Nikita Karamov - Russia, Germany, Django, and Jazzband

Nikita Karamov is a Python developer and maintainer on various open source Python projects. Some topics covered: Notes on university education in programming and engineering vs theory Jazzband for maintaining Django projects Contributing to open source makes you a better programmer Moving from Russia to Germany during college Cultural differences between Russia, Germany, and Oregon The nice lack of drama in the Python community A lack of universities teaching Python for web development Links from the show Jazzband django-simple-menu