StefanieMolin

Throughout your open source journey, you have no doubt been interacting with the core development team of the projects to which you have been contributing. Have you ever wondered how people become core developers of a project? In this post, I share my jou

This was the trip where everything went wrong - we all have them. Maybe I was overdue. When you travel a lot, you learn to roll with the punches because there's no point in getting worked up about things that are beyond your control. You have to adapt, ch

The fourth edition of PyCon Portugal was in Cascais, and, just like last year, I was one of the volunteers that helped organize the conference program. In addition to unexpectedly presenting a talk in addition to my workshop, I also learned how to make pa

After PyCon Italia in May, I had the full month of June at home. I used this time without any travel to update two of my workshops for the SciPy conference. For the first time ever, I would be presenting two workshops at a single conference - both of whic

This year's PyCon Italia was in Bologna, the capital of the Emilia-Romagna region. In addition to presenting a talk, I got to enjoy spectacular food and company and get a taste of Modena and Ravenna (two nearby cities in Emilia-Romagna).

While I've presented several times at ODSC and PyCon US in the past few years, this trip was filled with unexpected developments. For one, I was presented with my first ever speaker award, which I will cherish forever You'll have to read this post to lear

After a few months without any conferences or travel, I started off 2025 with my first ever keynote, which required several months of preparation. In this post, I talk about how the keynote for PyCon Lithuania came together, from the opportunity to the fi

For my final trip of 2024, I spent a month on the opposite side of the globe in Oceania, visiting Fiji, New Zealand, and Australia, in addition to giving multiple presentations at my first PyCon Australia.

For my penultimate trip of 2024, I presented at conferences on both sides of the pond. First, I flew cross-country to San Francisco for a couple of days at ODSC West. From there, I headed to Strasbourg for my first PyCon France. Finally, I spent a week in

The third edition of PyCon Portugal was in Braga - a new Portuguese city for me. Not only was I presenting, but for the first time ever, I was one of the volunteers that helped organize the conference.