On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 11:27, Ramdas S <[email protected]> wrote: > [.....] > If you want to offer training free, do it for a community that deserves. Go > to engineering colleges or schools, and organize a workshop or two, create a > few pythonistas there.
I am a little stunned after reading the above. Setting aside the 'free vs non-free debate', are you implying that people who are not studying in "engineering colleges or schools are a community that dont deserve Django training" and/or are incapable of learning it? I am not quite sure what exactly your point here is, but your last para above definitely smacks of ageism** -- something very commonly practiced in India but few will admit it openly. Free software reverses all cognitive bias'es (with respect to the individual's a(p)ttitude to learning) and being an employer yourself, I hope you dont really mean that people outside a University/College environment are not a worthy community. Has it crossed your mind that the OP (Kenneth) offering the training hardly would fall in the community category that you claim/believe deserves support. This thread went OT a long time ago but I didnt expect to see an ageism bias on a Python list. Its just not funny. ** Fwiw, its not uncommon to see many Indian Universities and colleges advertising admission cut-off requirements, say, "age limit 25 years for Masters", etc... Essentially, that leaves people outside their teens (or early twenties) who want to learn at the mercy of distance education which has no value in the eyes of an employer. Its a catch22 situation. -- vid ॥ http://svaksha.com ॥ _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
