#30: Python Community and Python at Dropbox

Talk Python To Me

Michael Kennedy

Technology

4.8 • 635 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2015

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

What does it mean to be a leader in the Python community? Contributing to open source? Speaking at conferences? Starting the largest user group? Writing a book? Being a core contributor? The answer is yes. And that's why Jessica McKellar won the Frank Willison Award for Contributions to the Python Community. She is the guest on this episode of Talk Python To Me.

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0:00.0	What does it mean to be a leader in the Python community?
0:03.0	Does it mean you contribute to open source projects?
0:05.8	You speak at conferences.
0:07.5	You start the largest user group.
0:10.0	You write a book.
0:10.9	You be a core contributor to the language.
0:13.4	The answer is yes.
0:14.7	And that's why Jessica McKellar won the Frank Wilson Award for contributions to the Python community.
0:19.6	She is the guest on this episode of Talk Python to Me.
0:23.1	It's number 30 recorded Thursday, September 24th, 2015.
0:28.3	I'm a developer in many senses of the word because I make these applications,
0:35.6	but I also use these verbs to make this music.
0:38.5	I constructed line by line, just like when I'm coding another software design.
0:43.0	In both cases, it's about design patterns.
0:46.1	Anyone can get the job done.
0:47.5	It's the execution that matters.
0:49.2	I have many interests.
0:50.6	Sometimes it can flake.
0:52.3	Welcome to Talk Python to Me, a weekly podcast on Python, the language, the libraries, the ecosystem, and the personalities.
1:00.1	This is your host, Michael Kennedy. Follow me on Twitter where I'm at M. Kennedy. Keep up with the show and listen to past episodes at TalkPython.fm.
1:07.3	And follow the show on Twitter via at Talk Python. This episode is brought to you by Hired and Opt Beat.
1:13.8	Thank them for supporting the show on Twitter where they're at Hired underscore H.
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