pycon reflection

Author: kierisi

_posts/2024-05-28-pyos-newsletter-june-2024.md

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 ## <i class="fa-regular fa-comments"></i> PyCon was incredible!
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+We feel so incredibly fortunate to have connected with so many of you at PyCon! While we're still recovering from a week of summits, talks, and sprints, we wanted to share this sentiment from our Executive Director and Founder, [Leah Wasser](https://github.com/lwasser), which she shared on [her Fosstodon account](https://fosstodon.org/@leahawasser):
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+    <a href="/images/blog/2024/may/leah-pycon.png">
+    <img src="/images/blog/2024/may/leah-pycon.png" style="max-width:100%" alt="Screenshot of a Fosstodon post from Leah Wasser, reading: In my first few moments at pycon I ran into some of my conda friends & was quickly reminded of why this conference is so powerful.  Python is more than a programming language. It's a community of people who I can geek out with about the most obscure topics. I belong. People care. They care a lot about their work. They care about helping each other learn.  While this is a tech conference, it's really people that make python the vibrant communty that it is.">
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 ## <i class="fa-solid fa-handshake-simple"></i> See you at SciPy
 [SciPy 2024](https://www.scipy2024.scipy.org/) is just around the corner, and we can't wait to see you there! We're pulling together our pyOpenSci Guide to SciPy, similar to the guide we did for [PyCon 2024](https://www.pyopensci.org/blog/pyos-guide-to-pyconus-2024.html), and wanted to give you a preview of some of the tutorials and talks being given by pyOpenSci Community members!