[Chicago] [ANN] ChiPy July Meeting: Mentorship Talks

Thu Jul 9 15:40:44 CEST 2015

folks are also free to BYOB

On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 9:40 AM, Brian Ray <brianhray at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you Braintree for buying pizza for tonight. Thank you WeWork for the
> keg. O'Reilly for prizes. So glad this is coming together last minute.
>
> On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 4:21 PM, Brian Ray <brianhray at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Happy Fourth Everyone.
>>
>> We found a great space for our July meeting. WeWork Chicago!
>>
>>  July 9, 2015, 7 p.m.
>>
>> Please accept our pull requests!
>>
>> class JulyMeeting(Meetings):
>>     """ Best ever """
>>     def get_info(self):
>>         return {
>>             "Food and Drink":  Provided("beer", "pizza"),
>>             "Expect to meet great people": True,
>>             "Python experience required": None,
>>             "You will learn something": True,
>>             "You can teach others": True,
>>             "Cost of attending":  0.0,
>>             "Expected turn out": Great("best ever"),
>>             "Expected quality: 10.0/10.0,
>>             "OH": "This will be our best meeting ever"}
>>
>>
>>
>> WeWork
>> <http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=220+N+Green+Street%2C+Chicago%2C+IL%2C+us>
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>> 220 N Green Street, Chicago, IL
>> RSVP here:  http://www.meetup.com/_ChiPy_/events/223700984/
>>
>> OR here: http://www.chipy.org/
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>>
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>>
>> Collection of talks from the Mentorship program Mentees and Mentors on
>> topics like: Raspberry Pi , Machine Learning, Django Study Group,
>> Visualization...
>>
>> More details:
>>
>> Building a Temperature Control Program for Monitoring Aquaculture Tanks
>> Using Raspberry Pi and Python
>> (0:07:00 Minutes)
>> By: Thao Nguyen
>> Growth of the Mentee as a Pythonista I have turned from totally no
>> experience with Python to gaining a good amount of knowledge in this
>> language. I have learned from the very basic syntaxes to writing functions,
>> then writing functions for different types of data (list, string, integer,
>> decimal, float, epoch, threshold…) to serve various purposes; I know how to
>> install redis, bokeh and flask for data acquisition, storage and
>> performance; I also learned how to send an email alert from the Raspberry
>> Pi with Python, thanks to the hackathon midterm meetup and my mentor. And
>> because our project covers a wide range of activities, I have learned a lot
>> of the fundamental elements of Python as well as programming in general.
>> Above all, the best thing I have learned about Python through this
>> Mentorship program is being confident and feeling more comfortable with it.
>> Before this project, I wasn’t really sure about Python. Is it what I want
>> or I might be better off with other languages? But after finished the
>> project, I can say it was fun, and it serves well what I want to do. So I
>> decided to move forward with it. And even though this is my very first
>> programming language, but the dynamic from its strong supportive community,
>> rich wonderful open sources and inspiring opportunities like this
>> Mentorship program, all makes me feel that Python is a good choice. The
>> Mentor's role When I asked my mentor for his advices on learning
>> programming, he told me that to him, the best way to learn is doing
>> projects, just like what we are doing. And that is so true. Sometimes I
>> feel like the best way of learning how to swim is just jumping into the
>> water, like doing a project; it can be scary, uncertain, and possibly
>> failed, but it can also be very exciting and thrilling. Of course, one
>> should only jump with a life preserver if she never knows how to swim
>> before. And our mentors are life preservers. For a novice, it could be very
>> confused at first of where to go, what direction to take, or how to get
>> there; and easy be overwhelmed by too much information. The life saver may
>> not be able to tell you what direction to take either, but at least, it
>> will help you have some time to think and to practice before you decide
>> your next moves. Obviously, a mentor is much better than a life saver,
>> because no life saver can talk nor answer questions; and the best part is,
>> they have a lot of experiences in their hands and are willing to share them
>> with you. Thao Nguyen
>>
>> Machine Learning with Python
>> (0:07:00 Minutes)
>> By: Alexander Flyax
>> I will briefly describe my journey into applied machine learning using
>> Python packages like scikit-learn and statsmodels.
>>
>> Why learning process matters to student dev's
>> By: Lane Campbell
>> I took up learning Python and Web Development early this year. I started
>> attending Django lessons held by folks in the community. After the lessons
>> students had trouble finding help learning together. To help everyone
>> organize I founded the Django Study Group. I've been learning for the last
>> six months but I am still a student. I joined the Chipy mentorship program
>> to learn from a local professional Python developer. While enrolled in that
>> I took the opportunity to join a student team led by Brian Ray for more
>> experience learning to code. It was working alongside Brian that I learned
>> the importance of how you build software.
>>
>> Formula One Data Visualization and Interpretation: adventures in
>> mentorship
>> (0:07:00 Minutes)
>> By: Seth Difley
>> We participated in the Chipy mentorship program. Our plan for the
>> mentorship was to use Python to visualize and interpret Formula One racing
>> data. Join us to hear about the triumphs and obstacles we encountered along
>> the way.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Brian Ray
>> @brianray
>> (773) 669-7717
>>
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> Brian Ray
> @brianray
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Brian Ray
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