Omaha Python

Making Your City's Developer Community Awesome

Matt Makai / @mattmakai

Matt Makai

 def what_you_do():
   i_do = 
     {'name': 'Matt Makai',
      'occupation': 'Full stack developer',
      'specialties': ['Python',
                      'data visualization',
                      'prototypes'],
      'normal_location': 'Washington, DC', 
     }
   return i_do

Coding Across America?

  • Road tripping 30 cities in 5 months
  • Talk with developers from all types of cities
  • Write about problems being solved with software
  • Connect people in different locations

March 9 - August 9

Miles driven

Developer Communities

Why should you care?

Tonight

  1. Perspective
  2. Ideas
  3. Focus
  4. Execution

Perspective

Community Perspective

Python in Washington, DC: Good!

  • Organized groups
  • PyLadies
  • Teaching
  • Media, government, & science investment

Python in Washington, DC: Meh.

  • Marketing
  • Greater community

Python in Austin, TX: Good!

  • Leaders
  • Companies
  • SciPy
  • Buzz

Python in Austin, TX: Meh.

  • Rails
  • Teaching

Ideas

Ideas

  • Introduction classes (programming, data, web)
  • Hacking events
  • National organizations (NumFOCUS, PSF)
  • Hacker houses
  • ...and more!

Introduction classes

Hacking events

National organizations

Hacker houses

Additional ideas

  • Visiting speakers
  • Various event spaces
  • Working with other community groups

Focus

Focus

  • What will provide the most value to the community?
  • Pick a cause to rally around
  • Organizations that can help with time and/or money

Execution

Execution

  • Accountability and buy-in
  • Awareness of tradeoffs event space
  • Help speakers' w/ audience

Review

Review

  • Perspective
  • Ideas
  • Focus
  • Execution

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