Where has the practice of sending screen shots as source code come from?

[alister]

On Tue, 30 Jan 2018 21:22:39 +0100, Jugurtha Hadjar wrote:

> On 01/29/2018 03:48 PM, alister via Python-list wrote:
>> On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 15:20:06 +0100, Jugurtha Hadjar wrote:
>>
>>> On 01/28/2018 04:43 PM, Skip Montanaro wrote:
>>>> I've never been a Windows user, but at my current job, Windows is
>>>> core to just about everything, so I am forced to use it for a lot of
>>>> stuff (Outlook, SQL Server, Excel, etc).
>>> I was hired at a startup which made a good impression on me and I was
>>> eager to start working. I checked in for my first day, signed the
>>> paperwork, then the CTO showed me around and told me "Here's your
>>> laptop, you can install Windows and I'll check in with you later".
>>> Life started draining out of my body and my mind was racing in all
>>> directions before he even finished his sentence. I felt tricked: I was
>>> hired based on a test and the file I've received was a *.tar.gz* and
>>> it made me happy because I assumed they were a NIX shop..
>>>
>>> I was considering how I should go about quitting gracefully. I have
>>> stopped using Windows in 2008 for psychological reasons for it made me
>>> really anxious, irritable, angry, and tense to the point of abusing
>>> hardware with low kicks and punches which was not very healthy or
>>> sane. It was only when I switched OS that this behavior stopped. There
>>> was no way I would be going back to my bully.
>>>
>>> The CTO then said "Sorry.. I meant Ubuntu." and seeing my pale face,
>>> he said in a reassuring tone "Don't be afraid, there are no Windows
>>> machines here." which brought me back to life.
>>>
>>> I hope to be as brave as you some day.
>> Any Vacancies whatever they do I am sure I can learn :-)
>>
>>
>>
>>
> We're hiring all the good (technical and human side) people we can
> find/afford. It's a small startup that helps its clients improve
> business using machine learning. We're in Algiers, Algeria and Paris,
> France.

bit of a commute from Sevenage in UK



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