Connecting with Python
Nicholas H.Tollervey
ntollervey@anaconda.com
1. Community
I came for the language, but I stayed for the community.
~ Dr. Brett Cannon 🇨🇦
(Python Core Developer)
The long list of Python community stuff
- Python 🐍: python.org
- Python chat 💬: discord.com/invite/python
- Python data science 📈: pydata.org
- London data science meetup 🇬🇧: london.pydata.org
- PyLadies 👩: pyladies.com
- PyLadies London 🇬🇧: meetup.com/pyladieslondon/
- Trans*Code 🏳️⚧️: trans.tech
- PyCon 🇺🇸: pycon.org
- EuroPython 🇪🇺: europython.eu
- Python Packages 📦: pypi.org
2. Platforms
You get what you want but...
- It's complicated software engineering (ask me!)
- It's always changing (CVEs, updates, broken services, new users, migrations, the list goes on...)
- Contractors and churn = £££££££ 😱 (ask me!)
- Everyone wants to sell you stuff (oh my!)
- Someone needs to manage all this (don't ask me!)
Buy vs Build
😬 🤔 😮
The future..?
...is closer than you think!
(ask me)