#142 - Will Frey: Becoming a Coach, Generators and Design Patterns

This week we have Will Frey back on the show. We talk about Will's transition into coach for our Pybites Developer Mindset program.

Will shares his journey with Python, his recent move to South Korea, and the joy of welcoming his first child.

We also delve into Python's technical aspects like Will's passion for the type hint system (also central to his previous episode #82) and his practical application of generator expressions in a project refactoring, involving XML and CSV files.

He also discusses upcoming Python developments, including improvements to the type system and the potential removal of the global interpreter lock (GIL).

Throughout the episode, Will offers insights into software design principles and strategies for overcoming coding challenges (mindset!), blending personal experiences with technical expertise.

Enjoy!

Chapters:
00:00 Intro snippet and music
00:50 Episode intro
01:50 Will Frey intro and win of the week
03:38 Experience becoming Pybites coach
04:28 Will’s generator refactoring
08:50 Interesting Python trends
10:38 PDM coaching ad segment
11:20 Spoiler for next episode
12:04 ML/data learning - Algebra-Driven Design book
13:44 More design / architecture resou
15:10 Python’s freedom (and therefor responsibility)
16:05 More books
16:42 Mindset for getting unstuck when coding
20:00 Wrap up
20:30 Outro music

Links:
- Connect with Will on LinkedIn
- Generator gist code
- Will's previous episode about type hints
- The dictionary dispatch pattern
- Book tip: Algebra-Driven Design
- Brandon Rhodes' Python Design Patterns guide

---
Grow as a Python developer in record time - check out our PDM coaching program

Connect with us on LinkedIn:
Julian |  Bob

And to get our weekly developer / mindset emails, sign up here