Antoine De Groote wrote: > John Salerno wrote: > > It's a nice thought that a person can earn a living programming with > > Python, which is fun enough to use just for its own sake. But for > > someone like me (i.e. no programming experience) it's always a little > > disheartening to see that most (if not all) job descriptions that ask > > for Python still require some C/C++ or other language knowledge. I > > suppose this isn't an issue if you studied CS in college, because you > > would have been exposed to many languages. > > > > But what if you are an expert Python program and have zero clue about > > other languages? Can you still earn a living that way, or do most/all > > companies require multiple language proficiency? > > > > (I suppose this isn't exactly a Python problem, either. I'm sure even > > companies that don't use Python still use multiple languages. Maybe it > > isn't a good idea to focus entirely on a single language, depending on > > the job at hand.) > > hmm, I don't know, but I can't imagine someone being a Python (or any > other language) wizard, without knowing other languages. Does that even > exist? > > Regards, > antoine
I thought that would be quite common among Java programmers unless they are oldtimers? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list