#102 - How Michael Knott used Python to enhance his sports coaching career

Welcome back to the Pybites podcast. This week we have a wonderful chat with Michael Knott.

We talk about the most valuable things about Michael's Python journey, including what he achieved through our PDM program.

We talk about:
- Michael's work as a fitness coach and how he got into Python as a tool to automate repetitive tasks in his daily work.
- How he improved his Python and developer skills in PDM with us.
- What challenges he faced when started his programmer journey.
- Some really cool technologies he has learned and applied in his apps so far.
- How the things he learned with us are positively impacting his craft.
- How he gained confidence in spite of feeling imposter syndrome (e.g. getting his code out there).
- And ... (as usual) how important the mindset side turned out to be.

We also celebrate wins and share what we're reading (book links below).

Links:
- The PDM program (Michael's ISSF Scraper is featured under the projects section!)
- Julian's Flask Udemy course

Books:
- Still Life (fiction)
- Practices of the Python Pro (SW best practices)
- Publishing Python Packages (new!)
- The Dream of Europe (history)
- Find Your Strength (productivity)

We hope you enjoy this episode and reach out if you have any feedback: [email protected]

To reach out to Michael, you can do so:
- On LinkedIn
- On Twitter
- On our Slack