Summary

Annapoornima Koppad is a director of the PSF, founder of the Bangalore chapter of PyLadies, and is a Python instructor at the Indian Institute of Science. In this week’s episode she talks about how she got started with Python, her experience running the PyLadies meetup, and working with the PSF.

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• Today we’re interviewing Annapoornima Koppad about her career with Python and her experiences running the PyLadies chapter in Bangalore, India and being a director for the Python Software Foundation.

Interview with Annapoornima Koppad

• Introductions
• How did you get introduced to Python? – Tobias
• I noticed that you have been freelancing for several years now. How much of that has been in Python and how has that fed back into your other activities? – Tobias
• While preparing for this interview I came across the book that you self-published on Amazon. What was your motivation for writing it and who is the target audience? – Tobias
• Can you tell us about your experience with starting the PyLadies group in Bangalore? What were some of the biggest challenges that you encountered and how have you approached the task of growing awareness and membership of the group? – Tobias
• You recently started teaching Python at the Indian Institute of Science. What kinds of subject matter do you cover in your lessons? – Tobias
• What is it about Python and its community that has inspired you to dedicate so much of your time to contributing back to it? – Tobias
• In what ways would you like to see the Python ecosystem improve? – Tobias
• You were voted in as a director of the Python Software Foundation in the most recent election. Can you share what responsibilities that entails? – Tobias
• What would you like to achieve with your time in the PSF? – Tobias

Keep In Touch

• PyLadies Bangalore Meetup
• Blog
• Email
• Twitter

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The intro and outro music is from Requiem for a Fish The Freak Fandango Orchestra / CC BY-SA