written by Eric J. Ma on 2017-05-13 | tags: pycon conferences data science
I'm very excited to be at PyCon! It's a bit of a personal challenge this year, as I'll be leading two tutorials, one on Network Analysis and one on Data Testing.
With a bit of time on hand, I've done a bit of introspection as to why I love doing these tutorials. I think I can boil it down to a few broad themes.
Reason 1: Learning. When it comes to learning material, nothing beats having to teach it to someone else. This means I have to master the material in order to teach it responsibly to someone else.
Reason 2: Reputation. Grounded on the foundation of having mastered the material I'm going to teach, getting out there helps me build a reputation for having both technical mastery and the ability to communicate the material out.
Reason 3: Networking. By going to conferences where my tutorials are accepted, it's a great way to meet people and learn about the latest and greatest out there.
My hope is wherever I end up working, I can continue this craftsmanship!
@article{
ericmjl-2017-why-tutorials,
author = {Eric J. Ma},
title = {Why I Teach Coding Tutorials},
year = {2017},
month = {05},
day = {13},
howpublished = {\url{https://ericmjl.github.io}},
journal = {Eric J. Ma's Blog},
url = {https://ericmjl.github.io/blog/2017/5/13/why-i-teach-coding-tutorials},
}
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