The document discusses the integration of Python programming into product management, highlighting principles from 'The Zen of Python' that can guide product managers. It also provides resources for learning Python and a reference to a real-world dataset example. Additionally, it serves as an introductory guide for product managers interested in data-driven decision making using Python.

1. Python for Product Managers
David Heller
@davidheller
heller1970@gmail.com

2. http://xkcd.com/353/

3. Python + Product Management
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4. The Zen of Python (and product management?)
Beautiful is better than ugly.
Explicit is better than implicit.
Simple is better than complex.
Complex is better than complicated.
Readability counts.
Now is better than never.
Although never is often better than *right* now.
If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea.
If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea.
http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0020/ / import this

5. What type of data driven product
manager are you?

6. A (simple) real world example
Dun and Bradstreet dataset
906,471 rows
42 columns
611MB text file
Code Example: http://bit.ly/PythonforPM

7. http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/python
http://learnpythonthehardway.org/
https://developers.google.com/edu/python/
http://stackoverflow.com/