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

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PYTHON COMMUNITY @nnja • nina.to/pyco2022

PyCon 2019

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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