Re: [OFF-TOPIC] How do I find a mentor when no one I work with knows what they are doing?

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Date	2014-04-08 11:10 -0400
Subject	Re: [OFF-TOPIC] How do I find a mentor when no one I work with knows what they are doing?
From	Larry Martell <larry.martell@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Message-ID	<mailman.9017.1396970196.18130.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 12:28 AM, Larry Martell <larry.martell@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I've worked at places where:
>
> Add to that list:
>
> - Some of the programmers really aren't programmers, but the boss just
> hasn't figured it out yet.
>
> That was my last job, until said non-programmer decided to quit.

Or: The boss thinks they're a programmer and they're not and wants to
tell you how to do things.
Or: The boss is a former programmer, perhaps even a very good one, but
he's not at all involved with the day to day issues, but still wants
to tell you how to do things.

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Re: [OFF-TOPIC] How do I find a mentor when no one I work with knows what they are doing? Larry Martell <larry.martell@gmail.com> - 2014-04-08 11:10 -0400

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