Python Meetups at CELUS

At CELUS, learning and networking play a crucial role in our corporate culture. Thus, we have been collaborating closely with PyMunich for quite some time. Just recently, we hosted an event at our office, and the next one is coming up shortly as well.

We do encourage our team members to participate in local meetups and exchange their knowledge with peers on such occasions. I talked to Andrey, one of our developers, about his experience with community events and why he participates.

Q: Andrey, you were one of the presenters at the recent PyMunich meetup. Have you been active in the Python community before joining CELUS or is this a new initiative? 

A: Yes and No. Before joining CELUS I’ve been working for a large retail enterprise and the software engineering department was big enough to have the community inside the company. I’ve made a couple of talks on internal meetups sharing the knowledge about the tools and approaches.

I’ve also participated in the department initiatives like standard company linter setup, boilerplates, and libraries for common tasks.

Community meetups like PyMunich are new for me because there are people from different companies and backgrounds. Also, it was my first live talk on such an event – before it was online due to the covid isolation period.

Q: Does meeting peers and fellow developers help you with your daily job challenges?

A: Of course! We have the great collaboration culture at CELUS. Some challenges are impossible to do without the support of the team. I really like that the improvements are highly welcomed at CELUS 

Q: Does the exchange help with your skill development?

A: Absolutely. I strongly believe that the skill is mastered only if one can share it with other people, regardless of their technical expertise. This helps me to systematize the knowledge and prove the concept of topic when people are asking questions.

Q: Can you share a tip or a resource for fellow Python people?

A: What I’ve learned this year that PEP [Python Enhancement Proposal, the tech design document for the new python features] are useful to read. Especially when you face the new concept, and you are not sure for which use cases it was designed. This kind of documents are deeply technical, but reading Abstract, Rationale and Introduction parts of PEP help a lot to understand new concept.

If you are interested in tapping Andrey’s expertise, please watch the recording of the event here.

Of course, we have more tech experts in our team at CELUS! If you enjoy participating in live events, you can join us for the PyLadies meetup on October 19, which will also be proudly hosted by CELUS! Our very own Priscila Oliveira will be presenting her ideas on the “Quality stages of Python development”. 

If this sounds like a compelling topic, follow the link below for event details! 

👉 October 19, 2023 - 19:30 at CELUS Office, Munich: Priscila Oliveira - "Quality stages of Python development"
In this talk, we are going to cover a set of tools that will help you write and maintain standardized, reliable, and high-quality code.

🎂 PS: There is one more reason to attend this upcoming meetup: The PyLadies celebrate their 9th anniversary and the CELUS team has prepared some gifts... Happy Birthday!