Coder, Writer, Nerd
About Me
Hi! I'm David Amos! I'm the Content Technical Lead at Real Python and a co-curator of PyCoder's Weekly.
I have over five years of experience in tech, including:
- Large-scale audio/visual system design
- Business process automation
- Data engineering and data analysis
- Machine learning and artificial intelligence
- Web application development
I have a B.S. in Applied Mathematics with a minor in Computer Science from the University of Houston – Downtown. I spent three years working towards a Ph.D. in Mathematics at Texas A&M University before my life led me away from academia. I'm still a huge math nerd to this day.
I'm fluent in English and Spanish, and I've lived in tres países: the United States, El Salvador, and Guatemala. I love traveling in Central America, eating pupusas, and drinking fresh café bourbon.
In my spare time I enjoy watching Star Trek, building LEGO, and dreaming about one day living in a tiny house.
Writing
My passion for writing started in college and continues to this day. I have co-authored several papers in academic journals. I'm also an author at Real Python where I write about my favorite programming language — Python!
Here are some of my recent articles:
- Numbers in Python
- Find & Fix Code Bugs in Python: Debug With IDLE
- A Practical Introduction to Web Scraping in Python
You can view a full list of my published writing on my publication catalog.
Currently I am co-authoring a beginner's Python book with Dan Bader and Joanna Jablonski called Python Basics: A Practical Introduction to Python 3.
Python Basics: A Practical Introduction to Python 3
( Sample Pages | Purchase )
Projects
Whenever I can, I enjoy pushing my boundaries and expanding my knowledge by working on a pet project. Here are some of the more successful ones:
For more, visit my GitHub page.