Bhavya <bhavya.ma...@gmail.com> writes: > Hello everyone, > > I am looking for some information & advice on Python jobs & > internships in Bangalore. My brother will be passing out of college > with a degree in information science & engineering this > semester. Unfortunately, his grades are bad. > > I work with a start up in Montreal & we are python crazy,Though I am > not on development side, I have been singing praises about web > development & python to him. He is learning python right now - he is > been on Zed Shaw's Learn python the hard way & on Udacity's course.
Zed Shaw is a good teacher. I think he's picked a good book to work through. > So, here is what I wanted to know - are there any entry level > internships dealing with python & web development in Bangalore ? How > much do academics matter to get into any of these ? I think there are small companies in Bangalore (and possibly other cities) that are open to the idea of taking smart kids as interns. They *might* not pay too well but I think that's okay as long as the kid understands that he's being paid lesser than the market rate. I'm not sure if this will affect his later salaries though. The larger companies, atleast in my experience, have become so laden with bureaucratic barnacle that to simply apply for an internship is a bit of a chore in itself. The other thing is that a lot of college students these days get exposed to "real world" software development via. free software. Along with more structured programs like the Google summer of code, they have a lot of ways other than grades to prove their mettle to prospective employers. This is double edged. It magnifies the differences between the students so smart kids get a greater advantage earlier on while average ones who stick to the purely academic line lose out a little. > Any advice and/or help will be much appreciated. So, in summary, my advice would be for your brother to get involved in some free software work. This will give him a bit of a reputation if he pulls it off. Then connect with the startup and tech communities in Bangalore and other cities. I think something will come his way. Good luck to him! [...] -- ~noufal http://nibrahim.net.in A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on. Include me out. -Samuel Goldwyn _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
