Jeremiah Owyan, an analyst at Forrester Research has a post titled "What to do when web developers get stale?" A seasoned web developer that knows Jeremiah expressed his frustration at the seemingly quickening pace of the web development eco-sphere. This web developer had been programming and developing websites for nearly 10 years, but admitted he was having a very hard time keeping up with the younger faster developers that knew the new languages. Jeremiah suggested that the individual in question try and move into a more business / production role. That was probably a good suggestion, but it's not the ...
Just thought I'd post here and let everyone know that I signed up for PyCon this evening. PyCon is the biggest Python Conference (and perhaps the only, who knows?). The coolest thing is that PyCon is taking place in Chicago for 2008 and 2009! Yay! I will only be attending for the conferences on Friday afternoon and the weekend and mostly for the web/Django related stuff. Also, just to meet people who I've only interacted with online. Those are the best parts about going to conferences.