#224 – Travis Oliphant: NumPy, SciPy, Anaconda, Python & Scientific Programming

Travis Oliphant is a data scientist, entrepreneur, and creator of
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the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click
the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (07:06)
- Early programming (28:47) - SciPy (45:41) - Open source (57:23) -
NumPy (1:34:39) - Guido van Rossum (1:46:57) - Efficiency (1:55:49)
- Objects (2:02:47) - Numba (2:11:53) - Anaconda (2:16:20) - Conda
(2:31:56) - Quansight Labs (2:35:32) - OpenTeams (2:43:05) - GitHub
(2:48:35) - Marketing (2:53:13) - Great programming (3:04:03) -
Hiring (3:08:01) - Advice for young people