Today in the mail I got my Python Software Foundation Community Service Award! I received this for some community stuff I did which took about two years to complete and taught meaning of the word "delegation" and for writing stuff.
This award means a lot to me. There is really only one other award that is given out in the Python community which is the Frank Willison Award and I don't know if I will ever get that one (the people who have received that award have been involved with the Python community for a time much longer than me). It's really nice to know that people really do appreciate the work you do. It's one thing to know that your work is good and useful just because you personally know it improved things, but it's another to get external recognition through an award like this or have someone walk up to you and shake your hand to thank you for something you did.
This award ranks up there with getting commit privileges and PyCon 2005 where lots of people who I respect as programmers complimented me on my masters thesis work.
5 comments:
Congrats Brett! It is nice to see that all your work (most of which we know nothing about) is being recognized. You have a whole lot of dedication to work on a project for 2 years! Great Job! ;)
congratulations! that sounds awesome. how are you these days?? we haven't heard much from you since it's been 2009!
WOW! Congratulations, as always I am very proud of you and in awe of your intellectual abilities!
With Pride & Love, DAD
Well, this is great! We are very proud of you and happy that people beyond family and good friends appreciate your work and pause to express that appreciation.
More money to allocate to framing!
All the very best, RB
How cool! You're so committed to Python so its about time they recognized it! :) As always, I'm totally impressed by you & everything you've accomplished. Great work!
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