# Pycon 2017

DevFeed: [Pycon 2017](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/pycon-2017-32222.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://bruceeckel.com/2017/05/30/pycon-2017/>)

Author: Bruce Eckel

Published: 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Bruce Eckel - Computing Thoughts](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/bruce-eckel-computing-thoughts.md>)

Topics: [Learning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/learning.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [Web](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web.md>)

Tags: [app](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app.md>), [beginner](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/beginner.md>), [conferences](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/conferences.md>), [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [education](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/education.md>), [tutorials](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tutorials.md>)

## AI overview

A personal account of PyCon 2017 covering volunteering, conference dinner groups, plans for a dinner-planning app, and the development of a free self-guided programming class for beginners.

## Source excerpt

This year I repeated my strategy of "Don't go to any recorded sessions," and also did more volunteering (one of these was at the green room, and again one of the session chairs failed to show up so you'll see me introducing three of the talks). Dinners In the past I've kind of stumbled into dinner groups, but not always. This time I made more of an effort and was rewarded with dinner friends every night.