Paul Boddie wrote: > On 28 Des 2009, 08:32, Andrew Jonathan Fine > <eternalsqu...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> 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. > > It occurs to me that in some domains, this combination of Python and > the design and production of physical artifacts could be fairly > attractive, even though it may or may not be what you want to focus on > in pursuing a software career. For example, I follow the goings-on in > the various open hardware communities, and there isn't really a > shortage of boards, controllers, components or chipsets which can be > put to use, but taking these things and producing a well-designed case > in order to deliver a readily usable piece of equipment is something > which seems beyond most of the interested parties: people who know one > thing well can be completely oblivious of the ways of another thing. > > Sometimes, it seems to pay to be knowledgeable in two different kinds > of endeavour whose practitioners rarely interact, and perhaps there > might be opportunities for you in this regard. Nevertheless, I > obviously wish you success in your employment search. >
As encouragement, or at least corroboration: http://pythonide.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-to-make-money-with-free-software.html 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/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
