Listen here: Welcome back to our podcast. It’s easy to get stuck in your own bubble. Julian travelled to the other side of the planet and came to realize that it’s easy to get carried away by the hustle and grind of the day to day. In this episode we reflect on that and talk about 5 axioms Julian found online about what it means to be rich: 1. You want to get rid of the alarm clock. 2. You want to leisurely spend time with people you love. 3. You want to stop worrying about the rent/mortgage or whether you can…
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Listen here: if you’re not a fan of the show, it’s Jason’s fault. If you’re a fan of the show, it’s Jason’s fault. This week the man that gave us the golden tip to start a podcast, Jason Wattier. Jason tells us what he does in his day to day, which nicely segues into networking as an important skill he leveraged throughout his career. Be ready for some great tips and overall a fun conversation with a long time friend and member of the Pybites community (which you can join here). Books we’re reading:– Jason: Effective pandas + Don’t trust your gut– Bob: The…
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Listen here: This week we have Christo back on the show to talk about his experience in the data engineering field. He shares some valuable tips how to become a more effective data engineer which, surprisingly or not, increasingly requires a well-rounded Python developer skill set. Enjoy and feel free to reach out to Christo below … Christo’s website: https://www.christoolivier.com Christo is a PDM coach now, check it out: https://pybit.es/catalogue/the-pdm-program/Previous episode Christo was on:https://www.pybitespodcast.com/1501156/8005574-013-the-mindset-of-a-developerHe is also in our Slack community:http://pybit.es/community/
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Listen here: Welcome back to another Pybites podcast episode. In this episode we talk about common pitfalls you want to avoid when becoming a Python developer: Pitfall #1: Tutorial paralysisPitfall #2: Improper sequencingPitfall #3: Obsessing over Pythonic codePitfall #4: Going on your own for too long … after that we look at the 80/20 (aka “Pareto”) to focus on to become a well-rounded Python developer: 80/20 Rule #1: Work on bigger projects80/20 Rule #2: Build a portfolio80/20 Rule #3: Work with experienced developers80/20 Rule #4: Become a content provider —If this resonates with you and you want to better your career as…
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**The official Pybites T-Shirt** This week we talk about an important topic: how to prevent yourself as a programmer from getting into tunnel vision when coding. We have a nice practical example we’ll share how we hit this last week (and many times more for that matter) in one of our solutions and also relate it to similar experience people go through when working with us. You have to take a step back from time to time (“creating space”) to think about the bigger picture design. We hope it helps you and prepares you better when you hit this issue…
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Listen now: In this episode we talk about the gift of time. Are you intentional in how you spend time with people? We talk about several advantages, why it’s so important for your career, personal growth and life / well being. And the best thing: it takes relatively little effort and time if you know how to manage it well productivity wise. Enjoy and ping us if you have preferred topics you want to hear us discuss on our podcast – thanks! Books mentioned:Made to StickTest-Driven Development with Python Pybites Podcast reading list:https://pybitesbooks.com/lists/pybites-podcastJoin our Slack here:https://pybit.es/community/Dedicated podcast channel:https://pybites.slack.com/archives/CMQ796HQQ More information about our PDM…
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Listen now: Whether you like it or not we are emotional species so you have to manage your motivation, it’s not a given! In this week’s podcast we feature two segments from our productivity course: motivation and procrastination. We teach you various techniques to keep your motivation high: – Desire breathes motivation. – Go back to your goals regularly. – Visualise your future self. – Get an accountability partner. – Respect your bio (sleep, diet, exercise). – Work with people that are one or two steps ahead of you. Then we talk about the Procrastination monster that ruins that good…
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Listen now: This week we talk about a “taboo” topic: the pursuit of chasing the bigger paycheque. We reflect on the (hidden) cost of this and what to take into consideration. As usual, we also share some cool wins and books we’re reading. Join our Facebook group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/pybites– Live training coming in a few weeks … What we’re reading: Create Space, Blockchain Revolution, Refactoring 2nd ed, Brief Answers to the Big Questions(Here is a complete reading list of all books we’ve mentioned on the podcast) And a special shout-out to Brian Okken‘s Python Testing with pytest, Second Edition which we reviewed and thoroughly enjoyed. Great work Brian! Thanks for…
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Listen now: In this episode we tell the story about Pybites CMS, our new powertool we use to better streamline our business. We tell why we built it, how it was an opportunity for Julian to brush up his coding skills, how we applied the PDM philosophy of learning by building, scratching your own itch. Join our Facebook group here (live training coming soon!): https://www.facebook.com/groups/pybites And if you want to take your Python and dev skills to the next level, check out our PDM coaching program here:https://pybit.es/catalogue/the-pdm-program/ We could not find the mentioned article about shipping fast, but we certainly have…
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If you’re doing any type of web development in Python, there’s a good chance you’ve heard about FastAPI by now. If not, go check it out now. It’s performant, intuitive and time saving (thanks to Pydantic / type hinting) and it supports API standards, e.g. OpenAPI (previously Swagger). You cannot leave this powerful framework out of your toolset. And although it’s true you can get an API running with FastAPI really fast and with little code, to build something more serious takes a bit of practice. Hence we created a FastAPI learning path on our platform. In 10 exercises you will write a simple…