Chapter 13. Wesley Chun

Wesley Chun is an American software engineer who has worked at Google for the past eight years. In his role as a senior developer advocate, Wesley encourages developers to adopt Google tools and APIs. He previously worked for Yahoo! and was one of the original Yahoo! Mail engineers. Wesley is a fellow of the Python Software Foundation (PSF) and runs CyberWeb Consulting, which specializes in Python training and technical courses. He is the bestselling author of the Core Python Programming book series and co-authored Python Web Development with Django. Wesley has also contributed to Linux Journal, CNET, and InformIT.

Discussion themes: Yahoo! Mail, Python books, v2.7/v3.x.

Catch up with Wesley Chun here: @wescpy

Mike Driscoll: So why did you become a programmer?

Wesley Chun: I've been fascinated by the ability to write code to solve problems for a long time now. My interest probably started during the latter years of high school.

My programming teacher...