From Python to Beyond: A Memoir

As I typed the very first <code>print(‘hello world’)</code> statement and hit run on my battered Dell Latitude E5400 laptop, (the said machine truly deserves a standing ovation) my eyes lit up with excitement. I was following along Mark Lutz’ masterpiece — Learning Python (5th Edition). The year was 2014, and I was a meagre 2nd year Computer Science student. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how I thrust myself into the world of Python and software engineering. It feels so yesterday now, although it has been a solid 9-years-later. I now write more structured code, running across multiple servers and doing more than just echoing a simple <code>hello world</code> on the console. With this, my focus has shifted to writing solutions that are more performant, scalable and maintainable. It has and still continues to be a learning journey. Every day is an opportunity to grasp new information and I have made this my mission — to understand as much as possible about my line of work, and how to do things better. <a href="https://medium.com/@shalom.nyende/from-python-to-beyond-a-memoir-1afc7432b7fa">Read More</a>