From lynn at lynnroot.com  Mon Dec  1 18:47:38 2014
From: lynn at lynnroot.com (Lynn Root)
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2014 09:47:38 -0800
Subject: [Baypiggies] Help PyLadies @ PyCon!
Message-ID: <7C77D03F-F5BF-4799-BF74-FC34C60CF59E@lynnroot.com>

Hey folks!


**TL;DR**: Donate to PyLadies for PyCon!

With PyCon 2015 planning in high gear, PyLadies is revving up to raise 
funds to help women attend the biggest Python conference of the year.

Just like we did last year, we're hoping to raise at least **$40,000** 
to help women attend this coming PyCon.

Take a look at the latest blog post [1], and please pass it along to 
your Python-enthusiast friends, coworkers, and employers.

Please let me know if you have any questions!

[1] http://www.pyladies.com/blog/Donate-to-PyLadies-at-PyCon/

Lynn Root
PyLadies San Francisco
Board Member, Python Software Foundation

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From mdavis2 at ucsc.edu  Wed Dec  3 21:23:47 2014
From: mdavis2 at ucsc.edu (Marilyn Davis)
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2014 12:23:47 -0800
Subject: [Baypiggies] Python Getting Stronger and Stronger
Message-ID: <CAMDjdqxhtctQCmbDUc8JBXpC6PH_aMyJXEw=17PW3HSUOud5tA@mail.gmail.com>

http://news.dice.com/2014/12/03/programming-language-pays-best/?CMPID=AF_SD_UP_JS_AV_OG_DNA_

http://m.cacm.acm.org/blogs/blog-cacm/176450-python-is-now-the-most-popular-introductory-teaching-language-at-top-us-universities/fulltext
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From aahz at pythoncraft.com  Fri Dec  5 06:24:57 2014
From: aahz at pythoncraft.com (Aahz)
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 21:24:57 -0800
Subject: [Baypiggies] Fan fiction: the Avenging Python
Message-ID: <20141205052457.GA17983@panix.com>

For people who are watching Marvel movies (Iron Man, Thor, Avengers, and
especially Captain America) and like fan fiction (heck, even if you don't
like fan fiction, as long as you don't hate it, it's pretty short):

http://zarhooie.tumblr.com/post/104307173001/imagine-bucky-slowly-learning-how-to-use-python
-- 
Aahz (aahz at pythoncraft.com)           <*>         http://www.pythoncraft.com/

Member of the Groucho Marx Fan Club  

From glen at glenjarvis.com  Sat Dec  6 17:22:14 2014
From: glen at glenjarvis.com (Glen Jarvis)
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2014 08:22:14 -0800
Subject: [Baypiggies] Fan fiction: the Avenging Python
In-Reply-To: <20141205052457.GA17983@panix.com>
References: <20141205052457.GA17983@panix.com>
Message-ID: <CA+UBrj5mLP6v2paF8Q75vX7ejprf3u8vGjRr-8KBGrDs4Uppdg@mail.gmail.com>

Ah,

   I understand that feeling perfectly!  Although, my brow would be
furrowing again two minutes later :)


G

On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 9:24 PM, Aahz <aahz at pythoncraft.com> wrote:

> For people who are watching Marvel movies (Iron Man, Thor, Avengers, and
> especially Captain America) and like fan fiction (heck, even if you don't
> like fan fiction, as long as you don't hate it, it's pretty short):
>
>
> http://zarhooie.tumblr.com/post/104307173001/imagine-bucky-slowly-learning-how-to-use-python
> --
> Aahz (aahz at pythoncraft.com)           <*>
> http://www.pythoncraft.com/
>
> Member of the Groucho Marx Fan Club
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From joel at joelburton.com  Mon Dec 15 21:09:07 2014
From: joel at joelburton.com (Joel Burton)
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 12:09:07 -0800
Subject: [Baypiggies] [Job posting] Hackbright Academy seeking full-time
 Python-focused instructors / TAs
Message-ID: <CAJ5YA_=bkzFn8oRVDOJ9-kVrw0OtgW+vOeSKkQSdjQA-=_enJg@mail.gmail.com>

Hackbright Academy, an all-women (& trans* inclusive) software engineering
program is hiring for Instructors and TAs for our Python-centered full-time
Fellowship.

Interested in helping advance the goal of getting more women into software
engineering? We're a mission-oriented company that teaches a semester long,
full-time intensive program on Python-based web development. We've
graduated 8 cohorts and hundreds of women.

We're located in downtown SF, and offer competitive salaries and benefits.?

Full information is available at our jobs page at
http://hackbrightacademy.com/jobs

Thanks!

-- 
Joel Burton - joel at joelburton.com
Python/Django Consultant/Trainer - joelburton.com
Lead Developer, Zana - zana.io
Educator, Hackbright Academy - hackbrightacademy.com
Director of Professional Ed / Board Chair, San Francisco Sex Information -
sfsi.org

GTalk: joel at joelburton.com, Mobile/SMS: +1 415 513 2470
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From glen at glenjarvis.com  Tue Dec 16 18:11:06 2014
From: glen at glenjarvis.com (Glen Jarvis)
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 09:11:06 -0800
Subject: [Baypiggies] Bay Area python competitive programming
Message-ID: <719ECD72-39C1-41B7-9B37-872923A290C7@glenjarvis.com>

Apparently, there is something called "competitive programming." I always watched MasterChef cooking style shows and imagined a similar experience in programming.

But, since competitive programming apparently already exists, I was not the first to have this idea.

Has there ever been a local competitive event (in any language?) Has there ever been a Python event?

I'm super interested in an environment where people can use the experience to grow and develop. Conversely, I'm not interested in the chest beating ego maniacs... They aren't that hard to find in the wild :)

If I can go to a few Competitive Program events to see what they are like, I would happily host one for Junior Programmers just learning Python.

Any experiences or resources out there for the Bay Area?

Glen

From jjinux at gmail.com  Wed Dec 17 04:47:21 2014
From: jjinux at gmail.com (Shannon -jj Behrens)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 03:47:21 +0000
Subject: [Baypiggies] Bay Area python competitive programming
References: <719ECD72-39C1-41B7-9B37-872923A290C7@glenjarvis.com>
Message-ID: <CAB0XCvYrLY35XYuo+rdXHG81vwz5Da3pa7_qDMvOYFGSoSs3Tg@mail.gmail.com>

There are all sorts of programming competitions. Some require you to solve
multiple problems in a short amount of time. Some require you to build
software that competes against other pieces of software; these competitions
might last one or multiple days. There's the week long competition in which
you program a video game in Python called PyWeek. There's the yearly ICFP
programming competition which is (in my opinion) perhaps the most
illustrious competition.

I've participated in several programming competitions. Wesley Chun hosted a
programming competition at PyCon a few years back. As usual, I got my butt
handed to me in a box ;) In this case, a young Russian kid won the
competition.

Apparently, they train for this sort of thing in Russia. They have
programming competition coaches in the same way you might have a tennis
coach here.

On Tue Dec 16 2014 at 9:11:33 AM Glen Jarvis <glen at glenjarvis.com> wrote:

> Apparently, there is something called "competitive programming." I always
> watched MasterChef cooking style shows and imagined a similar experience in
> programming.
>
> But, since competitive programming apparently already exists, I was not
> the first to have this idea.
>
> Has there ever been a local competitive event (in any language?) Has there
> ever been a Python event?
>
> I'm super interested in an environment where people can use the experience
> to grow and develop. Conversely, I'm not interested in the chest beating
> ego maniacs... They aren't that hard to find in the wild :)
>
> If I can go to a few Competitive Program events to see what they are like,
> I would happily host one for Junior Programmers just learning Python.
>
> Any experiences or resources out there for the Bay Area?
>
> Glen
> _______________________________________________
> Baypiggies mailing list
> Baypiggies at python.org
> To change your subscription options or unsubscribe:
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From glen at glenjarvis.com  Wed Dec 17 06:12:46 2014
From: glen at glenjarvis.com (Glen Jarvis)
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 21:12:46 -0800
Subject: [Baypiggies] Bay Area python competitive programming
In-Reply-To: <CAB0XCvYrLY35XYuo+rdXHG81vwz5Da3pa7_qDMvOYFGSoSs3Tg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <719ECD72-39C1-41B7-9B37-872923A290C7@glenjarvis.com>
 <CAB0XCvYrLY35XYuo+rdXHG81vwz5Da3pa7_qDMvOYFGSoSs3Tg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <3120CDC5-3985-49A8-8BF0-A3898F44CEF9@glenjarvis.com>

JJ,

   That's awesome. Thanks for all the leads. 

Very cool :)

Glen

> On Dec 16, 2014, at 7:47 PM, Shannon -jj Behrens <jjinux at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> There are all sorts of programming competitions. Some require you to solve multiple problems in a short amount of time. Some require you to build software that competes against other pieces of software; these competitions might last one or multiple days. There's the week long competition in which you program a video game in Python called PyWeek. There's the yearly ICFP programming competition which is (in my opinion) perhaps the most illustrious competition.
> 
> I've participated in several programming competitions. Wesley Chun hosted a programming competition at PyCon a few years back. As usual, I got my butt handed to me in a box ;) In this case, a young Russian kid won the competition.
> 
> Apparently, they train for this sort of thing in Russia. They have programming competition coaches in the same way you might have a tennis coach here.
> 
>> On Tue Dec 16 2014 at 9:11:33 AM Glen Jarvis <glen at glenjarvis.com> wrote:
>> Apparently, there is something called "competitive programming." I always watched MasterChef cooking style shows and imagined a similar experience in programming.
>> 
>> But, since competitive programming apparently already exists, I was not the first to have this idea.
>> 
>> Has there ever been a local competitive event (in any language?) Has there ever been a Python event?
>> 
>> I'm super interested in an environment where people can use the experience to grow and develop. Conversely, I'm not interested in the chest beating ego maniacs... They aren't that hard to find in the wild :)
>> 
>> If I can go to a few Competitive Program events to see what they are like, I would happily host one for Junior Programmers just learning Python.
>> 
>> Any experiences or resources out there for the Bay Area?
>> 
>> Glen
>> _______________________________________________
>> Baypiggies mailing list
>> Baypiggies at python.org
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From wescpy at gmail.com  Wed Dec 17 06:58:23 2014
From: wescpy at gmail.com (wesley chun)
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 21:58:23 -0800
Subject: [Baypiggies] Bay Area python competitive programming
In-Reply-To: <3120CDC5-3985-49A8-8BF0-A3898F44CEF9@glenjarvis.com>
References: <719ECD72-39C1-41B7-9B37-872923A290C7@glenjarvis.com>
 <CAB0XCvYrLY35XYuo+rdXHG81vwz5Da3pa7_qDMvOYFGSoSs3Tg@mail.gmail.com>
 <3120CDC5-3985-49A8-8BF0-A3898F44CEF9@glenjarvis.com>
Message-ID: <CAB6eaA6=NH+xHOA4FhiNN90bQWmbUHQ9JU2_t=QeNej9120oNQ@mail.gmail.com>

The programming contests that JJ mentioned took place at PyCon and PyCon
Asia-Pacific, and I believe EuroPython, were sponsored by SingPath
<http://singpath.com>. (I didn't run them, I participated and also got
something handed back to me. Perhaps I "knew too much," and their parser
didn't understand the code I wrote.) Anyway, the sponsor gave out prizes
like an iPad for the first developer to complete the 40 or so Python
"challenges." Rather than being a puzzler like the Python Challenge
<http://www.pythonchallenge.com/>, it was more of solving individual
problems using normal Python code.

While those were one-time events, you can go to http://singpath.com any
time to practice and improve your Python (or Java or any of the other
languages/dev environments they support). I just logged in, and it seems
now that you can create your own programming challenges in SingPath or
sign-up for concurrent global competitions/tournaments.

Cheers,
--Wesley



On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 9:12 PM, Glen Jarvis <glen at glenjarvis.com> wrote:
>
> JJ,
>
>    That's awesome. Thanks for all the leads.
>
> Very cool :)
>
> Glen
>
> On Dec 16, 2014, at 7:47 PM, Shannon -jj Behrens <jjinux at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> There are all sorts of programming competitions. Some require you to solve
> multiple problems in a short amount of time. Some require you to build
> software that competes against other pieces of software; these competitions
> might last one or multiple days. There's the week long competition in which
> you program a video game in Python called PyWeek. There's the yearly ICFP
> programming competition which is (in my opinion) perhaps the most
> illustrious competition.
>
> I've participated in several programming competitions. Wesley Chun hosted
> a programming competition at PyCon a few years back. As usual, I got my
> butt handed to me in a box ;) In this case, a young Russian kid won the
> competition.
>
> Apparently, they train for this sort of thing in Russia. They have
> programming competition coaches in the same way you might have a tennis
> coach here.
>
> On Tue Dec 16 2014 at 9:11:33 AM Glen Jarvis <glen at glenjarvis.com> wrote:
>
>> Apparently, there is something called "competitive programming." I always
>> watched MasterChef cooking style shows and imagined a similar experience in
>> programming.
>>
>> But, since competitive programming apparently already exists, I was not
>> the first to have this idea.
>>
>> Has there ever been a local competitive event (in any language?) Has
>> there ever been a Python event?
>>
>> I'm super interested in an environment where people can use the
>> experience to grow and develop. Conversely, I'm not interested in the chest
>> beating ego maniacs... They aren't that hard to find in the wild :)
>>
>> If I can go to a few Competitive Program events to see what they are
>> like, I would happily host one for Junior Programmers just learning Python.
>>
>> Any experiences or resources out there for the Bay Area?
>>
>> Glen
>> _______________________________________________
>> Baypiggies mailing list
>> Baypiggies at python.org
>> To change your subscription options or unsubscribe:
>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/baypiggies
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
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"A computer never does what you want... only what you tell it."
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From sp3ctralsrealm at hotmail.com  Wed Dec 17 07:20:58 2014
From: sp3ctralsrealm at hotmail.com (Tanner Steele)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 00:20:58 -0600
Subject: [Baypiggies] Mentorship?
Message-ID: <SNT404-EAS70C17930B0D8B102D44492936D0@phx.gbl>

Would anybody be interested in mentoring a tenacious individual who is relatively new to the language? I've been working on learning Python, and the fundamentals of Django for the past few weeks, and am currently reaching out for mentorship. Any help/resources would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
TJ


From venkat83 at gmail.com  Wed Dec 17 12:29:22 2014
From: venkat83 at gmail.com (Venkatraman S)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 16:59:22 +0530
Subject: [Baypiggies] Bay Area python competitive programming
In-Reply-To: <CAB6eaA6=NH+xHOA4FhiNN90bQWmbUHQ9JU2_t=QeNej9120oNQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <719ECD72-39C1-41B7-9B37-872923A290C7@glenjarvis.com>
 <CAB0XCvYrLY35XYuo+rdXHG81vwz5Da3pa7_qDMvOYFGSoSs3Tg@mail.gmail.com>
 <3120CDC5-3985-49A8-8BF0-A3898F44CEF9@glenjarvis.com>
 <CAB6eaA6=NH+xHOA4FhiNN90bQWmbUHQ9JU2_t=QeNej9120oNQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAN7tdFRQo97J5u6fa7KsWt9Aca7ksfgb3W8xohDw+5O74raysg@mail.gmail.com>

http://www.topcoder.com/ is one of the top such sites with some of the best
programmers.
For freshers, having a TC rank is extremely useful.

-Venkat
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From bdbaddog at gmail.com  Wed Dec 17 14:08:32 2014
From: bdbaddog at gmail.com (William Deegan)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 08:08:32 -0500
Subject: [Baypiggies] Mentorship?
In-Reply-To: <SNT404-EAS70C17930B0D8B102D44492936D0@phx.gbl>
References: <SNT404-EAS70C17930B0D8B102D44492936D0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <CAH_m2YJ9cfq_v6E8EUo1_iJnBeALD61yO3tYkoQKST=+Xecj0A@mail.gmail.com>

Tanner,

If you're located in SF there's https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/PyClass
-Bill

On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 1:20 AM, Tanner Steele <sp3ctralsrealm at hotmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Would anybody be interested in mentoring a tenacious individual who is
> relatively new to the language? I've been working on learning Python, and
> the fundamentals of Django for the past few weeks, and am currently
> reaching out for mentorship. Any help/resources would be greatly
> appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
> TJ
>
> _______________________________________________
> Baypiggies mailing list
> Baypiggies at python.org
> To change your subscription options or unsubscribe:
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From glen at glenjarvis.com  Wed Dec 17 18:19:09 2014
From: glen at glenjarvis.com (Glen Jarvis)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 09:19:09 -0800
Subject: [Baypiggies] Bay Area python competitive programming
In-Reply-To: <CAN7tdFRQo97J5u6fa7KsWt9Aca7ksfgb3W8xohDw+5O74raysg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <719ECD72-39C1-41B7-9B37-872923A290C7@glenjarvis.com>
 <CAB0XCvYrLY35XYuo+rdXHG81vwz5Da3pa7_qDMvOYFGSoSs3Tg@mail.gmail.com>
 <3120CDC5-3985-49A8-8BF0-A3898F44CEF9@glenjarvis.com>
 <CAB6eaA6=NH+xHOA4FhiNN90bQWmbUHQ9JU2_t=QeNej9120oNQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <CA+UBrj4aGSVGra5dyk78_QW2OjNtEoq3iCKgvDHUzyY6k2HqwA@mail.gmail.com>

Of all of the materials that I've seen, the TopCoder videos were the most
informative. I watched the TopCoder videos to get a sense what this would
be like.

However, that particular style event is much more for the elite in the
field.  There were so many phrases like "Best and Brightest" and "Olympians
of the coding world" which exclude the people I'm considering this for.

I'm looking for something completely different -- the opposite of elitism.
TopCoders had some of this too, where one person said "You may not know the
answer yourself, but you can learn from someone else who has done that same
problem." Friendly competition can be motivating. Seeing others ideas
compared to your own can be enlightening.

After seeing these responses and processing them, I have these thoughts:

* Obviously, it can't be presented as well as the cooking shows - that
takes a production team

* This doesn't have to be in person to see what the interest this community
has

* We could create a site for people to suggest their problems

* Contestants could review the pool of problems to prepare [And, this is
the motivating factor to help people focus on particular topics for
increasing their skills].

* The community could vote and comment on what problems they like more

* On the day the contest begins, the participants that signed up would see
the final chosen problem and the clock starts

* After the period of time has elapsed (maybe two days over a weekend),
 the submissions are due. This is less about a "first to finish" than it is
about demonstrating skills learned

* All submissions are public but under a blind name (No one knows who
submitted what) and are voted/judged by the community

* Three final judges (if needed) weigh in with the community feedback to
pick a final winner

* The winner is announced and the identity of the winner revealed

The focus will always be on a particular skill in Python. For example,
"Best use of Generators" for beginners. Or, "Creative ways to use the dis
library" for more advanced, etc. The community would know this when they
submitted their challenges for vote/selection.

There could be winners in both challenges submitted and contests competing.

These are just ideas that are coming to me. But, as I have said forever and
ever... "Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard."

If there are a few "+1" votes for this, I may consider spending the time to
put it together. If not, I'll know there really isn't that much interest in
the community for such an online event.


Cheers,



Glen
--
glen at glenjarvis.com
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From akleider at sonic.net  Wed Dec 17 19:05:11 2014
From: akleider at sonic.net (Alex Kleider)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 10:05:11 -0800
Subject: [Baypiggies] Bay Area python competitive programming
In-Reply-To: <CA+UBrj4aGSVGra5dyk78_QW2OjNtEoq3iCKgvDHUzyY6k2HqwA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <719ECD72-39C1-41B7-9B37-872923A290C7@glenjarvis.com>
 <CAB0XCvYrLY35XYuo+rdXHG81vwz5Da3pa7_qDMvOYFGSoSs3Tg@mail.gmail.com>
 <3120CDC5-3985-49A8-8BF0-A3898F44CEF9@glenjarvis.com>
 <CAB6eaA6=NH+xHOA4FhiNN90bQWmbUHQ9JU2_t=QeNej9120oNQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <f4c14cfc9642db777edb08e23afe3744@sonic.net>

On 2014-12-17 09:19, Glen Jarvis wrote:

> If there are a few "+1" votes for this, I may consider spending the 
> time to
> put it together. If not, I'll know there really isn't that much 
> interest in
> the community for such an online event.

+++++


From simeonf at gmail.com  Wed Dec 17 20:37:57 2014
From: simeonf at gmail.com (Simeon Franklin)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 11:37:57 -0800
Subject: [Baypiggies] Mentorship?
In-Reply-To: <CAH_m2YJ9cfq_v6E8EUo1_iJnBeALD61yO3tYkoQKST=+Xecj0A@mail.gmail.com>
References: <SNT404-EAS70C17930B0D8B102D44492936D0@phx.gbl>
 <CAH_m2YJ9cfq_v6E8EUo1_iJnBeALD61yO3tYkoQKST=+Xecj0A@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAK0d_Gpe14Lh=ONeHgHojJAs4+dWLH5eH_6Wgv_YoMzimmqHZw@mail.gmail.com>

Also in SF - http://sfpythonmeetup.com (fair disclosure - I'm a
co-organizer) has a monthly "Project Night" that has formal classes in
Pythonic topics as well as available mentors happy to answer questions. The
next project night will be in the third week of January - we took December
off because of the holidays.

On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 5:08 AM, William Deegan <bdbaddog at gmail.com> wrote:

> Tanner,
>
> If you're located in SF there's https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/PyClass
> -Bill
>
> On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 1:20 AM, Tanner Steele <sp3ctralsrealm at hotmail.com
> > wrote:
>>
>> Would anybody be interested in mentoring a tenacious individual who is
>> relatively new to the language? I've been working on learning Python, and
>> the fundamentals of Django for the past few weeks, and am currently
>> reaching out for mentorship. Any help/resources would be greatly
>> appreciated!
>>
>> Thanks,
>> TJ
>>
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From glen at glenjarvis.com  Thu Dec 18 04:39:13 2014
From: glen at glenjarvis.com (Glen Jarvis)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 19:39:13 -0800
Subject: [Baypiggies] Mentorship?
In-Reply-To: <SNT404-EAS70C17930B0D8B102D44492936D0@phx.gbl>
References: <SNT404-EAS70C17930B0D8B102D44492936D0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <CA+UBrj5SjMkCsh42t66qaQQvuoB57ROe0F4bqMEOOcvyYL1M5g@mail.gmail.com>

I highly recommend the two suggestions that you already received (PyClass:
https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/PyClass  and SF Python Meetup:
http://sfpythonmeetup.com).

Also, if you wish to pair program with someone, I often find individuals
who want to learn more and pair program with them on many of my projects.

It makes my projects stronger (because two pairs of eyes with two sets of
brains does make much stronger code). I heavily use TDD and BDD. Saying
that and setting your expectation keeps me honest when I want to cut
corners :)

Here is an introductory video that Craig helped me create so that I could
demonstrate Pair Programming to beginners. I have not yet made a similar
BDD video (using a tool called Behave) but have been over due in doing so:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNgmSiesOG0


If something like that is interesting to you, I'm always open. I can't
afford to pay you for it... so it is free labor (but the projects are open
source). And, frankly, because of a big personal deadline, I've had to
pause this for most of the autumn (sorry, Alex, if you're listening -- I
hadn't forgotten about you).

I'm sure there are other great resources out there, too. I know that JJ
really loves mentoring when he has time.

Finally, if you can afford it, I *highly* recommend going to PyCon. They
have tutorials. But, even if you only go on the weekends, there are so many
talks and so many people to see, you can't help but learn more (I already
have my tickets :)

https://us.pycon.org/2015/


It's a great community. We love encouraging anyone who wants to be a better
programmer...


Kindest Regards,


Glen Jarvis

On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 10:20 PM, Tanner Steele <sp3ctralsrealm at hotmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Would anybody be interested in mentoring a tenacious individual who is
> relatively new to the language? I've been working on learning Python, and
> the fundamentals of Django for the past few weeks, and am currently
> reaching out for mentorship. Any help/resources would be greatly
> appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
> TJ
>
> _______________________________________________
> Baypiggies mailing list
> Baypiggies at python.org
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>


-- 
--
Glen Jarvis
glen at glenjarvis.com
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From bryceverdier at gmail.com  Thu Dec 18 19:38:58 2014
From: bryceverdier at gmail.com (Bryce Verdier)
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 10:38:58 -0800
Subject: [Baypiggies] Bay Area python competitive programming
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On 12/17/2014 10:05 AM, Alex Kleider wrote:
> On 2014-12-17 09:19, Glen Jarvis wrote:
>
>> If there are a few "+1" votes for this, I may consider spending the
>> time to
>> put it together. If not, I'll know there really isn't that much
>> interest in
>> the community for such an online event.
>
> +++++
+1 and willing to help in some capacity as well.
>
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From jjinux at gmail.com  Fri Dec 19 07:57:30 2014
From: jjinux at gmail.com (Shannon -jj Behrens)
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 06:57:30 +0000
Subject: [Baypiggies] Mentorship?
References: <SNT404-EAS70C17930B0D8B102D44492936D0@phx.gbl>
 <CA+UBrj5SjMkCsh42t66qaQQvuoB57ROe0F4bqMEOOcvyYL1M5g@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAB0XCvbt0SebAvSCJXjfxhUHkgFV-N2suQVTou7v51Z3Zbcr5w@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks for the plug, Glen. I reached out to Tanner off list. I also highly
recommend PyCon, especially since he lives in Canada, and it's going to be
in Montreal again next year :)
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From cappy2112 at gmail.com  Sat Dec 20 02:51:38 2014
From: cappy2112 at gmail.com (Tony Cappellini)
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 17:51:38 -0800
Subject: [Baypiggies] Slides from Matthew Rocklin's presentation on Dec 18,
	2014
Message-ID: <CABRXM4m-6DTsYxAuLQn3DuVhK0qKKzwPBohyW=cWVQb4HoKMZA@mail.gmail.com>

http://matthewrocklin.com/slides/
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From chityala at gmail.com  Fri Dec 26 21:28:25 2014
From: chityala at gmail.com (Ravi)
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 12:28:25 -0800
Subject: [Baypiggies] Python course at UCSC Extension
Message-ID: <CAPzmboK=kaSP_yy_JbG5C+f3kb8AfzfsD1GhN2VYgbzpKGVifg@mail.gmail.com>

Hello,

  I will be teaching the evening course, "Python for programmers" at the
UCSC extension starting Jan 21st 2015. The course will cover the most
important aspects of Python and will be very hands-on.  I will also provide
IPython notebook that will contain many examples.  You can find more
details at
http://course.ucsc-extension.edu/modules/shop/index.html?action=section&OfferingID=1531625&SectionID=5276058
.

 You can email me if you have any questions.


 Thanks,
Ravi
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