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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 Tue, 8 Apr 2014 11:44:57 -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>
To Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
> He was majorly turned off
> by the whole thing of significant whitespace and basically just told
> me "there will be no Python here". Bah.)

I had programmed in perl for 20 years, then got a job at place where
the boss made the edict "There will be no perl here, only python." I
resisted, complained, grumbled and struggled for a few months, but now
I thank him every time I see him.

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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 11:44 -0400

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