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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) – Introduction

(07:06) – Early programming

(28:47) – SciPy

(45:41) – Open source

(57:23) – NumPy

(1:34:39) – Guido van Rossum

(1:46:57) – Efficiency

(1:55:49) – Objects

(2:02:47) – Numba

(2:11:53) – Anaconda

(2:16:20) – Conda

(2:31:56) – Quansight Labs

(2:35:32) – OpenTeams

(2:43:05) – GitHub

(2:48:35) – Marketing

(2:53:13) – Great programming

(3:04:03) – Hiring

(3:08:01) – Advice for young people