Chapter 8. Marc-André Lemburg
Marc-André Lemburg is a German software developer and entrepreneur. He is the CEO and founder of eGenix, which provides Python training and consulting services. Marc-André is a core developer for Python and the creator of a set of popular Python extensions. He is a founding member of the Python Software Foundation (PSF) and has served as a director twice. Marc-André is the co-founder of the Python Meeting Düsseldorf and the chair of the EuroPython Society (EPS). He regularly gives talks at Python conferences around the world.
Discussion themes: mx packages, the PSF, v2.7/v3.x.
Catch up with Marc-André Lemburg here: @malemburg
Mike Driscoll: So why did you become a programmer?
Marc-André Lemburg: My father worked at IBM, so I was exposed to programming computers quite early.
I loved technology and making things work, but at the time (late in the 1970s), computers were still pretty much out of reach for kids of my...