PyCon Columbia 2022 - The Python Community Is Still Strong Together

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1. THE PYTHON
   COMMUNITY,
   STILL STRONGER
   TOGETHER
   NINA ZAKHARENKO
   @NNJA
   nina.to/pyco2022
   

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2. @NNJA
   NNJA.IO
   Background vectors by www.freepik.com
   

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3. PYTHON
   COMMUNITY
   @nnja • nina.to/pyco2022
   

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4. PyCon 2019
   

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5. A LOT HAS CHANGED
   SINCE 2019
   HOW DO WE ADAPT?
   @nnja • nina.to/pyco2022
   

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6. REVISITING IN-PERSON CONFERENCES
   PyCon2022 with @lorencrary @pydebb by @baconandcoconut
   

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7. WHAT'S YOUR
   COMFORT
   ZONE?
   @nnja • nina.to/pyco2022
   

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8. WHO: COVID-19 PANDEMIC TRIGGERS
   25% INCREASE IN PREVALENCE OF
   ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION
   WORLDWIDE
   www.who.int
   

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9. SPOON THEORY
   ‣A representation of
   how much energy a
   person has remaining
   for tasks
   The Spoon Theory - Christine
   Miserandino
   

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10. BEWARE OF
    BURNOUT!
    @nnja • nina.to/pyco2022
    

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11. 6 CONDITIONS THAT CAN LEAD TO BURNOUT
    (AT WORK, OR IN A COMMUNITY)
    ‣ lack of control
    ‣ values conflict
    ‣ insufficient reward
    ‣ unfairness
    ‣ breakdown of community
    ‣ work overload
    kierantie.com/a/burnout
    

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12. REMEMBER SELF-CARE
    ‣Activities with
    friends
    ‣Learn new things
    ‣Pick up a new hobby
    ‣Take breaks from the
    news!
    @nnja • nina.to/pyco2022
    

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13. ONLY IF YOU CAN,
    HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT
    THE COMMUNITY?
    @nnja • nina.to/pyco2022
    

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14. GIVE BACK &
    VOLUNTEER
    (BUT CAREFULLY)
    @nnja • nina.to/pyco2022
    

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15. CONTRIBUTE
    ‣Open Source Software
    ‣Docs & Translations
    ‣Volunteer at
    conferences & events
    ‣Speak (conference or
    Meetup) nina.to/talks
    ‣Organize your own
    event! (this is hard)
    @nnja • nina.to/pyco2022
    

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16. OPEN SOURCE
    PROJECTS &
    COMMUNITIES
    ‣My Favorite:
    CircuitPython
    ‣Jupyter Notebooks
    ‣Core Python
    ‣Python Packaging
    ‣& other projects!
    Code for PyEarrings: git.io/
    pyearrings
    

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17. MENTORSHIP
    @nnja • nina.to/pyco2022
    

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18. PYTHON
    SOFTWARE
    FOUNDATION
    (PSF)
    @nnja • nina.to/pyco2022
    

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19. @nnja • nina.to/pyco2022
    

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20. WHAT DOES THE PSF DO?
    @nnja • nina.to/pyco2022
    

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21. HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE PSF?
    ‣ Volunteer
    ‣ Join a Workgroup
    ‣ Contribute to Python Open Source (docs or
    code!)
    ‣ Donate
    ‣Become a member
    ‣ Follow the PSF on Twitter @ThePSF
    @nnja • nina.to/pyco2022
    

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22. STAY IN
    TOUCH
    @nnja • nina.to/pyco2022
    

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23. CHAT
    ‣Python Discord
    (350k+ Members!)
    ‣Adafruit Discord
    CircuitPython/
    Hardware
    ‣Python at Microsoft
    ‣Community Slacks
    ‣Twitter
    @nnja • nina.to/pyco2022
    

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24. HOW DO YOU STAY
    CONNECTED WITH THE
    PYTHON COMMUNITY?
    SHARE WITH ME: @NNJA
    @nnja • nina.to/pyco2022
    

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25. WHAT'S NEXT?
    BE KIND TO EACH OTHER.
    BE PATIENT.
    FIND WAYS TO SUPPORT OTHERS.
    ASSUME GOOD INTENT.
    @nnja • nina.to/pyco2022
    

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26. CHECK IN ON
    THE QUIET
    FOLKS
    @nnja • nina.to/pyco2022
    

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27. THANK
    THE ORGANIZERS OF
    PYCON COLUMBIA
    @nnja • nina.to/pyco2022
    

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28. WATCH: MENTAL HEALTH TALKS
    FROM THE PYTHON COMMUNITY
    ‣ Russell Keith-Magee I am a doctor... (TW)
    ‣ Barbara Shaurette - Things That are Tired: Uggs, Segways and you!
    ‣ Kathleen Danielson - Avoiding Burnout, and other essentials of Open Source Self-Care
    ‣ Jackson Fairchild - Tackling Burnout and Strategies for Self Care
    ‣ Erik Romijn - Healthy Minds in a Healthy Community
    ‣ John Chandler - Neurodiversity in Technology
    ‣ Jessica Rose - Keynote: Burnout and Balance
    ‣ Aaron Bassett - When your wetware has too many threads
    ‣ Tracy Osborn - Keynote - Anxiety, Self-Advocacy, and Promoting Yourself
    ‣ Chloe Parkes - Depression in the Workplace Let's talk
    ‣ Kuda Siziva - How to avoid burnout
    ‣ Jenna Quindica - Supporting Engineers with Mental Health Issues
    ‣ Jay Miller - Diversity in Neurodiversity
    @nnja • nina.to/pyco2022
    

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29. THE PYTHON COMMUNITY
    IS STRONGER
    TOGETHER.
    @nnja • nina.to/pyco2022
    

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30. THANKS!
    @NNJA
    SLIDES:
    nina.to/pyco2022
    

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31. CREDITS
    ‣ Twitch icon and Twitter icon
    icon by Icons8
    ‣ Background vectors created by
    freepik - www.freepik.com
    @nnja • nina.to/pyco2022
    

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