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  • Finding value and purpose in your work

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    Watch here: Or listen here: Welcome back to the Pybites podcast! This week we have an inspirational talk with our special guest Cassandra Babilya! We talk about the importance of finding value and purpose in your work. We talk about: – Considering your life purpose. – Your professional values and your personal values. – How do you identify that something is wrong at work. We discuss the effects that being disengaged with your work can have on your physical and mental well-being. The key point being to really pay attention to you “bio-feedback”: – Are you exhausted all the time?…

  • From Excel to Python and succeeding as a Developer by building your portfolio

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    Listen here: Or watch here: Welcome back to the Pybites podcast. This week we have an inspirational chat with Juanjo: – How he started his  programming journey and what passionates him about this craft. – How he fell in love with Python. – How he overcame tutorial paralysis. – How PDM helped him improve his skills and how the positive effect it’s having on his daily work and moving forward. – How important succeeding as a developer is for him. – How he coped with imposter syndrome as he grew as a developer. – Tips for people aspiring to become software developers…

  • How Michael Knott used Python to enhance his sports coaching career

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    Listen here: Or watch here: Welcome back to the Pybites podcast. This week we have a wonderful chat with Michael Knott. We talk about the most valuable things about Michael’s Python journey, including what he achieved through our PDM program.  We talk about:– Michael’s work as a fitness coach and how he got into Python as a tool to automate repetitive tasks in his daily work.– How he improved his Python and developer skills in PDM with us.– What challenges he faced when started his programmer journey.– Some really cool technologies he has learned and applied in his apps so far.–…

  • Layoff fears – 5 tips to stay in control

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    Listen here: Or watch here: Welcome back to the Pybites podcast!  This week we talk about:-How to see opportunity through difficulties.-How to react if everything is not going your way.-How to be strong in a difficult situation.-How to stay in control in every situation. Most people are going through hardships but how can we surpass these circumstances and challenges in our ways? 5 tips to stay in control and reduce stress, because we think that there is a lot you actually can control. 1. Working on your skills2. Build your network.3. Double down on productivity.4. Watch your health + well-being.5.…

  • Special podcast #100: Developer + Mindset Tips for 2023 (and our favorite shows)

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    Listen here: Or watch here: We’re back with… episode 100! 🎉 In this episode we highlight our favorite moments from the show: – How to Say no! – Being your Authentic Self with Hannah Kook – Practical Django with Antonio Mele – Tutorial Paralysis – Only compare yourself to your yesterday’s self + 5 more valuable mindset and developer lessons. Next we have a ask from you dear listener, please send us your favorite episode and/or how what you’ve learned from us has helped you on your Python + career journey … Send it to info@pybit.es The people with the 3…

  • Goal setting tips

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    Listen here: Or watch here: Happy New Year and welcome back to the Pybites podcast.  This week Julian and Bob talk about setting goals for this year 2023:– How to set your goals this year.– When and where you begin to setting your goals– How to set realistic goals that are achievable and sustainable.– How to set goals you can control.– How to love the process towards your goals.– What actions should you take to enable you to reach your goals.– How goal-setting processes can help you find purpose and meaning in your life.– The importance of small steps with…

  • Cool data side projects and prolific content creation

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    Listen here: This week we talk with Kristen Kehrer about her journey as a data scientist, developer advocate and content creator. We dive into how she got into DS and what excites her about the field. We talk about her developer relations work at Comet ML, her journey from R to Python, and some really cool data projects she has developed lately (scratching her own itch).  For example the school bus one will blow your mind 🙂 Next we move onto the importance of content creation and growing an audience (building your brand) as a developer. We talk about Kristen’s content creation process, how to…

  • Coding with mindfulness

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    Listen here: Welcome back to the Pybites podcast. This week we have Andrew McLeod on the show to talk about mindfulness. We talk about:– Mindfulness as it applies to the tech industry and why it’s important to humanise tech.– How mindfulness humanises.– How to be more aware of different parts of the body – as opposed to only thought.– The trap of trying to use mindfulness to fix problems that require action (eg mindfulness will make you aware you are hungry, it won’t resolve the issue)– How mindfulness can help with emotional intelligence (including in the context of code reviewing).– How mindfulness…

  • Loving the Journey towards your Goal

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    Listen here: Welcome back to our Pybites podcast. This week we talk about Loving the journey to your goal. We center our discussion about: 1. Setting Goals. 2. What can you do and how can you love the process? 3. Have that Confidence and discipline to achieve your goal. And self control to learn the routine and make it a habit to maintain. 4. Choose how to respond in every situation (If you missed something today don’t be disappointed, because it’s an opportunity to learn and do more). 5. Embrace difficult situations. it only means that you’re getting closer to…

  • Software Engineering and Entrepreneurship

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    Listen here: This week we talk with Yujian, software developer and entrepreneur. We dive into: – His background. – Why he uses Python and the switch from Java. – His core Python focus these days + cool side projects he’s maintaining. – How entrepreneurship is fundamentally different from software engineering. – His viral post on certificates vs the reality of looking things up as a programmer.– Book tips (The hard things about hard things, The startup of you and Grit).– And of course the importance of mindset as a developer (we cannot leave out the Julian question right?!) Enjoy this episode and connect with Yujian on LinkedIn or on our Slack. Other mentioned links:– His…