The list wil get used for what it ends up getting used for, by which I mean recruiters are part of the community and will have to decide for themselves whether they want to post here. But for what it's worth, I personally don't like job postings on the Python-uk list, and I applaud the idea to create a separate UK jobs list.
Jonathan Hartley http://tartley.com richard barran <gurge...@free.fr> wrote: >On 13 Dec 2010, at 19:36, Tim Golden wrote: >> I'm genuinely surprised by this reaction which comes up >> even more forcefully on the main Python lists. It seems >> like a reasonable use of a (technically and geographically) >> focused mailing list. You might not like job agencies, but >> there doesn't seem to be anything intrinsically wrong with >> them. >> >> Am I missing something? Is some kind of Linux-culture thing >> which doesn't spill over...? > >+1 >The Python community is still very small; I was surprised at the last >Europython to discover that most of the people present did not earn a wage >from Python. Anything that helps more pythonistas earn a living from their >passion is good IMO. >While I can understand strong opposition on the main Python list (which is >about the language itself), python-uk is a low-volume list for discussions >about the Python *community* in this country... and jobs are a part of that. >Obviously, once tens of thousands of UK devs earn their living from Python, >then I will join the "NO" camp :-) > > > >_______________________________________________ >python-uk mailing list >python-uk@python.org >http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk _______________________________________________ python-uk mailing list python-uk@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk