.
>
>  http://www.python.org/community/jobs/
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> regards
>  Steve
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Yes, I have been following that board for years.