Python 2.7 Countdown

Re:Python 2.7 Countdown by redsymbol on Sunday January 07, 2018 @12:47PM (#16091731)

I teach online workshops on intermediate Python to several hundred developers each month, scattered globally. Since these are engineers in the work force, I start each class with a quick poll about which version they primarily use on their jobs: 2.7, or 3.x.

18 months ago, the results were typically 20% Python 3, and 80% Python 2. Over time, the ratio shifted. In recent months, it's VERY consistently 60-70% Python 3; one class it was 80%.

As I tell those students: sooner than you think, having only Python 2 on your resume will make it look dated.

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Re:Python 2.7 Countdown by Walkman on Sunday January 07, 2018 @03:04PM (#16092370)

Who on Earth would write "Python2" in their resume? I have "Python".

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Re:Python 2.7 Countdown by redsymbol on Sunday January 07, 2018 @03:23PM (#16092478)

I mean this in the kindest possible way:

You're taking what I wrote too literally, and thus missing the point. What I wrote means: if the only Python you know is 2.x, it might close off opportunities for you in the near future.

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Re:Python 2.7 Countdown by Walkman on Sunday January 07, 2018 @03:53PM (#16092639)

Oh ok, that makes sense.

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