> He wanted to tell the "story about how I and couple of engineers used our free time, with no authority whatsoever, and made Python 3 the dominant version at Facebook."
Isn't it great when engineers upgrade your codebase in their free time.
Isn't it great when engineers upgrade your codebase in their free time.
Probably worth adding that we ultimately created a python foundation team, of which Jason is a member.
Here's something dumb I created in my "within working hours" free time that Facebook let me open source: https://github.com/facebookresearch/py2bpf
More companies should encourage hiring developers who would solve problems in their spare time. When I applied for an apprenticeship at 8th Light, they had me write a tic tac toe game, and I wrote it in 4 or 5 different languages, just for fun. I think that's why they hired me.
Man, it would be good to have an employer. Any takers?
I always take the opportunity to identify some long-term-beneficial changes which would look good on my CV, and run with them even if it means investing my free time before I can present the potential to the business.