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Obligatory quote:

>Do not send me email like this:

>>Hi Guido,

>>I came across your resume in a Google web search. You seem to have an awesome expertise on Python. I would be glad if you can reply my email and let me know your interest and availability. Our client immediately needs a PYTHON Developers at its location in ***, NJ. Below are the job details. If interested and available, kindly fwd me your updated resume along with the expected rate and the availability.

>I might reply like this:

>>I'm not interested and not available.

Guido van Rossum 2013-09-18T20:32:32.876Z

He was well over 50 at the time.



I'd think that just once it would be fun to troll those people.

"So tell me about the kind of work you've done with Python..."




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