David Stanek has been developing software professionally for over 15 years. He is currently a Software Engineer at Rackspace Python has been his language of choice for over 11 years both on and off of the job. David spends much of his free time working on open source projects and sharpening his technical skills. He enjoys reading technical books and listening to a variety of podcasts and audio books. He is also a co-host of the popular From Python Import Podcast show.