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A trainers journey Asokan Pichai SciPy November 2019 TalentSprint 1 What do I do/have done? Write code Design courses/training programs Train mostly fresh grads in programming Coach fjrst time tech managers Coach

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A trainer’s journey

Asokan Pichai SciPy November 2019

TalentSprint 1

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What do I do/have done?

Write code
Design courses/training programs
Train – mostly fresh grads in programming
Coach fjrst time tech managers
Coach senior managers – MBTI/EUM/TA
Was an entrepreuner
Was CEO of a software product company

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Languages

COBOL

Of course! on Mainframes of course!!

C – CCP/M-86 Unix
Pascal – 1987
Clipper – 1987
C++ – 1991
Python – 1997
Others

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Languages

COBOL Of course!
n Mainframes of course!!
C – CCP/M-86 Unix
Pascal – 1987
Clipper – 1987
C++ – 1991
Python – 1997
Others

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Languages

COBOL Of course! on Mainframes of course!!
C – CCP/M-86 Unix
Pascal – 1987
Clipper – 1987
C++ – 1991
Python – 1997
Others

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Languages

COBOL Of course! on Mainframes of course!!
C –

CCP/M-86 Unix

Pascal – 1987
Clipper – 1987
C++ – 1991
Python – 1997
Others

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Languages

COBOL Of course! on Mainframes of course!!
C – CCP/M-86

Unix

Pascal – 1987
Clipper – 1987
C++ – 1991
Python – 1997
Others

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Languages

COBOL Of course! on Mainframes of course!!
C – CCP/M-86 Unix
Pascal – 1987
Clipper – 1987
C++ – 1991
Python – 1997
Others

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Languages

COBOL Of course! on Mainframes of course!!
C – CCP/M-86 Unix
Pascal – 1987
Clipper – 1987
C++ – 1991
Python – 1997
Others

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Languages

COBOL Of course! on Mainframes of course!!
C – CCP/M-86 Unix
Pascal – 1987
Clipper – 1987
C++ – 1991
Python – 1997
Others

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Languages

COBOL Of course! on Mainframes of course!!
C – CCP/M-86 Unix
Pascal – 1987
Clipper – 1987
C++ – 1991
Python – 1997
Others

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Languages

COBOL Of course! on Mainframes of course!!
C – CCP/M-86 Unix
Pascal – 1987
Clipper – 1987
C++ – 1991
Python – 1997
Others

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Languages

COBOL Of course! on Mainframes of course!!
C – CCP/M-86 Unix
Pascal – 1987
Clipper – 1987
C++ – 1991
Python – 1997
Others

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Python Journey

Tied with my Linux, LUG journey
1994-95 Linux 14 Floppies!
1996 InfoMagic CD – Python
Dabbling in Dylan – PR
Building my fjrst major system
Solving another big problem for ChennaiOnline
Training

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Python Journey …

1997 – The right choice for peripheral reasons
The Aha moment
My experiences
Other experiments – C++/Ruby/Mixed
Back to the future at MinVesta
Haskell –> Clojure –> Elixir
Experience at TalentSprint
FOSSEE tours!

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Python is great when it comes to teaching the craft of programming, that of iteratively building up to a robust solution. It is also a great stepping stone.