Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1a.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 0.020 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.96; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:: [': 0.04; 'deadlines': 0.07; '-people': 0.09; 'happen,': 0.09; 'subject:How': 0.10; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.11; 'changes': 0.15; 'cc:name:python list': 0.16; 'exist;': 0.16; 'from:addr:james': 0.16; 'happy.': 0.16; 'subject: \n ': 0.16; 'subject:when': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'subject:] ': 0.20; 'email addr:gmail.com>': 0.22; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'question': 0.24; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'am,': 0.29; 'quickly': 0.29; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'url:mailman': 0.30; 'code': 0.31; 'larry': 0.31; 'subject:what': 0.31; 'url:python': 0.33; 'everyone': 0.33; 'subject:with': 0.35; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'board': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'crazy': 0.36; 'subject:one': 0.36; 'url:listinfo': 0.36; 'subject:?': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'received:209': 0.37; 'url:mail': 0.40; 'you.': 0.62; 'back': 0.62; 'making': 0.63; 'more': 0.64; 'management': 0.65; 'to:addr:gmail.com': 0.65; 'quality': 0.72; 'idiot': 0.84; 'sacrificing': 0.84; 'subject:find': 0.84; 'subject:OFF': 0.95 X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=uYPqr8Bral8KfP0Ks0kpwknoDKHndQBeSso0TSAJHrU=; b=M8O9Q5v4A5R2uhEwG/bdUK1G/yVDGy9viJ1ifeMddJme9HEi4mE6ZHF5AQCpfU1LKM 3ZdLBnMqevSklnSFeNjs3ghl4Tx1WA/iaJ3t/daEyx721DaXMXKyVm/kSKD12bwVBceB RiAfRM2rj+YV5Jl38EYQPe8otkJtrtf3VUc15ozJD9AxbzTqoG20mLWF7P7rtDFMgciO FLbhc4jE7bE7/JCE1u46jUYGAo6kRRIVoR0fuKIdVRdmygPOd6v6EfvqfQioK6+JveDD 6fImIpnIX870dfnXUp+ZR9DP28lgwAhL9sMCnQ55fUVJlJeZYxjzX2mBtSUM1CSozNZB DkiQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQksDl4xhwdX94ZLToK15GQifcrecEAR0gCSeGOqmCFJHw5D+xyq6NxlXHIU48iLZ2lBsc6Y MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.112.131.34 with SMTP id oj2mr2948285lbb.43.1396986277490; Tue, 08 Apr 2014 12:44:37 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 12:44:37 -0700 Subject: Re: [OFF-TOPIC] How do I find a mentor when no one I work with knows what they are doing? From: James Brewer To: Larry Martell Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b343ba6d3832104f68d3619 Cc: Python List 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: 61 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1396986284 news.xs4all.nl 2875 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:33074 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:69898 --047d7b343ba6d3832104f68d3619 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 7:28 AM, Larry Martell wrote: > -People are on crazy deadlines and have no time to work with you. > > > -People make you feel like an idiot when you ask a question and they > intimidate you so you don't come back and ask more. > Both of these issues exist; mainly on the part of the CTO. I feel like everyone else is on board with making a few changes that need to happen, but management is much more concerned with pushing code to keep investors happy. While I understand that we have to move quickly as a startup, I don't understand why we are sacrificing quality for speed. > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > --047d7b343ba6d3832104f68d3619 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 7:28 AM, Larry Martell <larry.martell@gm= ail.com> wrote:
-People are on crazy deadlines and have no time to work with you.

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-People make you feel like an idiot when you ask a question and they
intimidate you so you don't come back and ask more.

Both of these issues exist; mainly on the part of the CTO. I feel like ev= eryone else is on board with making a few changes that need to happen, but = management is much more concerned with pushing code to keep investors happy= . While I understand that we have to move quickly as a startup, I don't= understand why we are sacrificing quality for speed.
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