Python Atlanta March Meetup

Lightning Talks: What have you been doing with Python lately? Have any stories about what you've accomplished, or what you've been told when you've asked if you can use Python? Come share with the group!

PyCon Round Table: the biggest Python event of the year, PyCon, happens late this month in Chicago! During our Thursday meeting, those from our Atlanta group who are attending PyCon will form an impromptu round table, to take suggestions from the audience about who they should try to talk to, who they should see speak, and what questions they should get answered while there. When they return, they can describe their thoughts, answers, and experiences on the mailing list, and also talk about them at the April meeting if they want. Let's take advantage of this annual event not just as individuals, but as a community!

Python Employment: members of our community have expressed concern to me about finding employment as their companies downsize, lay off, or disappear. We will have a forum where we talk about how we found our current jobs, where we might plan to look for jobs in the future, and what the standard resources are for finding Python-related positions.

Nuts & Bolts: Brandon will do his usual fifteen or twenty minutes on topics surrounding Python. This time: three pieces of Python 3 syntax to avoid; and, how to remember what order "for" clauses are executed in list comprehensions.

Details:

After an optional 6pm dinner at Figo Pasta at the corner of Howell Mill Road and Huff Road, we will meet as usual in the spacious and comfortable auditorium of the GTRI Food Processing Building at 7:30pm for our monthly meeting. Expect discussion, problem solving, and talks that introduce aspects of Python both basic (for newcomers) and arcane (to keep the experts awake). The meeting will kick off with ten minutes of notes and news in the regular "Nuts and Bolts" talk by Brandon Rhodes, then proceed on to our main presentations.