[ale] Python Mentors?

[Leam Hall]

Also, there are Coursera and EdX courses that use python. Python is the 
new Perl, as long as you don't mind clean code, unbounded power, a great 
community, and easy to read stuff...



On 12/29/14 18:32, JD wrote:
> There is a vibrant PyATL community.  Might be worth checking there too.
>
>
> On 12/29/2014 05:00 PM, David S Jackson wrote:
>>
>> Hi Alers,
>>
>> I am just starting to get involved with Python.  I completed the
>> Codeacademy course and recently completed (or submitted at least) all
>> the lessons for the O'Reilly School of Technology online Python1
>> course. (They have a certificate that requires four courses.) The
>> Codeacademy course is on Python 2.x while OReilly is 3.x.  While I'm
>> waiting on my teacher to get back from vacation, I was looking for some
>> more projects, So I've been working on the Python Challenge.
>>
>> I'm wondering if someone on this list is willing/able to mentor me a
>> little bit in Python.  My OST teacher is in Bellevue, WA, I think. But
>> my learning style requires one on one sometimes.  Especially on the
>> stuff I struggle with.
>>
>> My eventual goal is to get a job programming.  Are there some open
>> source python-centric projects in Linux that might look good on a
>> resume?  I was thinking of helping out with Django, but I was thinking
>> of something a little smaller first! Is Python actually the new Perl?
>> Maybe something a little more OS specific?  Like maybe some distro
>> stuff?  (I like Slackware, Linux Mint, and Ubuntu, btw.)
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>> Dave
>>
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