Getting Started with Python for Network Engineers

Things are changing in the Networking industry and now coding skills, especially Python, are in demand. In this video I talk about how I went from a networker with zero coding knowledge to, well, competent, I guess.
This isn't a training tutorial specifically but a discussion about solving the biggest challenge of actually starting to learn Python and why you should want to. I've delivered this talk a number of times to groups of network engineers, it always sparks a lively debate around the evolving skill set of networkers and the buzz around network automation.

Twitter: @joeneville_

Timestamps:
01:50 What is Python
05:00 Why Python for Networkers?
09:48 But I'm a Networker not a coder!
12:27 Death of the CLI?
15:05 Starting to Learn
19:09 My Story
36:28 Plot Twist!
37:15 What Python will teach you
39:38 My Approach to Learning
43:54 A Pratical Guide to Starting to Learn (reading list etc)

My Reading List:
https://www.nullzero.co.uk/python-rea...

Images:
Spinning Jenny by Markus Schweiß
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinnin...
M._Night_Shyamalan by Gage Skidmore
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Nigh...

License for images:
CC BY-SA 3.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

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