Re: [python-uk] 2 Principle Engineer roles in London up to £95k

On Tue, Dec 6, 2016, Richard Smith wrote: >However, lets not forget what the original post was, which is spam. I >object to having that kind of content in my mailbox (have subsequently >added the OP to my shitlist in GApps). It wasn't spam. We have discussed several times whether recruitment mes

Re: [python-uk] 2 Principle Engineer roles in London up to £95k

On 07/12/16 04:20, Richard Smith wrote: On Tue, 6 Dec 2016 at 14:59 Steve Holden mailto:st...@holdenweb.com>> wrote: +1 A little innocent fun is OK, but when it runs the risk of being hurtful it's probably gone far enough. It would be horrible if the Python community got a name fo

Re: [python-uk] 2 Principle Engineer roles in London up to £95k

On Tue, 6 Dec 2016, Steve Holden wrote: On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 12:35 PM, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote: On 06/12/16 12:31, Andy Robinson wrote: Yes, but if the job involves "engineering" peoples' principles, it's a bit worrying. Depending on your level of cynicism that could apply to all sort

Re: [python-uk] python-uk Digest, Vol 160, Issue 9

t; In fact in my original message, when I said "recruiter" rather than your > name, it was because I didn't want to make it personal. Guess I should have > thought it through a little more! > Matthew > -- next part -- > An HTML attachment was scr

Re: [python-uk] 2 Principle Engineer roles in London up to £95k

Yes, it's a pity the more rational feedback didn't come first, but knees do tend to jerk at recruitment communications. S Steve Holden On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 3:29 PM, Tom Wright wrote: > Perhaps replying immediately doesn't count as pause, but I hope this > constitutes thought. > > I would mak

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Perhaps replying immediately doesn't count as pause, but I hope this constitutes thought. I would make three points: I. The tone of the response may in part be due to the recruitment topic more than anything else. This is unfortunately a rather fraught subject. Bulk recruitment ads are so common

Re: [python-uk] 2 Principle Engineer roles in London up to £95k

On Tue, 6 Dec 2016 at 14:59 Steve Holden wrote: > +1 > > A little innocent fun is OK, but when it runs the risk of being hurtful > it's probably gone far enough. It would be horrible if the Python community > got a name for being snide. > +1 While I didn't post, I considered making something o

Re: [python-uk] python-uk Digest, Vol 160, Issue 6

>> Also my name is Sophie not "recruiter". Hi Sophie, My apologies for any offence caused by my part in this. In fact in my original message, when I said "recruiter" rather than your name, it was because I didn't want to make it personal. Guess I should have thought it through a little more! Matthe

Re: [python-uk] 2 Principle Engineer roles in London up to £95k

On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 2:41 PM, David Wilson wrote: > This is a minor incident, but it's from a class where the underlying > insensitivity has forced other communities to grow a Code of Conduct, > therefore perhaps it's worth taking a little pause to reflect on it. > +1 A little innocent fun is

Re: [python-uk] 2 Principle Engineer roles in London up to £95k

While I quite enjoyed this thread and, especially considering the recruiter's followup, it appears to have somewhat been in bad taste. I can't speak for others, but I'm in my mid 30s and regularly confuse license/licence, prescribe/proscribe and without doubt a bunch more, either through finger me

Re: [python-uk] python-uk Digest, Vol 160, Issue 6

On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 2:14 PM, Sophie Hendley wrote: > Thanks for this guys, I am Dyslexic and occasionally I make mistakes. > > Also my name is Sophie not "recruiter". > > If anyone is interested in the Principal engineer roles then do get in > touch. > > my email is sophie.hend...@digvis.co.uk

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gfdtt...@mail.gmail.com>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > > As a warning to others, I think you might not have wanted to reply > to the > > list ;) > > > > He probably did. It was a

Re: [python-uk] python-uk Digest, Vol 160, Issue 6

s a subtle dig at the recruiter mixing up "principle" > and "principal". > > Share and enjoy. > Matthew > -- next part -- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-uk/ > attachment

Re: [python-uk] 2 Principle Engineer roles in London up to £95k

On 06/12/16 13:20, Roger Gammans wrote: > If your set of Prinicpia is Russell's not Newton's you may not > have simple values. Our principal aim is to express a complete and consistent set of misspelled principles. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___

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If your set of Prinicpia is Russell's not Newton's you may not have simple values. On Tue, 2016-12-06 at 13:10 +, Adam Johnson wrote: > Participating in this grammatical buffoonery is against my... values. > > On 6 December 2016 at 13:02, Andy Robinson > wrote: > > On 6 December 2016 at 12:5

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Participating in this grammatical buffoonery is against my... values. On 6 December 2016 at 13:02, Andy Robinson wrote: > On 6 December 2016 at 12:58, Steve Holden wrote: > > > > > > What's the principal principle to be observed in this principality? > > Newton's "Principia", I would imagine >

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On 6 December 2016 at 12:58, Steve Holden wrote: > > > What's the principal principle to be observed in this principality? Newton's "Principia", I would imagine ___ python-uk mailing list python-uk@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pyt

Re: [python-uk] 2 Principle Engineer roles in London up to £95k

On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 12:35 PM, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote: > On 06/12/16 12:31, Andy Robinson wrote: > > Yes, but if the job involves "engineering" peoples' principles, it's a > > bit worrying. > > Depending on your level of cynicism that could apply to all sorts of > professions: from teachers

Re: [python-uk] 2 Principle Engineer roles in London up to £95k

On 06/12/16 12:31, Andy Robinson wrote: > Yes, but if the job involves "engineering" peoples' principles, it's a > bit worrying. Depending on your level of cynicism that could apply to all sorts of professions: from teachers via priests and "marketing types" to politicians. signature.asc Descri

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On 6 December 2016 at 12:01, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote: > How do you know they don't want a philosopher/Pythonista..? Having > principles is important y'know... ;-) Yes, but if the job involves "engineering" peoples' principles, it's a bit worrying. - Andy __

Re: [python-uk] 2 Principle Engineer roles in London up to £95k

On 06/12/16 11:53, Matthew Webber wrote: > He probably did. It was a subtle dig at the recruiter mixing up > "principle" and "principal". How do you know they don't want a philosopher/Pythonista..? Having principles is important y'know... ;-) signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [python-uk] 2 Principle Engineer roles in London up to £95k

Did I just hear a “whoosh!” ? > On 6 Dec 2016, at 12:21, Alistair Broomhead > wrote: > > As a warning to others, I think you might not have wanted to reply to the > list ;) > > On Tue, 6 Dec 2016 at 11:09 David Hughes > wrote: > On 06/12/2016 10:20, Sophie Hend

Re: [python-uk] 2 Principle Engineer roles in London up to £95k

> > As a warning to others, I think you might not have wanted to reply to the > list ;) > He probably did. It was a subtle dig at the recruiter mixing up "principle" and "principal". Share and enjoy. Matthew ___ python-uk mailing list python-uk@python.o

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As a warning to others, I think you might not have wanted to reply to the list ;) On Tue, 6 Dec 2016 at 11:09 David Hughes wrote: > On 06/12/2016 10:20, Sophie Hendley wrote: > > Hey all, > > I wanted to see if anyone on this list would be interested in chatting to > me about either of the follo

Re: [python-uk] 2 Principle Engineer roles in London up to £95k

On 06/12/2016 10:20, Sophie Hendley wrote: Hey all, I wanted to see if anyone on this list would be interested in chatting to me about either of the following. *_ _* *_Principle engineer/ Future CTO to highly anticipated insurance start-up _* ... *_Principle engineer /Second in command to

[python-uk] 2 Principle Engineer roles in London up to £95k

Hey all, I wanted to see if anyone on this list would be interested in chatting to me about either of the following. *Principle engineer/ Future CTO to highly anticipated insurance start-up * Techstack: Python Django Javascript React.js *Principle engineer /Second in command to the CTO at a h