The Real Python Team

Ahmed is a developer and software engineer with 4+ years of experience on building web, mobile and desktop applications. He's also an avid Pythonista and writes for Real Python.

Jim has been programming for a long time in a variety of languages. He has worked on embedded systems, built distributed build systems, done off-shore vendor management, and sat in many, many meetings.

Doug is a Python developer with more than 25 years of experience. He writes about Python on his personal website and works as a Senior Web Engineer with Shutterfly.

John is an avid Pythonista and a member of the Real Python tutorial team.

Christian is an avid Pythonista and video instructor at Real Python.

Jon taught Python and Java in two high schools in Washington State. Previously, he was a Program Manager at Microsoft.

Ryan is an author for Real Python, technical editor for books on Python, Hugo, and the command line, and a mold tooling designer. He loves Python, Ruby, Bash, and Rust. Also, physics, calculus, woodworking, and ukuleles. Looking for work!

Tappan isn't sure he can call himself a Pythonista, but he edits video for Real Python anyway.

Geir Arne is an avid Pythonista and a member of the Real Python tutorial team.

Colin is a freelance Software Creative who travels the unixverse in the good ship Python.

Leodanis is an industrial engineer who loves Python and software development. He's a self-taught Python developer with 5+ years of experience.

Jaya is an avid Pythonista and writes for Real Python. She's a Master's student at Georgia Tech and is interested in data science, AI, machine learning and natural language processing.

Researcher in digital signal processing, telecommunications and machine learning. {free, libre, open source} {software, hardware, culture, science} enthusiast.

Dane is a Lead Web Application Developer at ITHAKA and author of Practices of the Python Pro.

Cameron is a product manager based in London who writes both Python and English in his spare time.

Hi, I'm Logan, an open source contributor, writer for Real Python, software developer, and always trying to get better. Feel free to reach out and let's get better together!

Mirko has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and works as a university professor. He is a Pythonista who applies hybrid optimization and machine learning methods to support decision making in the energy sector.

Bartosz is a bootcamp instructor, author, and polyglot programmer in love with Python. He helps his students get into software engineering by sharing over a decade of commercial experience in the IT industry.

Mike has been programming in Python for over a decade and loves writing about Python!

Hello! I am Adriana - a Graphic Illustrator with a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts.

Jackie teaches computer science full-time for Cecil College, and fell in love with Python many years ago when she realized it wasn't pseudocode, but an actual language.

Andre is a seasoned software engineer passionate about technology and programming languages, in particular, Python.

Jahongir is a Software Engineer based in Berlin, originally from Uzbekistan. He loves to talk about Python, Django, GCP and Kubernetes.

Brad is a software engineer and a member of the Real Python Tutorial Team.

Dan Bader is the owner and editor in chief of Real Python and the main developer of the realpython.com learning platform. Dan has been writing code for more than 20 years and holds a master's degree in computer science.

Reka is an avid Pythonista and writes for Real Python.

Jacob is a longtime language editor and a relative newcomer to the world of Python programming. He's learning, just like you!

Marius is a tinkerer who loves using Python for creative projects within and beyond the software security field.

Joska is an Ordina Pythoneer who writes for Real Python.

James is an avid Pythonista and creates video tutorials for Real Python. He is a web developer at Wish and also produces lo-fi hip hop and plays jazz guitar.

Anthony is an avid Pythonista and writes for Real Python. Anthony is a Fellow of the Python Software Foundation and member of the Open-Source Apache Foundation.

Anja is a graphic designer and a member of the Real Python tutorial team.

Andrew is an avid Pythonista and creates video tutorials for Real Python. He is a qualified robotics and mechatronics engineer who works for an engineering firm as a production engineer and loves his sport, music, gaming and learning.

Jason is a software developer based in Taipei. When he's not tinkering with electronics or building Django web apps, you can find him hiking the mountains of Taiwan or brushing up on his Chinese.

Hi! My name is Joos Korstanje. I've been working in statistics and data science for about five years. I'm a full-time Data Scientist at Disneyland Paris. In my free time I enjoy blogging about data science on Medium, Real Python and other platforms.

Stephen worked as a research physicist in the past, developing new imaging systems to detect eye disease. Plenty of coding involved! He now teaches coding in Python to kids and adults.

Chyld is an avid Pythonista and writes for Real Python. He teaches data science and full stack software engineering to companies around the world. He loves functional programming, linear algebra, all things linux, machine learning ... and Python!

Chad is an avid Pythonista and does web development with Django fulltime. Chad lives in Utah with his wife and six kids.

I'm a software developer with a passion for Python and open source.

Liam is a software engineer and avid Pythonista. When he's not writing code to automate all of his daily tasks, you can often find him running, playing basketball and tennis, reading, or eating good food.

Douglas Starnes is a tech author and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional in developer technologies in Memphis, TN. He is also the co-director of the Memphis Python User Group and has been working with Python professionally for 8 years.

Moshe has been using Python since 1998. He has contributed to CPython, and is a founding member of the Twisted project. He has been teaching Python in various venues since 2002.

David is a mathematician by training, a data scientist/Python developer by profession, and a coffee junkie by choice.

Martin likes automation, goofy jokes, and snakes, all of which fit into the Python community. He enjoys learning and exploring and is up for talking about it, too. He writes and records content for Real Python and CodingNomads.

Santiago is a software and machine learning engineer who specializes in building enterprise software applications.

Christian is a member of the Real Python team and teaches lots of subjects besides Python.

Abhinav is a Software Engineer from India. He loves to talk about system design, machine learning, AWS and of course, Python.

Katy is a full-stack web developer with experience in high school science education. She enjoys teaching and learning and is just really excited to be here.

Kevin is a data scientist for a clinical genomics company, a Pythonista, and an NBA fan.

Mahdi is the CTO of Gyroscope, the co-founder of the PyCoder’s Weekly, and a longtime Pythoneer.

Sadie is a subtitle and transcription editor at Real Python. She uses Python for web development, automations, and art projects.

Hi! My name is Pedro and I'm a Python developer who loves coding, burgers and playing guitar.

Christopher has a passion for the Python language and writes for Real Python. He is a consultant who helps advise organizations on how to improve their technical teams.

Taranjeet is a software engineer, with experience in Django, NLP and Search, having build search engine for K12 students(featured in Google IO 2019) and children with Autism.

A tech geek with a philosophical mind and a hand that can wield a pen.

Joe is a manufacturing engineer turned Pythonista with interests in data wrangling and visualization.

Paul studies ways to leverage technology to empower business and make life better. Paul has a life goal to become a CIO and more importantly, pet every dog in the world.

Rich is an avid Pythonista and a video instructor at Real Python. He is also a Network Engineer using Python to automate the management of a large network infrastructure. He lives in Dubai, UAE, with his wife and daughter plus a Miniature Schnauzer.

Luke has professionally written software for applications ranging from Python desktop and web applications to embedded C drivers for Solid State Disks. He has also spoken at PyCon, PyTexas, PyArkansas, PyconDE, and meetup groups.

With 20 years as a teacher of music technology, Darren is keen to bring his skills to the Python table.

Lucas is a wandering Pythoneer with a curious mind and a desire to spread knowledge to those who seek it.

Alex Ronquillo is a Software Engineer at thelab. He’s an avid Pythonista who is also passionate about writing and game development.

Bryan is a mechanical engineering professor and a core developer of Cantera, the open-source platform for thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, and transport.

Ricky is a Python developer and writer who has a tendency to refer to himself in the third person. By day he is a stay-at-home dad, and by night he’s a crime-fighting ninja. You can often find him on Twitter, or at endlesstrax.com.

Brian is a PythonistaCafe Community Manager.

Florian is an avid Pythonista and writes for Real Python. He is a corporate student studying applied-computer science in Germany.

Lee is a DevOps Engineer and Pythonista based in Berkeley, California.

Kyle is a self-taught developer working as a senior data engineer at Vizit Labs. In the past, he has founded DanqEx (formerly Nasdanq: the original meme stock exchange) and Encryptid Gaming.

Déborah is a data scientist who loves to explain concepts in comprehensive ways.

Django developer and open source enthusiast.

James is a passionate Python developer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab who also writes on the side for Real Python.

Daniel is an independent software engineer, consultant, and trainer with a focus on web development with Django. He lives and works in Cologne, Germany.

Hey, I'm Kristijan! I'm a CV/ML engineer and member of the Real Python tutorial team.

Joanna is the Executive Editor of Real Python. She loves natural languages just as much as she loves programming languages!

Haki is an avid Pythonista and writes for Real Python.

Miguel has been working in different roles in IT for over a decade. He has a MSc. degree in Computer Science and enjoys building things using open source technologies.

James is a software consultant and Python developer. When he's not writing Python, he's usually writing about it in blog or book form.

Hi, I'm Aldren and I'm the guy that helps to make this site awesome for your eyes! :)

Austin is a video tutorial author at Real Python. He's currently a student working towards a degree in computer science at Rochester Institute of Technology.

Michael is a software engineer and educator who lives and works in Denver, CO.

Dylan is a Data Scientist and self-taught developer specialized in Natural Language Processing (NLP). He has experience working on large-scale Machine Learning projects and enjoys writing about data-related topics.

Chris is an avid Pythonista and creates video tutorials for Real Python. He is a programmer and data analyst. He creates music under the name Tripnet. Chris lives in Colorado with his wife and two dogs.