On Dec 28, 6:21 am, Steve Holden <st...@holdenweb.com> wrote: > Andrew Jonathan Fine wrote: > > To whom it may concern, > > > I am the author of "Honeywell Avoids Documentation Costs with Python > > and other Open Standards!" > > > I was laid off by Honeywell several months after I had made my > > presentation in the 2005 Python Conference. > > > Since then I have been unable to find work either as a software > > engineer or in any other capacity, even at service jobs. I've sent > > resumes and have been consistently ignored. > > > What I have been doing in the meantime is to be a full time homemaker > > and parent. As a hobby to keep me sane, I am attempting to retrain > > part time at home as a jeweler and silversmith, and I sometimes used > > Python for generating and manipulating code for CNC machines. > > > For my own peace of mind, however, I very much want to be doing > > software work again because I feel so greatly ashamed to have > > dedicated my life to learning and working in the field only to now > > find myself on the scrap heap. > > > I find it highly ironic that my solution is still being advertised on > > the Python web site but that I, the author of that solution, am now a > > long term unemployment statistic. > > > Please, if there is anyone out there who needs a highly creative and > > highly skilled software designer for new and completely original work, > > then for the love of God I implore you to contact me. > > > A mind is a terrible thing to waste. > > > Sincerely, > > > Andrew Jonathan Fine > > BEE, MSCS, 15 years experience, 5 in Python, the rest in C/C++, > > about 1/3 embedded design and device drivers, and 2/3 in applications. > > Andrew: > > I am sorry to hear about your predicament. Unfortunately Holden Web > isn't hiring, so I can't offer you a job, but I wanted to at least thank > you for your support of Python and commiserate with you. These are > difficult times to be looking for work in the USA. > > Do you follow the Python Job Board? It's a resource that not everyone > knows about, where employers are allowed to post free for the benefit of > Python community members who may be looking for a job. > > http://www.python.org/community/jobs/ > > Hope this helps. > > regards > Steve > -- > Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 > PyCon is coming! Atlanta, Feb 2010 http://us.pycon.org/ > Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ > UPCOMING EVENTS: http://holdenweb.eventbrite.com/- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
Yes, I have been following that board for years. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
