I learnt Python this year. I went from being a fulltime LAMP employee to contracting in Python. In May I started spending a few hours every night after the gym

I learnt Python this year. I went from being a fulltime LAMP employee to contracting in Python. In May I started spending a few hours every night after the gym working on Django apps, mostly re-building my blog and just fell in love with everything Pythonic. In August I started applying for Python contracts around London and one came through in about three weeks. I've since managed to only be out of work eight days since the beginning of September. I've done well enough to take six months off and travel around Asia next year. I'm really glad I did this as I was unhappy being an employee and LAMP coding felt like I was untangling other people's piles of cables all the time.