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Episode 2 Brief intro
Recording date/time
Hosts
Overview
Reuven Lerner Interview
Please introduce yourself
How did you get introduced to Python?
How did you break into the field of providing Python trainings?
What are the most common languages that your students are coming from?
What are some of the biggest obstacles that people encounter when learning Python?
Where does Python draw the inspiration for its object system from?
In what way(s) does learning Python differ from learning other languages?
What sorts of materials/mediums do you use for training people in Python?
Python Tutor
Do you use your book (Practice make Python) as follow up material for your trainings?
In your freelance work, what portion of your projects use Python?
Ruby is Oscar, Python is Felix
Have you seen a change in the demand for Python skills in the time between when you first started using it and now?
What types of projects would cause you to choose something other than Python?
Picks
Reuven Lerner
Daily Tech Video
Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think by Brian Wansink
Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China by Evan Osnos
Chris Patti
Spencer Trappist Ale
Rich Hickey’s The Value of Values
YouCompleteMe – Vim auto-completion
SizeUp for OSX
Tobias Macey
CheckIO – Gamified practice programming
Snap Circuits
Nvidia Shield Tablet
Samson Go Mic Portable USB Condenser Microphone
Zoho Apps
Closing remarks
Reuven Contact:
Website
blog
Twitter: @reuvenmlerner