It’s nice to see young people getting into Open Source
by Mez on Jul.12, 2009, under Personal
I live in one of the roughest areas of Birmingham, in the UK. Today I was walking from my flat to go and visit my mother, and as I was turning a corner, a kid of about 10 years old started to give me some funny looks as he went past me.
“Oh Great” I thought, thinking that I’d have some cocky little kid trying to cause trouble.
At the time, I was wearing a T-Shirt that I’d gotten while I was at EuroPython, with the Google logo on the breast, and “Python – Programming the way Guido indented it” across the back.
The kid asked me whether I worked for Google. Still thinking that he was going to try and start causing trouble, I answered no, and walked on. It was great to hear afterwards though “You use Python? I’m learning Python”
Good to see that even amongst the rough, there are some people out there starting young in the Open Source world.
Good luck to you kid, whoever you were!
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July 12th, 2009 on 4:27 pm
i think i’d have been slightly intimidated by a younger me if i passed the younger me on the road. you sort of forget what it’s like being young… nice post.
July 13th, 2009 on 12:56 pm
Huh — so someone on Planet KDE lives in Brum! Can I ask whereabouts? I’m in Northfield, South-Birmingham.
July 13th, 2009 on 4:20 pm
About 10 minutes down the road from you.
You should come to SBLug – http://birmingham.lug.org.uk
August 8th, 2009 on 8:25 pm
How does using python equate to being involved in open source?
Hell, most of Google’s python code isn’t open.
I wish it was the case that programming == open source programming, but… it’s not.