[python-advocacy] "Python in the Enterprise" PowerPoint deck?

[Roy Smith]

> I realize this is a path fraught with danger... On this project that I am
> working on I already did a few successful stealth Python projects.. The
> management is now asking, in a general sense, 'Why Python?' So I have to
> respond.

There is only one language that an organization like that understands --
dollars!  The way to answer that question successfully has to be something
along the lines of, "If I did it in FOO-LANGUAGE, it would have taken me X
days.  It took me Y days in Python.  My time is worth $whatever per day,
so we saved $whatever by doing it this way.

For most places, taking your annual salary, multiplying by 1.5 to account
for overhead, and dividing by about 240 working days per year gives you a
reasonable approximation of what you cost per day.