Dustin Shapiro Python 101 Mentorship

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 January 14th, 2016 Mentee: Dustin Shapiro Mentor: Ray Berg Track: Python 101 Chicago Python Mentorship Program
2. • Zero programming experience, let alone exposure • Employed by a tech company, in a customer support role • Interested in learning computer programming to both challenge myself, as well as a method to further my career within my current employer. Where I Started
3. Why Python? • Beginner friendly, approachable language that would provide a good foundation moving forward • Good support system of Python engineers within my current company • The product I currently support is written in Python
4. CodeAcademy is interactive website that offers free online training courses in various programming languages. • Python Syntax • Strings and Console Output • Conditionals and Control Flow • Functions • Lists & Dictionaries • Loops
5. ChiPy Discovery
6. Encompasses exercises that gradually increase in difficulty • Lists • Boolean Logic • String
7. Practical Solutions Delete files from a specified path based on the extension inputted
8. Foosball Tournament Random Team Generator
9. Support Agent Assistant Used Tkinter to create input fields that output a larger text snippet with these variables inserted, using a simple GUI.
10. Introduction to Python Objects/Classes
11. Flask! Turned once insane requests from my family that were once out of the scope of my understanding, into fun weekend projects, with the help of PythonAnywhere to host/run the script.
13. Random Work Projects Was given the opportunity to provide value to leadership of my team with analysis of raw data pulled from our CSR platform Helpshift.
14. BT Integrations w/ Flask Provided me an opportunity to build a test integration into Braintree
15. Life post ChiPy Mentorship • Continue practicing my skills by taking on fun personal projects • Use my skills, and initiative into programming, to move into a more technical role within my current employer to build upon this foundation, and continue learning • Hopefully continue to be a mentee of Ray’s post mentorship, as he has provided invaluable help to my questions, all while being conveniently located steps away.
16. Questions?!