Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.016 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.97; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:: [': 0.04; '-people': 0.09; 'django,': 0.09; 'subject:How': 0.10; 'cc:addr :python-list': 0.11; 'python': 0.11; '>>': 0.16; 'subject: \n ': 0.16; 'subject:when': 0.16; 'to:addr:pearwood.info': 0.16; 'to:addr:steve+comp.lang.python': 0.16; "to:name:steven d'aprano": 0.16; 'why,': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'wed,': 0.18; 'subject:] ': 0.20; '>>>': 0.22; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; '>>>': 0.24; 'nyc': 0.24; 'helpful': 0.24; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.24; 'source': 0.25; '>': 0.26; 'header:In-Reply- To:1': 0.27; 'chris': 0.29; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'url:mailman': 0.30; "d'aprano": 0.31; 'post.': 0.31; 'steven': 0.31; 'subject:what': 0.31; 'open': 0.33; 'url:python': 0.33; 'projects.': 0.33; 'maybe': 0.34; 'could': 0.34; 'subject:with': 0.35; 'beyond': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'patient': 0.36; 'subject:one': 0.36; 'url:listinfo': 0.36; 'subject:?': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'too': 0.37; 'pm,': 0.38; 'url:2012': 0.39; 'url:mail': 0.40; 'you.': 0.62; 'duty': 0.68; 'groups.': 0.74; 'url:wordpress': 0.78; 'find.': 0.84; "it'd": 0.84; 'meetup.com.': 0.84; 'subject:find': 0.84; 'theories': 0.84; 'subject:OFF': 0.95 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=Hf6dC697AugfVBftEEpcQ9GgB5uNncPjd7iTAZ50fd4=; b=DXesmXZ+iEqK9E/HdQFTqXs4me9Dj7+hrbosY3JRfM9/cafiVW6Zfa9A/mVJxLquyF pjilNY01SkkFm1oSl9ygYzfamYYzSZBh4tZruY5I+RwEW7ATjCi3u+rUZrwhbqR+zlI2 Xo2OGDoieudYNeNAlFCC3/pd93R51EGjeRs3vzwbqjUToFj7WX8yJnczRq23FZc+sOQH JlbIkae5p09NLJLOuNn7o855cF4ELLC5aktEBdm4vHf9gvLKebYmMcrNU01vMl1OY/rx Q/v1XR245995O8k/VeEHBaKT57R+x3Mepi5oILgy7LeoB4lTfaq5pWdQhUkKfnx/Q4WH h91g== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.69.26.103 with SMTP id ix7mr5990725pbd.41.1396977401507; Tue, 08 Apr 2014 10:16:41 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <53442760$0$29993$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> References: <201404081114.57345.gheskett@wdtv.com> <53442760$0$29993$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 13:16:41 -0400 Subject: Re: [OFF-TOPIC] How do I find a mentor when no one I work with knows what they are doing? From: Joel Goldstick To: "Steven D'Aprano" Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a1135eaacc6b71b04f68b25b2 Cc: python-list@python.org X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 75 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1396977404 news.xs4all.nl 2917 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:38049 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:69885 --001a1135eaacc6b71b04f68b25b2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Check meetup.com. I live in nyc where there are django, python groups. Maybe where you live too On Apr 8, 2014 12:45 PM, "Steven D'Aprano" < steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote: > On Wed, 09 Apr 2014 01:38:42 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote: > > >>> -People are super patient and helpful and they answer all your > >>> questions and go beyond the call of duty to help you. > >> > >> A utopia very few will ever find. > > > > In corporate, yes, it's rare. But it's a lot less rare in open source > > projects. I could go into my theories as to why, but it'd make for a > > long post. > > http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2012/04/13/java-shop-politics/ > > > > > > -- > Steven D'Aprano > http://import-that.dreamwidth.org/ > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > --001a1135eaacc6b71b04f68b25b2 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Check meetup.com. I live in nyc where = there are django, python groups. Maybe where you live too

On Apr 8, 2014 12:45 PM, "Steven D'Apra= no" <stev= e+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
On Wed, 09 Apr 2014 01:38:42 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote:

>>> -People are super patient and helpful and they answer all your=
>>> questions and go beyond the call of duty to help you.
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>> A utopia very few will ever find.
>
> In corporate, yes, it's rare. But it's a lot less rare in open= source
> projects. I could go into my theories as to why, but it'd make for= a
> long post.

http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2012/04/13/java-s= hop-politics/





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