Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.albasani.net!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3.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 0.044 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.92; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:: [': 0.04; 'subject:How': 0.10; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.11; 'cc:name:python list': 0.16; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'subject: \n ': 0.16; 'subject:when': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'wed,': 0.18; 'subject:] ': 0.20; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'typical': 0.24; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'am,': 0.29; 'words': 0.29; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'went': 0.31; 'dropped': 0.31; 'subject:what': 0.31; 'stuff': 0.32; 'subject:with': 0.35; 'johnson': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'subject:one': 0.36; "didn't": 0.36; 'subject:?': 0.36; 'pm,': 0.38; 'skip:u 10': 0.60; "you're": 0.61; 'high': 0.63; 'our': 0.64; 'subject:find': 0.84; 'to:none': 0.92; 'rick': 0.93; '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:cc :content-type; bh=PsP+9xeaFdz49TjxqDTFqAOI/ym1IntQ77rgfnO+sTs=; b=ri8le7J4k889xxvwqeH2aesvy2Y7kc/2M1Bx+vpnZL0BfpCcqDEceniRiKeJ11p/Rr jKYraWedfFItI13t4OCFtdPhGcP76NwjMeCNljhg0Bwvu8vhCwHX7Js4e2/q7XMItJnP 7zwcLpkY7Zn8kUvpLObcJA2neF2tcnXiHvKHLbdc61AFN25kJvXBPlJdZlOsRkomWhfS QDilNPRsdMppoNx63x2mlAdZkbzK0LE4Vher4hmHG1ndTHAogaulr0Or2viTjP+Mw049 TwNAXFTcHkDPxL2JLhjlHXH0FjMGh1SkKXen+KMxF+rWZwYY30XKimVvh0mIuhufDov0 SfJg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.66.230.166 with SMTP id sz6mr8558258pac.127.1397010000137; Tue, 08 Apr 2014 19:20:00 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <5bc85cf7-fc38-4d2f-8082-d30161023b80@googlegroups.com> Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 12:19:59 +1000 Subject: Re: [OFF-TOPIC] How do I find a mentor when no one I work with knows what they are doing? From: Chris Angelico Cc: Python List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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: 14 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1397010009 news.xs4all.nl 2894 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:46389 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:69918 On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 6:19 AM, James Brewer wrote: > On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 12:47 PM, Rick Johnson > wrote: >>[ a whole lot of typical stuff ] > > You're an interesting fellow. Rick's one of our resident... uhh... characters. Don't take his words to heart. > Also, I didn't graduate; I dropped out. I dropped out of high school. Never went to uni/college/etc. ChrisA