Naomi Ceder - Fostering a Global Python Community #80
Develomentor
English - August 06, 2020 11:00 - 40 minutes - 28 MB - ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsTechnology Business Careers technology careers leadership software engineering machine learning cto Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Naomi Ceder.
Biography
Naomi Ceder earned a Ph.D in Classics several decades ago. She switched from ancient human languages to computer languages sometime in the last century. Since 2001, she has been learning, teaching, writing about, and using Python.
An elected fellow of the Python Software Foundation, Naomi currently serves as chair of its board of directors. She also speaks internationally about the Python community, and on inclusion and diversity in technology in general.
By day she leads a team of Python programmers for Dick Blick Art Materials, and in her spare time she enjoys sketching, knitting, and deep philosophical conversations with her dog.
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Quotes
“When there are events going on I find it more rewarding to be a part of the event than to be a spectator”
“If you’re sincerely out there trying to help other people, I think that is the best way you can find contacts and build a network.”
“Over the years our more important purpose has been growing and fostering a global python community.”
(Trans*code) “There were lots of events going on in tech like hackathons and hack days. But there was never anything focused around trans folk.”
—Naomi Ceder
Additional Resources
Find out more about trans*code – https://www.trans.tech/
Check out Naomi’s book The Quick Python Book from Manning Publications
Follow Trans*Code on Twitter – @trans_code
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