Paul Everitt - Early Python, Coaching
07/18/23 • 39 min
Paul Everitt is a developer advocate for JetBrains and PyCharm.
Covered topics include:
- The transition of Python from BDFL to steering committee
- Brainstorming topics for this podcast
- Django, function based vs class based views, and Nancy Pelosi
- Coaching Lacrosse, "we're not in the lacrosse business, we're in the leadership business"
- Sports, if done the right way, can be a positive influence
- We don't need heroes, we need the next generation of heroes
- Volunteering work is a lot like open source
- Skateboarding and collaboration over competition
The Complete pytest Course
- Level up your testing skills and save time during coding and maintenance.
- Check out courses.pythontest.com
Paul Everitt is a developer advocate for JetBrains and PyCharm.
Covered topics include:
- The transition of Python from BDFL to steering committee
- Brainstorming topics for this podcast
- Django, function based vs class based views, and Nancy Pelosi
- Coaching Lacrosse, "we're not in the lacrosse business, we're in the leadership business"
- Sports, if done the right way, can be a positive influence
- We don't need heroes, we need the next generation of heroes
- Volunteering work is a lot like open source
- Skateboarding and collaboration over competition
The Complete pytest Course
- Level up your testing skills and save time during coding and maintenance.
- Check out courses.pythontest.com
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Michael is the host of the podcasts Talk Python to Me and Python Bytes and runs the Python online course site Talk Python Training.
He is also pretty serious about motorcycling, spends some time with simulated racing, and used to play billiards for cash.
The Complete pytest Course
- Level up your testing skills and save time during coding and maintenance.
- Check out courses.pythontest.com
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Brett Cannon - Core Python, Fountain Pens
Topics:
- “I don't know about the rest of you... I came for the language, but I stayed for the community." Brett Cannon, Python Core Dev, Pycon US 2014 Opening remarks
- Public speaking
- Being encouraging to others
- Why Canada
- Meanings of Back Bacon, Toque, and Pop
- Walking in Vancouver
- Snowshoeing
- Philosophy and thinking logically
- Proving the existence of God
- Rewriting code. “You’re probably going to have to write this 3 times before you’re happy with it.”
- 1 week per month on technical debt.
- Fountain pens
- Writing a gratitude journal
- Books
- “What goes on in your brain is not the same as everyone else’s.”
- "Steeped in the world of tea." - nice pun
Links from the show:
- Podcast interviews
- Tim Urban’s TED talk which is about procrastination and not public speaking, so I have no idea what Brett is talking about. Good talk though.
- Brett’s PyCascades talk: Python's Syntactic Sugar
- Brian’s PyCascades talk: Sharing is Caring: Sharing pytest Fixtures
The Complete pytest Course
- Level up your testing skills and save time during coding and maintenance.
- Check out courses.pythontest.com
Python People - Paul Everitt - Early Python, Coaching
Transcript
Well, hello, Paul.
PaulHello, Brian.
BrianHow's it going?
PaulVery well. You were just talking about getting yourself ready for the intro. I've got a laptop full of me cursing in my microphone because I botched something. So you can't do that in live, right?
BrianYeah. But
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