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What lies ahead?

What lies ahead?

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June 09, 2018
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  1. Slides -> https://goo.gl/wXAmAv What lies ahead? Confessions of a dubious

    futurist Naomi Ceder Chair, Python Software Foundation [email protected] • @NaomiCeder PyLondinium June 9, 2018
  2. Slides -> https://goo.gl/wXAmAv “The mission of the Python Software Foundation

    is to promote, protect, and advance the Python programming language, and to support and facilitate the growth of a diverse and international community of Python programmers.” What is the PSF?
  3. Slides -> https://goo.gl/wXAmAv Oversees staff; ensures policies are carried out

    Ensures sufficient resources Set strategy and direction (Elections still ongoing - Vote!) What about the Board?
  4. Slides -> https://goo.gl/wXAmAv And no one ever checks on futurists

    to see if they're right So as chair of the board I have to be futurist
  5. Slides -> https://goo.gl/wXAmAv In person, on Twitter, via email... Today,

    next week, next year... With me, your friends, whoever... (but POLITELY, of course) Please question everything I’m saying
  6. Slides -> https://goo.gl/wXAmAv Audience Participation Who here has been using

    Python for: Less than 1 year? Less than 5 years? Less than 10 years? Less than 15 years? Over 15 years?
  7. Slides -> https://goo.gl/wXAmAv <Shameless Plug> If you are new to

    Python from another coding language, see me... I have some free e-book codes... Or ctwpylondonium18 (40% off at Manning.com) </Shameless Plug>
  8. Slides -> https://goo.gl/wXAmAv What were we thinking? Thanks to Tanya

    Schlusser's & Hailey Hoyat's PyCon 2018 poster for helping my memory
  9. Slides -> https://goo.gl/wXAmAv We didn't see coming... Django/Flask Infrastructure/DevOps Big

    Data/Data Science Python 3 The GIL Community & Diversity PyCon as a brand
  10. Slides -> https://goo.gl/wXAmAv End of Python 2 People are now

    accepting that it will happen... Python 3 is now more popular Python 4 will be a thing (but don't be afraid)
  11. Slides -> https://goo.gl/wXAmAv Worldwide Growth In top 3 popular languages

    Django Girls, PyCons, etc Web, Science, Data Science
  12. Slides -> https://goo.gl/wXAmAv Demand for resources PSF support of regional/local

    events Maintenance of PyPI, etc Providing more/better services
  13. Slides -> https://goo.gl/wXAmAv Growing & maturing the PSF as an

    organization Increasing member contributions Finding sponsors/donors Identifying funding sources Solidifying leadership
  14. Slides -> https://goo.gl/wXAmAv Avoiding volunteer burnout Running an open source

    project or organizing a community takes an enormous amount of time and energy... Usually for little to no reward
  15. Slides -> https://goo.gl/wXAmAv Diverging Users We used to just have

    Pythonistas, Now we have back-end, Django, data science, scientific, systems, and more...
  16. Slides -> https://goo.gl/wXAmAv Handling Diversity More people joining us, from

    different groups, from different places, with different languages, different customs...
  17. Slides -> https://goo.gl/wXAmAv Bringing new people into what we do

    We need to include these people; Onboarding new people, as coders or organizers, takes time, patience, effort
  18. Slides -> https://goo.gl/wXAmAv What do we have to meet these

    challenges? Two very powerful strengths...
  19. Slides -> https://goo.gl/wXAmAv It bears repeating... “I don't know about

    the rest of you... I came for the language, but I stayed for the community.” Brett Cannon, Python Core Dev, Pycon US 2014 Opening remarks