Entry Level Python Jobs

Wed Sep 2 12:20:25 EDT 2009

Philip Semanchuk wrote:
>> On Sep 2, 2009, at 11:48 AM, r wrote:
>>> On Sep 2, 10:31 am, JonathanB <doulo... at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> I am a self-taught Python programmer with a liberal arts degree (Cross-
>>> cultural studies). I have been programming for several years now and
>>> would like to get a job as a python programmer. Unfortunately most of
>>> the job posts I have seen are for CS Majors or people with experience.
>>>>>> Is there a place I can look for job posts for entry level positions
>>> requiring no experience? For the hiring managers, if the job post said
>>> "CS Major" in the requirements, would you consider a liberal arts
>>> major at all?
>>>>>> Have you thought about getting involved with the Python core
>> development. Not a paying position, but may lead you to some good
>> connections, and i can't think of a better place to prove yourself
>> than that ;-)
>>> Or instead of diving into the Python core which might be pretty heavy 
> stuff, create some open source code -- a game, a calculator, a music 
> generator, an app to automatically download weather maps, etc. Whatever 
> tickles your fancy. If you're willing to stand on your merits (and it 
> sounds like you are), you can point people to where your code is hosted 
> and say, "I wrote that".
>> Anyway, it's something to do in between hitting refresh on 
> http://www.python.org/community/jobs/
>> Good luck to you
> Philip

Philip is right -- I would consider a non-CS major, but then you'd get 
round-filed for the no experience. Write something, or better yet, a 
few smallish somethings and a medium something, and then you can claim 
experience.
~Ethan~