[ale] Python Mentors?

[Jim Kinney]

Where's the trial by fire aspect of perl? Other than whitespace failures,
Python is just too damn clear!
On Dec 29, 2014 7:00 PM, "Leam Hall" <leamhall at gmail.com> wrote:

> Also, there are Coursera and EdX courses that use python. Python is the
> new Perl, as long as you don't mind clean code, unbounded power, a great
> community, and easy to read stuff...
>
>
>
> On 12/29/14 18:32, JD wrote:
>
>> There is a vibrant PyATL community.  Might be worth checking there too.
>>
>>
>> On 12/29/2014 05:00 PM, David S Jackson wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi Alers,
>>>
>>> I am just starting to get involved with Python.  I completed the
>>> Codeacademy course and recently completed (or submitted at least) all
>>> the lessons for the O'Reilly School of Technology online Python1
>>> course. (They have a certificate that requires four courses.) The
>>> Codeacademy course is on Python 2.x while OReilly is 3.x.  While I'm
>>> waiting on my teacher to get back from vacation, I was looking for some
>>> more projects, So I've been working on the Python Challenge.
>>>
>>> I'm wondering if someone on this list is willing/able to mentor me a
>>> little bit in Python.  My OST teacher is in Bellevue, WA, I think. But
>>> my learning style requires one on one sometimes.  Especially on the
>>> stuff I struggle with.
>>>
>>> My eventual goal is to get a job programming.  Are there some open
>>> source python-centric projects in Linux that might look good on a
>>> resume?  I was thinking of helping out with Django, but I was thinking
>>> of something a little smaller first! Is Python actually the new Perl?
>>> Maybe something a little more OS specific?  Like maybe some distro
>>> stuff?  (I like Slackware, Linux Mint, and Ubuntu, btw.)
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance!
>>> Dave
>>>
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