Chris and Joe, Good suggestions, thank you. While the Seattle PyCamp looks great I think it's too heavy on the basics for our particular needs. I'm investigating the other suggestions.
Chad On Jul 15, 2013, at 3:53 PM, Cris Ewing <[email protected]> wrote: > A couple of options you may not have considered: > > 1. UW Professional And Continuing Education does customized training > courses. The topics you list are at least partially covered by their > Programming in Python certificate. You might be able to get something good > through them for a lower price that a private company (and probably better > tailored to your needs, as well). > > 2. There's a Python bootcamp coming to Seattle in September that is a > fantastic intro to python. You should strongly consider it for your first > point. The course is excellent and covers a majority of the Python language > constructs: http://trizpug.org/boot-camp/seapy13/ > > Cris > > > > On Jul 15, 2013, at 3:41 PM, Chad Trabant wrote: > >> >> Hello all, >> >> We are looking for an instructor to come to our office and teach our >> experienced developers basic to advanced Python. I'm hopeful the SeaPIG can >> help us find such an instructor. The course topics we would like to cover >> include: >> >> * Introduction to Python (for experienced developers) >> * Reading and writing technical data (HDF, NetCDF, MATLAB) >> * NumPy >> * SciPy with focus on signal processing >> * Interfacing with C and Fortran >> * Data visualizations (matplotlib and beyond) >> >> Class size would be up to 8 or 9 folks with smaller groups depending on the >> topic (some have Python experience and can skip the basics). Looking to do >> the training before the end of the year, ideally later this summer or fall. >> Ideally we would like these covered in a week or week and a half with a mix >> of full days and some half days, but we are flexible. >> >> Naturally we are prepared to compensate the instructor(s). After getting >> quotes from some well known Python training companies and suffering sticker >> shock ($15K and up!), we are looking for alternatives. >> >> Before we commit with any instructor we'll want to see examples of >> experience, specifically for coding and ideally for instruction. >> >> If you are interested in such an opportunity please contact me. If you have >> any suggestions for how to find such an instructor please pass that along >> too. >> >> About us: We are non-profit seismological data center (funded by the >> National Science Foundation), our users are academic researchers in the US >> and around the world. Our office is near the main UW campus in Northeast >> Seattle. http://www.iris.edu/dms/nodes/dmc/ >> >> thanks, >> Chad >> IRIS DMC > > Cris Ewing > -------------------------------------------------- > Principal, Cris Ewing, Developer LLC > http://www.crisewing.com > [email protected] > 1.206.724.2112 >
