[portland] Mentor/Personal Tutor

[Chris Mingo]

Thank you Rich.  I'll check that out too.
Chris

On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 2:41 PM, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Apr 2014, Chris Mingo wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure if this is the correct venue for this request, but I am in
>> need of a Mentor/Tutor for 3.4. I would like to work with 1 or more people
>> to help broaden my comprehension several times per week. My biggest
>> stumbling block to writing in Python is the syntax and not knowing enough
>> about the available modules. For the right person/people, I would like to
>> hire you for small contract projects in the near future.
>
>
> Chris,
>
>   You might also consider wandering over to Powell's and buying a copy of
> Mark Lutz's "Learning Python, 5th Edition." It covers through 2.7 and 3.3
> and makes a good wheel chock at 1700 pages in one soft-cover book (it should
> have been published as a 3-volume set). Regardless, if you want a
> comprehensive understanding of Python (both 2 and 3), that's worth your
> reading. Just don't drop it on your toes.
>
> Rich
>
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