My keynote address to PyCon Philippines. It was an amazing experience and I'm humbled by the community.

1. PyCon Philippines 2012
Keynote
Daniel Greenfeld

2. #pyconph

3. I’m excited!

8. Python is everywhere

9. Python is everywhere
• NASA

10. Python is everywhere
• NASA
• Google

11. Python is everywhere
• NASA
• Google
• Linux (expecially Ubuntu)

12. Python is everywhere
• NASA
• Google
• Linux (expecially Ubuntu)
• Mac OS X

13. Python is everywhere
• NASA
• Google
• Linux (expecially Ubuntu)
• Mac OS X
• Every special effects or animation shop

14. Python is everywhere
• NASA
• Google
• Linux (expecially Ubuntu)
• Mac OS X
• Every special effects or animation shop
• Science

15. Python is everywhere
• NASA
• Google
• Linux (expecially Ubuntu)
• Mac OS X
• Every special effects or animation shop
• Science
• Robotics

16. Python is everywhere
• NASA
• Google
• Linux (expecially Ubuntu)
• Mac OS X
• Every special effects or animation shop
• Science
• Robotics
• Web (Instagram!)

17. Thanking the sponsors
Auberon Solutions Github
Cartwheel Web Philhealth
Smart Chikka
Python Software Foundation Globe Labs
10gen Django Software Foundation

18. Thanking my
fellow speakers
Sony Valdez
Marco Moreto
Audrey Roy
Rodney Quillo
Malcolm Tredinnick
Bryan Veloso
Paolo Barazon

19. No speaker is
getting paid

20. Thank my
fellow organizers
Frank Pohlmann
Mary Ann Tan-Pohlmann
Mark Steve Samson
Lanie Diosana
Audrey Roy

21. No organizer
is getting paid

22. All volunteers

23. Passion

24. Passion
The topic of this presentation

25. A little
about me

26. @pydanny

27. @pydanny
• Worked at NASA
• Python Software Foundation
• Principal at cartwheelweb.com
• CTO of consumer.io

28. NASA

29. @pydanny

30. @pydanny
• Worked at NASA

31. @pydanny
• Worked at NASA
• Principal at Cartwheel Web

32. @pydanny
• Worked at NASA
• Principal at Cartwheel Web
• CTO of consumer.io

33. @pydanny
• Worked at NASA
• Principal at Cartwheel Web
• CTO of consumer.io
• Member of Python Software
Foundation

34. @pydanny
Passions

35. @pydanny
Passions
• Python

36. @pydanny
Passions
• Python
• Django

37. @pydanny
Passions
• Python
• Django
• Capoeira

38. @pydanny
Passions
• Python
• Django
• Capoeira
• Audrey Roy is my fiancée

39. Back to
the talk

40. Passion

41. Passion means you care
about something so much you
want help other people.

45. Mentorship

46. Mentorship, the developmental
relationship between a more
experienced mentor and a less
experienced partner referred to as a
mentee or protégé
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentor_(disambiguation)

47. Mentorship refers to a personal
developmental relationship in which a more
experienced or more knowledgeable person
helps to guide a less experienced or less
knowledgeable person. However, true
mentoring is more than just answering
occasional questions or providing ad hoc
help. It is about an ongoing relationship of
learning, dialog, and challenge.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentorship

48. Are mentors
worth it?

49. Me on the Apple ][ circa 1980

50. 10 HOME
20 PRINT "HELLO, WORLD"
30 GOTO 10
AppleBasic on the Apple ][

51. No mentorship

52. No mentorship
• Too proud to ask for help.

53. No mentorship
• Too proud to ask for help.
• Couldn’t figure out why anyone used arrays

54. No mentorship
• Too proud to ask for help.
• Couldn’t figure out why anyone used arrays
• Created a lot of variables.

55. No mentorship
• Too proud to ask for help.
• Couldn’t figure out why anyone used arrays
• Created a lot of variables.
• Lots of variables.

56. No mentorship
• Too proud to ask for help.
• Couldn’t figure out why anyone used arrays
• Created a lot of variables.
• Lots of variables.
• So many variables.

57. No mentorship
• Too proud to ask for help.
• Couldn’t figure out why anyone used arrays
• Created a lot of variables.
• Lots of variables.
• So many variables.
• So many, many variables.

58. 10 NA = 1
20 NB = 4
30 NC = 27
Before mentors 40 ND = 256
50 NE = 3125
ad infinitum

59. 10 NA = 1
20 NB = 4
30 NC = 27
Before mentors 40 ND = 256
50 NE = 3125
ad infinitum
Array VS
After mentors [1, 4, 27, 256, 3125]

60. 10 NA = 1
20 NB = 4
30 NC = 27
Before mentors 40 ND = 256
50 NE = 3125
ad infinitum
Array VS
After mentors [1, 4, 27, 256, 3125]
[x ** x for x in range(1,6)]
List comprehension to
generate the array

61. Mentors
made me
better

62. Some of my mentors

63. x = 1
FOR i = 1 to 10
IF i = 25
i = i + 1
ELSE
i = i + 3
ENDIF
ENDFOR
Anyone recognize this?

64. x = 1
FOR i = 1 to 10
IF i = 25
i = i + 1
ELSE
i = i + 3
ENDIF
ENDFOR
Foxpro circa 1995

65. James Beerbower

66. James Beerbower
• Got me a job when things were bad.

67. James Beerbower
• Got me a job when things were bad.
• Taught me Foxpro 2.6 for Dos.

68. James Beerbower
• Got me a job when things were bad.
• Taught me Foxpro 2.6 for Dos.
• Jump started my programming career.

69. James Beerbower
• Got me a job when things were bad.
• Taught me Foxpro 2.6 for Dos.
• Jump started my programming career.
• Thank you James!

70. SELECT * FROM attendees
WHERE awesomeness > 100
GROUP BY experience_level;
Anyone recognize this?

71. SELECT * FROM attendees
WHERE awesomeness > 100
GROUP BY experience_level;
Structured Query Language (SQL)

72. Peter Thorsson

73. Peter Thorsson
• Very patient

74. Peter Thorsson
• Very patient
• Thank you Peter!

75. d = dict(
one=1,
two=2,
three=3
)
for key in d.keys():
print key, d[key]
A sample of my early Python code

76. Chris Shenton

77. Chris Shenton
• Introduced me to Python

78. Chris Shenton
• Introduced me to Python
• Introduced me to Plone

79. Chris Shenton
• Introduced me to Python
• Introduced me to Plone
• Introduced me to Django

80. Chris Shenton
• Introduced me to Python
• Introduced me to Plone
• Introduced me to Django
• Thank you Chris!

81. d = dict(
one=1,
two=2,
three=3
)
for k, v in d.items():
print("{0}, {1}".format(k, v))

82. d = dict( Chris Shenton
one=1,
two=2,
three=3
)
for k, v in d.items():
print("{0}, {1}".format(k, v))

83. d = dict( Chris Shenton
one=1,
two=2,
three=3
)
for k, v in d.items():
print("{0}, {1}".format(k, v))
Raymond Hettinger

84. Noah Kantrowitz

85. Noah Kantrowitz
class HelloWorld(object):
def __init__(self):
print("Hello, World")
Python

86. Noah Kantrowitz
class HelloWorld(object):
def __init__(self):
print("Hello, World")
@classmethod Python
def hello(cls):
print("Hello, World")

87. >>> from pycon import HelloWorld

88. >>> from pycon import HelloWorld
>>> HelloWorld.hello()

89. >>> from pycon import HelloWorld
>>> HelloWorld.hello()
"Hello, World"

90. >>> from pycon import HelloWorld
>>> HelloWorld.hello()
"Hello, World"
class HelloWorld(object):
@classmethod
def hello(cls):
print("Hello, World")

91. >>> from pycon import HelloWorld
>>> HelloWorld.hello()
"Hello, World"
>>> h = HelloWorld()
class HelloWorld(object):
@classmethod
def hello(cls):
print("Hello, World")

92. >>> from pycon import HelloWorld
>>> HelloWorld.hello()
"Hello, World"
>>> h = HelloWorld()
class HelloWorld(object):
"Hello, World"
@classmethod
def hello(cls):
print("Hello, World")

93. >>> from pycon import HelloWorld
>>> HelloWorld.hello()
"Hello, World"
>>> h = HelloWorld()
class HelloWorld(object):
"Hello, World"
@classmethod
def hello(cls):
print("Hello, World")
class HelloWorld(object):
def __init__(self):
print("Hello, World")

94. <div id="python">
Click here
</div>
$("#python").click(function() {
alert("Python is awesome!");
});
JQuery

95. James Tauber

96. James Tauber
• Introduced me to JQuery

97. James Tauber
• Introduced me to JQuery
• Encouraged me to create django-uni-form

98. James Tauber
• Introduced me to JQuery
• Encouraged me to create django-uni-form
• (evolved to django-crispy-forms)

99. James Tauber
• Introduced me to JQuery
• Encouraged me to create django-uni-form
• (evolved to django-crispy-forms)
• Gave me a job at Eldarion

100. James Tauber
• Introduced me to JQuery
• Encouraged me to create django-uni-form
• (evolved to django-crispy-forms)
• Gave me a job at Eldarion
• Thank you James!

101. Brian Rosner
git add conference-sourcecode.rst
git commit -m "Added the code samples."
git push origin master
git

102. Jannis Leidel
from setuptools import setup, find_packages
import mongonaut
LONG_DESCRIPTION = open('README.rst').read()
setup(
name='django-mongonaut',
version=mongonaut.__version__,
description="An introspective interface for Django and MongoDB",
long_description=LONG_DESCRIPTION,
classifiers=[
"Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
...
Python packaging and more

103. Xingu
Capoeira

104. Xingu
Master Instructor
of Capoeira
Capoeira

105. Xingu
Master Instructor
of Capoeira
Hollywood
Stuntman
Capoeira

106. Xingu
Master Instructor
of Capoeira
Filipino-
Hollywood American
Stuntman
Capoeira

107. Xingu
Taught me
Martelo-do-Chão
Capoeira

108. Xingu
Taught me
Martelo-do-Chão
Taught me music
Capoeira

109. Xingu
Taught me Can’t get me to
Martelo-do-Chão be lead singer
Taught me music
Capoeira

110. Xingu
Taught me Can’t get me to
Martelo-do-Chão be lead singer
Don’t ask me to
Taught me music
do Karaoke!
Capoeira

111. Many More

112. Celso Wills Mrs. Brown
Malcolm Tredinnick Frank Wiles
Many More
Jacob Kaplan-Moss Patrick Finley
Jung Yoon-Ok Steve Holden

113. What unites them
is...

114. Passion

115. Being a mentor...

116. ...is hard

117. Being a mentor is...

118. Being a mentor is...
• ...discovering just how much you don’t know.

119. Being a mentor is...
• ...discovering just how much you don’t know.
• ...having to refer to others for answers.

120. Being a mentor is...
• ...discovering just how much you don’t know.
• ...having to refer to others for answers.
• ...frustrating.

121. Being a mentor is...
• ...discovering just how much you don’t know.
• ...having to refer to others for answers.
• ...frustrating.
• ...time consuming.

122. Why do we do it?

123. Passion

124. What are the rewards?

125. You feel good!

126. Seriously though,
what are the rewards?

127. NASA

128. People recognize the
passion inside you.

129. Certificates

130. Certificates
• You’ve been exposed to a topic.
• They open doors.

131. My NASA Interview
• Many people interviewed for the job.
• They liked me because I had passion.
• I was more than just a certificate.

132. Be more than your
list of certificates.

133. What kind of Doctor
would you hire?

134. What kind of Doctor
would you hire?
No Passion
• Glances at charts
• Prescribes medicine

135. What kind of Doctor
would you hire?
No Passion Passion
• Looks at charts
• Reads your history
• Glances at charts • Gets to know you
• Prescribes medicine • Cares
• Solves problems

136. Same goes for
Software

137. Same goes for
Engineering

138. Same goes for
Research

139. Same goes for
Karaoke

140. Passion

141. Enough about me

142. What is your passion?

143. What is your passion?

144. What is your passion?

145. professional
What is your passion?

147. Research
SciPy pygame
Python JavaScript
Mentoring
Django HTML5
Natural Language
Science
Processing

148. Once you find your

149. Passion

150. Work hard at it.

151. Contribute back.

152. Mentor upcoming
developers.

153. Release code
as open source.

154. Release code
as open source.
GitHub is your resume/portfolio*
*http://pydanny.blogspot.com/2011/08/github-is-my-resume.html

155. Help other people.

156. But don’t ask me to
sing in public.

157. One more thing...

158. Finis