On Friday 12 June 2009 14:30:57 Srijayanth Sridhar wrote: > What are your experiences as a person from a "small town"? My question is > more directed towards your 'programming culture' now vis-a-vis to your > programming culture from your small town?
I am both 'from' and mostly 'in' a small town. My experience is that one has to be totally self reliant and solely dependent on the internet. For example, I started programming python circa 2002, but the first time I met and discussed with a real live python developer was in late 2006. I _did_ see Pradeep G and swaroop in a conference in 2004, but was too scared to talk to them ;-) Till date I have _never_ asked anyone F2F about any problem in programming - there is no one available. The same goes for sysadmin and practically every other computer related task. Strangely enough, the same goes for golfers in small towns - I have yet to get even a tip from a coach. That is also why I prefer to recruit from small towns and non-elite colleges. The people are more self- reliant and not so cynical. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate NRC-FOSS http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
