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PyCon: Asking the Key Questions: Q&A with the PyCon US 2025 keynote speakers
- The PyCon US 2025 keynote speakers shared insights on their tech/Python journey, including experiences with mentors and inspirations from childhood, such as Cory Doctorow's early exposure to computer science through his father and a cardboard computer.
- Lynn Root, influenced by a CS course, founded PyLadies SF to create a supportive programming community, highlighting the importance of mentorship.
- Geoff Hing and Tom Meagher emphasized the impact of community collaboration on their learning, with Geoff fostering open source practices in newsrooms and Tom focusing on investigative reporting and data analysis tools.
- Dr. Kari L. Jordan prioritizes making coding accessible to underrepresented groups, while the keynote speakers reflect on their significant achievements, from facilitating diversity in tech to investigative reporting that raises societal awareness.
- For conference attendees, the speakers offer advice like engaging in networking, taking breaks, and exploring new tools and techniques, forming connections beyond the talks which are recorded.
- They also recommend focusing on personal connections, extracting value from workshops, and exploring open source projects like The Carpentries, icecream, dedupe, and user-friendly tools such as VisiData for data analysis.
- Cory Doctorow highlighted the urgency of updating older CC licenses to CC 4.0 to prevent copyleft trolling, illustrating the importance of fixing attribution errors and supporting initiatives like the license upgrade project on platforms like Flickr.
- The PyCon US first-time attendees, including Dr. Kari L. Jordan, are looking forward to engaging with the Python community, sharing knowledge, and discovering new opportunities for collaboration and learning.
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