[Tutor] Manuals/books

[Deirdre Saoirse Moen]

>On  0, Hermit <hermit@erie.net> wrote:
>  > I have been a fan of the O'Reilly books for some time now, but also noted
>>  "Learn to Program Using Python" by Alan Gauld.  I get the impression that
>>  Mr. Gauld is the local Python guru around here.
>
>He's one of many Python experts around here. I'd call Tim Peters the guru :)

There's several experts, but Tim's our resident guru, except when, on 
rare occasions, Guido posts.

Somehow, speaking of which, I was just insulted by a recruiter from 
Google the other day. They're looking for people with Linux, python, 
and search engine experience, but had, said the recruiter, passed 
over my resume. I said, "I have Linux experience, I have python 
experience and search engine experience. In fact, I have search 
engine experience IN python ON Linux. In Mountain View even. How much 
more of a match could you want?"

The recruiter said that the VP of Engineering felt I wasn't a match 
because my undergraduate field wasn't in one related to computers, 
but my MS in CS (in progress) is. Naturally, the fact that a 
regionally-accredited MS program had felt my background was 
sufficient wasn't a factor....

Idiots.
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