Ken's Nearest Neighbors
The Ken's Nearest Neighbors Podcast is about telling the unique stories of the people in the data and AI space. In highly technical fields, we often lose sight of the individuals who are making the positive change. The podcast focuses on who these people are and how they have approached the big decisions in their life that shaped their world view and career. While the podcast is centered on a technical domain, the conversations often touch on personal philosophy, the pursuit of meaning, and how we define success in our career and lives.
Ken's Nearest Neighbors
Speaking with the Creator of Pandas on the Future of Open Source (Wes McKinney) - KNN Ep. 184
Today I had the pleasure of speaking with Wes McKinney. Wes is well known in the open source community for his work building the pandas library. He also has a fascinating background leading the production of other data tooling with a focus on ubiquitous language-agnostic, hardware-optimized analytical computing. In this episode we learn about the origin of pandas, Wes' transition into a new role at Posit, and his perspective on the future of open source.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wesmckinn/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/wesmckinn
Podcast Sponsors, Affiliates, and Partners:
- Pathrise - http://pathrise.com/KenJee | Career mentorship for job applicants (Free till you land a job)
- Taro - http://jointaro.com/r/kenj308 (20% discount) | Career mentorship if you already have a job
- 365 Data Science (57% discount) - https://365datascience.pxf.io/P0jbBY | Learn data science today
- Interview Query (10% discount) - https://www.interviewquery.com/?ref=kenjee | Interview prep questions