[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Martelli) wrote in news:1i23wyk.avc945i4dwsiN% [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> NicolasG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... >> The problem is that I would like to work as a Python programmer but >> all the job vacancies I can find requires a couple of years of >> professional experience ... that I don't have. How a wanna be >> programmer can start working as a programmer if there is no chance to >> start from somewhere ? That's the reason I created this topic. > > Open source projects do not require previous professional experience to > accept volunteers. So, one way out of your dilemma is to make a name > for yourself as an open source contributor -- help out with Python > itself and/or with any of the many open source projects that use Python, > and you will both learn a lot _and_ acquire "professional experience" > that any enlightened employer will recognize as such. It depends :-). In my experience I met employers being concerned by my implication in the oss world :-). > That will take a > while, but not as long as getting a college degree (and it will be far > cheaper than the degree). > I don't know much about the open community in Python world, but in Java world becoming a project member may be more difficult than getting a degree (or close to :-)) ). bests, ./alex -- .w( the_mindstorm )p. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
