On Tue, 30 Jan 2018 21:22:39 +0100, Jugurtha Hadjar wrote: > On 01/29/2018 03:48 PM, alister via Python-list wrote: >> On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 15:20:06 +0100, Jugurtha Hadjar wrote: >> >>> On 01/28/2018 04:43 PM, Skip Montanaro wrote: >>>> I've never been a Windows user, but at my current job, Windows is >>>> core to just about everything, so I am forced to use it for a lot of >>>> stuff (Outlook, SQL Server, Excel, etc). >>> I was hired at a startup which made a good impression on me and I was >>> eager to start working. I checked in for my first day, signed the >>> paperwork, then the CTO showed me around and told me "Here's your >>> laptop, you can install Windows and I'll check in with you later". >>> Life started draining out of my body and my mind was racing in all >>> directions before he even finished his sentence. I felt tricked: I was >>> hired based on a test and the file I've received was a *.tar.gz* and >>> it made me happy because I assumed they were a NIX shop.. >>> >>> I was considering how I should go about quitting gracefully. I have >>> stopped using Windows in 2008 for psychological reasons for it made me >>> really anxious, irritable, angry, and tense to the point of abusing >>> hardware with low kicks and punches which was not very healthy or >>> sane. It was only when I switched OS that this behavior stopped. There >>> was no way I would be going back to my bully. >>> >>> The CTO then said "Sorry.. I meant Ubuntu." and seeing my pale face, >>> he said in a reassuring tone "Don't be afraid, there are no Windows >>> machines here." which brought me back to life. >>> >>> I hope to be as brave as you some day. >> Any Vacancies whatever they do I am sure I can learn :-) >> >> >> >> > We're hiring all the good (technical and human side) people we can > find/afford. It's a small startup that helps its clients improve > business using machine learning. We're in Algiers, Algeria and Paris, > France.
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