2. About Me
● School / work in Bay Area
for 8 years
● Ran Utah Python for 5 years
● Author of multiple Python
and Pandas books
● O'Reilly video author &
instructor
● Corporate training &
consulting through
MetaSnake
● UofU / Stanford Professional
Education Professor
3. MetaSnake
● http://metasnake.com
● Get technical people really understanding Python
● Get Python programmers grokking intermediate &
advanced skills
● Get technical people training on Data Stack (SQL,
Pandas, Machine Learning, Jupyter, Viz)
● Consulting (AI route planning, Loan delinquency, Course
classifcation & churn, Code review, MVP for commercial
real estate marketplace, Architecting ad reporting and
predictive services)
20. Conferences
My best pro tip for introverts at conferences is: be
a speaker.
It sounds wild, but you get time to practice and
plan ahead of time, and then people will
approach you and you'll already have something
to talk about.
-- @valeriecodes
34. "Effectiveness of Public Work"
● Blog
● Tweet
● Contribute to Open Source
● Give Talks
● Record Screencasts
● Write a Book
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39. Abundance Mentality (2)
It's a small world. I personally know most of the
other Python trainers (who also consult and write
books). They are not my competition.