Hello all, I work at TCS and they didn't know about Python either. Now that I have written a script that does the log monitoring easy for the Application support guys, they have accepted the language. But there seems to be a resistance among the people using Java to accept that Python is powerful and capable enough to do the same task that Java does.
On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 2:37 PM, Bibhas <m...@bibhas.in> wrote: > > On 09/13/2014 01:27 PM, Asif Jamadar wrote: > >> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...-Indias-top- >> IT-firms/articleshow/41535783.cms<http://timesofindia. >> indiatimes.com/tech/jobs/Python-is-still-greek-to-Indias-top-IT-firms/ >> articleshow/41535783.cms> >> >> NEW DELHI: Recently, one of India's top software companies was faced with >> quandary. It had won a $200 million (Rs 1,200 crore) contract to develop an >> app store for a large US bank, but did not have adequate numbers of >> programmers who could write code in Python, the language most suited for >> the job. Eventually, it paid thrice the billing rate to a group of >> freelance Python programmers in the US. And learned a valuable lesson about >> the importance of a language named after the British television comedy >> series Monty Python. >> > > I'd like to know which company this `one of India's top software > companies` is. Sounds like they don't network enough to find out the Python > developers in India. > > >> For a nation regarded as a software programming powerhouse, the episode >> has salutary lessons. While skills in traditional computer languages meant >> for stitching software applications and maintaining large mainframe >> computers are a strength, ignoring Python could prove to be a costly >> mistake. >> >> "Because companies like Infosys<http://economictimes. >> indiatimes.com/infosys-technologies-ltd/stocks/companyid-10960.cms> and >> TCS prefer proprietary languages like Java or dot NET most students think >> of these as an option in college. That is the reason you don't get good >> quality talent in the industry to work with us in Python," said Jofin >> Joseph, cofounder and chief operating officer of Profoundis, a Kochi-based >> technology startup which has been struggling for about a year to hire young >> Python programmers. >> > > Checked out the social network profiles of Profoundis, they are almost > non-existent. They don't attend any events at all. I wonder how they are > trying to hire Python programmers. That might tell us why they are > struggling. > > > Anyway, other points about big companies working with Java and as a result > colleges teaching only those, is true. It's become a circle. > > > _______________________________________________ >> BangPypers mailing list >> BangPypers@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers >> > > _______________________________________________ > BangPypers mailing list > BangPypers@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > -- Sayantan Bhattacharya _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers