On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Sudheer Satyanarayana < sudhee...@sudheer.net> wrote:
> > To put the matter straight, Lokesh works in TA at Y! and >> he had asked my help to post an opening in the list. I mentioned >> that this is a Python list, but scripting languages like Perl, Python >> etc do have a lot of similarities (Ask me, I am a Python coder at >> heart but right now my bread is coming through Perl here). A lot >> of the skills at a high level are quite similar whether finally you >> end up coding in Python, Perl or PHP. >> > Try posting a Python job ad to a Perl, Ruby or PHP list. > Cut the heat. IMHO it was a problem with the wording of the posting by the OP. If he had been more diplomatic and sugar-coated his posting, most of you would have remained silent. See this post on the bangalore-rug list. It mentions ruby only once and among many other skills. https://groups.google.com/group/bangalorerug/browse_thread/thread/30d3e3dc6cdd8974/ead6b725a2c8e55e?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=job#ead6b725a2c8e55e Nobody cribbed. > > On the other hand, try abstracting the concept. Someone who is good in one > scripting language might be good in another. Someone good in one programming > language might be good in another. By that argument, if you are looking for > a Java programmer you can post your job ad in a C language list. If you > extend the argument, you can post the ad in an technology related list for > that matter. > > Actually you can if you word it carefully like the link I mentioned. > I agree with Noufal here. This is pure spam. There are enough job portals > available for free. The OP should be directed to such websites. I don't want > to see PHP, Ruby, Perl, C or other programming language related job ads here > unless it is directly related to Python. > Yes, he was not smart enough to say "Python" as one of the skills in his posting. That is what you are cribbing about ? Advocacy is good, it shouldn't turn into zealotry. > > -- > > With warm regards, > Sudheer. S > Personal home page - http://www.sudheer.net/about > Tech Chorus - http://www.techchorus.net > > > ______________________________**_________________ > BangPypers mailing list > BangPypers@python.org > http://mail.python.org/**mailman/listinfo/bangpypers<http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers> > -- --Anand _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
