The Real Python Team

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.

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.

Joska is an avid Pythonista and writes for Real Python.

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

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.

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.

Rok is a software engineer from Slovenia. Member of the Real Python Tutorial Team.

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

Rebecca does research in computer vision applied to medical images. She likes Python and C and spends her spare time cooking things in the kitchen and inviting people to come eat them with her.

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

Programmer/Musician, constantly trying to create something worthwhile, getting better at my craft in the process

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.

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

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. He can often be found in a local coffee shop, or via rickywhite.net.

Jasmine is a Django developer, based in London.

Ralu is an avid Pythonista and writes for Real Python. She is a DevOps engineer specializing in cloud computing, with a penchant for AWS.

Steve is a data scientist, physicist, and avid Pythonista. In his spare time, he enjoys playing with his kids, ballroom dancing, playing Ultimate Frisbee, and [breaking then] fixing computers.

Vuyisile enjoys seeing software make a visible difference in the lives of people in the world.

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

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

Tappan is not sure he can call himself a Pythonista, but he edits video for Real Python anyway.

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.

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

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

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

Haki is an avid Pythonista and writes for Real Python.

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

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 Hawaii with his wife and two dogs.

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

Nathan is a member of the Real Python tutorial team who started his programmer career with C a long time ago, but eventually found Python. From web applications and data collection to networking and network security, he enjoys all things Pythonic.

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.

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

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

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.

Dan is the Chief Python Nut at Real Python. He helps Python developers take their coding skills to the next level with Python tutorials, books, and online training.

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

Kyle is a self-taught developer working as a senior data engineer at PatientsLikeMe and a cofounder of Danqex (formerly Nasdanq) and Encryptid Gaming.

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

Abhinav is a Software Developer from India who loves technology and harnessing it to make life better for everyone.

Hi, I'm Isaac. I build, lead, and mentor software development teams, and for the past few years I've been focusing on cloud services and back-end applications using Python among other languages. Love to hear from you here at Real Python.

Joe is a research engineer specialising in energy. As the energy sector transforms, Joe has found himself knee deep in energy data and has adopted Python as his main tool to make sense of it all.

Brian is a PythonistaCafe Community Manager.

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

I'm an experienced software engineer with interests in artificial intelligence and machine learning. I'm currently a postgraduate student at The University of Manchester, studying Advanced Computer Science with a specialisation in AI.

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!

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

Martin loves programming, goofy jokes as well as animals (snakes AND humans!) - so there's a strong connection to the Python community in either way. ;) He likes to learn and explore and talk about it, and he creates video tutorials for Real Python.

Leodanis is an industrial engineer who loves Python and software development. He is a self-taught Python programmer with 4+ years of experience building desktop applications.

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

Alexander is an avid Pythonista who spends his time on various creative projects involving programming, music, and creative writing.

After 6 years of teaching high school math, Krishelle switched careers and now works as a Site Reliability Engineer at Dropbox in San Francisco, CA.

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.

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!

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

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

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.

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.

Leon is a data scientist at Apple, self-taught Pythonista, and contributor to Real Python.

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

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