Re: Jobs: Lisp and Python programmers wanted in the LA area

2007-02-28 Thread Ray Dillinger
> Actually, it just occurred to me that the company location was also in > the subject line of this thread ;-) D'oh! Should have looked at the verbose header before responding. I've got my newsreader set to display one title per line, and then didn't give it enough horizontal room to see your f

Re: Jobs: Lisp and Python programmers wanted in the LA area

2007-02-27 Thread dixkey
> Who is the CTO? > > Wade Don't you people have Google in your villag^W universe? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Jobs: Lisp and Python programmers wanted in the LA area

2007-02-27 Thread Wade Humeniuk
Tech HR wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> On Feb 26, 6:32 am, Tech HR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Our >>> website is currently a LAMP appication with P=Python. We are looking for >>> bright motivated people who know or are willing to learn Python and/or >

Re: Jobs: Lisp and Python programmers wanted in the LA area

2007-02-27 Thread Michele Simionato
On Feb 27, 2:51 am, Dan Bensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Tech HR wrote: > > easier to train a Java programmer or a Perler on Python than Lisp.Dan > Bensen wrote: > > > Are your technical problems simple enough to be solved by Python > > trainees? > > Aahz wrote: > > If they're already goo

Re: Jobs: Lisp and Python programmers wanted in the LA area

2007-02-26 Thread Tech HR
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tech HR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Ray Dillinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Tech HR wrote: > > > > > But we're a very young company (barely six months old at this point) so > > > we're willing to listen to most anything

Re: Jobs: Lisp and Python programmers wanted in the LA area

2007-02-26 Thread Tech HR
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bruce Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tech HR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > (Actually, > > it's turning out to be hard to find Python programmers too, but it's > > easier to train a Java programmer or a Perler on Python than Lisp. > > Is this speculation

Re: Jobs: Lisp and Python programmers wanted in the LA area

2007-02-26 Thread Tech HR
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Paul Rubin wrote: > You know about http://lispjobs.wordpress.com I presume. I did not. Thanks for the pointer. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Jobs: Lisp and Python programmers wanted in the LA area

2007-02-26 Thread Tech HR
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dan Bensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tech HR wrote: > > easier to train a Java programmer or a Perler on Python than Lisp. > > Are your technical problems simple enough to be solved by Python trainees? Some are. Some aren't. That's why we're using Lisp too

Re: Jobs: Lisp and Python programmers wanted in the LA area

2007-02-26 Thread Tech HR
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ray Dillinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tech HR wrote: > > > But we're a very young company (barely six months old at this point) so > > we're willing to listen to most anything at this point. (We're using > > Darcs for revision control. Haskell, anyone?) >

Re: Jobs: Lisp and Python programmers wanted in the LA area

2007-02-26 Thread Dan Bensen
> Tech HR wrote: > easier to train a Java programmer or a Perler on Python than Lisp. Dan Bensen wrote: > Are your technical problems simple enough to be solved by Python > trainees? Aahz wrote: > If they're already good programmers, yes. Sure, but who are these good programmers (coming from J

Re: Jobs: Lisp and Python programmers wanted in the LA area

2007-02-26 Thread Aahz
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dan Bensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Tech HR wrote: >> >> easier to train a Java programmer or a Perler on Python than Lisp. > >Are your technical problems simple enough to be solved by Python trainees? If they're already good programmers, yes. -- Aahz ([EMAIL

Re: Jobs: Lisp and Python programmers wanted in the LA area

2007-02-26 Thread Dan Bensen
Tech HR wrote: > easier to train a Java programmer or a Perler on Python than Lisp. Are your technical problems simple enough to be solved by Python trainees? -- Dan www.prairienet.org/~dsb -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Jobs: Lisp and Python programmers wanted in the LA area

2007-02-26 Thread Paul Rubin
Tech HR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > No, it doesn't mean that. In fact, there is a significant faction in > the technical staff (including the CTO) who would like nothing better > than to be able to use Lisp instead of Python. But we have some pretty > compelling reasons to stick with Python,

Re: Jobs: Lisp and Python programmers wanted in the LA area

2007-02-26 Thread bearophileHUGS
Tech HR: > In fact, there is a significant faction in > the technical staff (including the CTO) who would like nothing better > than to be able to use Lisp instead of Python. I think CLisp and Python have different enough application areas, so often where one is fit the other can't be much fit. Do

Re: Jobs: Lisp and Python programmers wanted in the LA area

2007-02-26 Thread Ken Tilton
Tech HR wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >>On Feb 26, 6:32 am, Tech HR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>>Our >>>website is currently a LAMP appication with P=Python. We are looking for >>>bright motivated people who know or are willing to learn Python and/

Re: Jobs: Lisp and Python programmers wanted in the LA area

2007-02-26 Thread Bruce Lewis
Tech HR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > (Actually, > it's turning out to be hard to find Python programmers too, but it's > easier to train a Java programmer or a Perler on Python than Lisp. Is this speculation or experience? If it was experience, what Lisp were you trying to train Java programm

Re: Jobs: Lisp and Python programmers wanted in the LA area

2007-02-26 Thread Ray Dillinger
Tech HR wrote: > But we're a very young company (barely six months old at this point) so > we're willing to listen to most anything at this point. (We're using > Darcs for revision control. Haskell, anyone?) Tell us, where you would expect an applicant for one or more of these jobs to live if

Re: Jobs: Lisp and Python programmers wanted in the LA area

2007-02-26 Thread John Nagle
Tech HR wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>This is more out of curiosity, but does it mean that you wouldn't be >>willing to listen about a switch from Python to Lisp? > > > No, it doesn't mean that. In fact, there is a significant faction in > the technical

Re: Jobs: Lisp and Python programmers wanted in the LA area

2007-02-26 Thread Tech HR
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Feb 26, 6:32 am, Tech HR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Our > > website is currently a LAMP appication with P=Python. We are looking for > > bright motivated people who know or are willing to learn Python and/or > > Linux, Apache and M

Re: Jobs: Lisp and Python programmers wanted in the LA area

2007-02-26 Thread dixkey
On Feb 26, 6:32 am, Tech HR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Our > website is currently a LAMP appication with P=Python. We are looking for > bright motivated people who know or are willing to learn Python and/or > Linux, Apache and MySQL system administration skills. (And if you want > to convince us

Jobs: Lisp and Python programmers wanted in the LA area

2007-02-25 Thread Tech HR
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