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continued working on it while employed by a computer science research in the United States I was referring to this specifically, not his time at Google. His e
by sillysaurus 13y ago
continued working on it while employed by a computer science research in the United States
I was referring to this specifically, not his time at Google.
His employer didn't realize he was working on Python.
- nitrogen 13y agoHis employer didn't realize he was working on Python. That sounds like a fascinating story, but I'm not quite sure what to search for to find it. Do you have a link, by chance?
- jliechti1 13y agoCheck out his talk here, he talks about that and much more: "Guido van Rossum on the History of Python": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugqu10JV7dk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugqu10JV7dk
- roel_v 13y agoHow many employers at universities have any idea about what their employees are doing beyond 'something with computers' or 'something with microbes' ? (exaggeration - but not a whole lot, in academia by definition most people are not in a position to understand what others are doing because what they are doing is supposed to be cutting edge)