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Re: PythonJobs.com

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post #15

Job site without SSL? That's new. Maybe they are just listing the jobs, and linking directly to companies' own postings? Email First Name Last Name Upload Resume Nope. So, yeah.. no.

Account creation and login pages are also served over HTTP. This site is insecure and should be taken down immediately.

Re: PythonJobs.com

#22
Are there people out there who only want to work in one language or be hired explicitly for one language? On the other side are there employers who only want people well versed in X language?

I guess what I'm getting at is: most great developers I've met choose and use whatever language is the best fit for the job, even if it isn't their favorite. Targeting a specific language appears to be more of a niche, to me, and not as forward-thinking (what if, in order to scale, a different language is more appropriate and you hired only Python experts?). So how typical is it for people to go through either side of this type of process when you're targeting for a very, very specific type of knowledge ?

Curious mostly; not trying to simply be contrarian.

Re: PythonJobs.com

#23

Are there people out there who only want to work in one language or be hired explicitly for one language? On the other side are there employers who only want people well versed in X language? I guess what I'm getting at is: most great developers I've met choose and use whatever language is the best fit for the job, even if it isn't their favorite. Targeting a specific language appears to be more of a niche, to me, an…

I thought the same thing. Even if I was at a Python shop, I wouldn't want to hire people who only wanted to work in Python. Seems like an inflexible mindset.

Re: PythonJobs.com

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post #15

Job site without SSL? That's new. Maybe they are just listing the jobs, and linking directly to companies' own postings? Email First Name Last Name Upload Resume Nope. So, yeah.. no.

Yeah I checked to see if it was simply not redirecting to https and was sad to see the typical cert warning since it tries to use a heroku cert by default (e.g. the developer didn't set one up).

I'm curious if the paying of $199 goes over SSL or not. I would hope so but I didn't want to go through the process to find out.

Re: PythonJobs.com

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post #23

Are there people out there who only want to work in one language or be hired explicitly for one language? On the other side are there employers who only want people well versed in X language? I guess what I'm getting at is: most great developers I've met choose and use whatever language is the best fit for the job, even if it isn't their favorite. Targeting a specific language appears to be more of a niche, to me, an…

I thought the same thing. Even if I was at a Python shop, I wouldn't want to hire people who only wanted to work in Python. Seems like an inflexible mindset.

My previous job was Python code written in the style of Java. I agree that its good to have experience in a number of languages, but there is also benefit to having one that you know deeply and can write good idiomatic code for.

Re: PythonJobs.com

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post #15

Job site without SSL? That's new. Maybe they are just listing the jobs, and linking directly to companies' own postings? Email First Name Last Name Upload Resume Nope. So, yeah.. no.

Account creation and login pages are also served over HTTP. This site is insecure and should be taken down immediately.

It's a failure of the web browsers to work with a site that would let you be so insecure that it "should be taken down immediately".

Also, I appreciate and agree with the mindset that SSL should be ubiquitous and that this site is insecure, but I gotta say, the way you're phrasing this reminds me of the most arrogant, spoiled customers that "demand" whatever pleases them to customer support and take out all their anger on CSRs.

You can share advice without being demanding and arrogant. Try it.

Re: PythonJobs.com

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Are there people out there who only want to work in one language or be hired explicitly for one language? On the other side are there employers who only want people well versed in X language? I guess what I'm getting at is: most great developers I've met choose and use whatever language is the best fit for the job, even if it isn't their favorite. Targeting a specific language appears to be more of a niche, to me, an…

Think about it this way: The people hiring are looking for people with relevant experience. People with python experience can then leverage that and get a job. If you look at the postings most list other languages and technologies as well because no software is an island.
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