Listen here: Welcome back to our Pybites podcast. This week we talk about the relatively stressful times we live in and hence the need to focus on what YOU can control. We center our discussion around 5 tips: 1. Setting boundaries. 2. At work ask for personal development time to skill up. 3. Ask for more… Continue reading Focus on what you can control
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From teacher to software developer
By PyBites Team on 28 October 2022
Listen here: In this episode we talk with none other than Sean Tibor from the Teaching Python podcast. Did you know he recently made an important career switch from teacher to developer? You’ll hear his inspiring story on how he’s grown as a developer, what helped him get there (for example his teaching experience), mindset… Continue reading From teacher to software developer
The role of luck
By PyBites Team on 27 October 2022
Listen here: Today we talk about luck and how it relates to career success. It annoys the heck out of us when people say about successful people “oh they were just lucky”. Sure luck has a role, but often it’s the consistent hard work (discipline) that put those people into the position to become lucky. So we… Continue reading The role of luck
Technology and Mindset with new PDM Coach Hugh Tipping
By PyBites Team on 18 October 2022
Listen now: This week we welcome Hugh Tipping, our newest Pybites Developer Mindset (PDM) Coach, to the podcast! These 34 minutes are packed full of inspiration and insight into Hugh’s motivations as a coach. Hugh shares his thoughts on many of the concepts that we actually address within PDM so if you’ve been wondering what… Continue reading Technology and Mindset with new PDM Coach Hugh Tipping
Become a more effective learner with Russell Helmstedter
By PyBites Team on 10 October 2022
Listen now: This week we have Russell Helmstedter (@rhelmstedter) on the show to talk about a book about learning that will blow your mind: Learn Better We talk through the six facets of learning the book discusses: Value Target Develop Extend Relate Rethink … and link them back to Pybites, specifically our platform. Expect a lot of… Continue reading Become a more effective learner with Russell Helmstedter
Practical Django with Antonio Melé
By PyBites Team on 29 September 2022
Listen here: This week we have Antonio Melé on the show, CTO & co-founder at Nucoro and author of Django 4 by Example. We talk about: – His day to day at Nucoro. – Why he chose Django as a web framework and how he uses it at the company. – What inspired him to write a… Continue reading Practical Django with Antonio Melé
Help, I need to refactor a mega class! Here are 5 tips …
By PyBites Team on 24 September 2022
Somebody asked the other day for tips on how to refactor a mega-class? It was actually one of the first tasks on the new job, ouch! A single class, several thousands lines of code, no tests available 😮 You might scratch your head and say WTF?! After all, good developers decouple code into manageable pieces… Continue reading Help, I need to refactor a mega class! Here are 5 tips …
Tips for Navigating the Job Hunt with Rhys Powell
By PyBites Team on 22 September 2022
Listen here: The job hunt is on! With so many people looking to change things up with work, whether it be a new role, a new company, remote work – you name it – we decided it was time to talk a little about the Job Hunt. This week, I.T veteran and long-standing Pybites Community… Continue reading Tips for Navigating the Job Hunt with Rhys Powell
From Basketball Athlete to DevRel, Dropping the Fear of Failure
By PyBites Team on 15 September 2022
Listen here: This week we have Tonya Sims on the show to talk about her journey from athlete / basketball player to Python Developer Advocate / DevRel and entrepreneur. We talk about how she combines sports with Python, her business of helping parents of aspiring athlete kids and (of course) the unstoppable developer mindset. We hope you’ll enjoy… Continue reading From Basketball Athlete to DevRel, Dropping the Fear of Failure
What we learned from building our own CMS using Django
By PyBites Team on 6 September 2022
Django – The web framework for perfectionists with deadlines – indeed! We managed to get a simple MVP out in just 4 weeks using our JIT learning approach … In an effort to teach Julian Django, we figured we’d “eat our own dog food” and “learn by building”! As always though, the hard part is… Continue reading What we learned from building our own CMS using Django