PyCon Wed report

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Matt Arnold
March 26, 2009

We got in late Tuesday night to PyCon in Chicago. I spent today in on-the-job training, trying to learn by watching and by doing. At first, the best I could do was avoid getting underfoot. Now I'm setting up microphones, operating the sound boards and video cameras, and using software on a laptop that cuts between views of the presenter and his or her presentation. It's fun.

Yesterday and today are pre-conference tutorial sessions. On Friday the conference begins.

During a break, I met another member of the AV team, Brandon Rhodes, Editor in Chief of Python Magazine. I'm typing this during a break. Got to go now.

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rmeidaking on Mar. 26, 2009 9:40 PM

You do have a stack of resumes to hand out, right?


matt-arnold on Mar. 27, 2009 2:06 AM

No. To who? For doing what? They're surrounded by several thousand more qualified Python programmers at this event.

Although, I did exchange business cards for possible freelance work in graphic design.


rmeidaking on Mar. 27, 2009 2:16 AM

Bingo. Every programmer has a lot of other folks around him doing the sort of stuff you do. It takes a village to get (say) a video game out the door.

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