This week we were joined by Boris Paskhaver, a software developer, Agile consultant, online educator and author. Boris is based in New York City and has 240,000 students across 6 courses on the e-learning marketplace Udemy with over 1 million minutes of video content consumed monthly. In our discussion we talk about his upcoming book, *Pandas in Action*, as well as his own transition into coding. Boris was a data analyst before he was a software engineer, and found that Pandas was a great bridge between Excel and Python.
So what actually is "Pandas" (spoiler alert: it's "Excel on Steroids" for Python). Why does Pandas make for such a good introduction to coding in general? And would Boris recommend a bootcamp to other people looking to kickstart their tech career? Find out all this and more in this week's Excel-superseding instalment of A Question of Code.
Mentioned in this episode
49: What is a build pipeline?
48: Agency or product?
47: How do you build a blog?
46: How do you apply to speak at a conference? (with Tony Edwards)
45: Should you take a bootcamp?
44: What is the difference between a framework and a library?
43: Yearly Themes: 2020
42: What does a developer do all day?
41: How long does it take to get a job in tech?
40: Can you trust recruiters?
39: Do you have impostor syndrome?
38: If it's not broken should you fix it?
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37: When are you ready for a coding job?
36: How do you keep track of your knowledge?
35: Do you git it? (What is version control?)
34: How do you learn a new programming language?
33: How much tooling is too much tooling?
32: How do you prepare for a new job?
31: Should you pivot?
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