Author of a Python Success Story Needs a Job!

[Aahz]

In article <cbc2f05a-f52a-4f58-adeb-78d931f47222 at r24g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>,
Andrew Jonathan Fine  <eternalsquire at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>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.

You don't say where you're located, which probably has some effect.  I
was laid off a year ago and after taking a couple of months off, I found
a new job at the end of July.  I don't have a degree, but I do have a
fairly high profile in the Python community, and I'm located in the SF
Bay Area.  I also got my previous job in 2004 partly through having a
high profile.

I'm not pretending it's easy, and I do think luck played a significant
role, but I also think that you can take action to improve your odds.

Incidentally, my company has had a fair amount of difficulty finding
Python programmers -- anyone in the SF area looking for a job near
Mountain View?
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