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Below are my Python class lists for the 15 years that I provided training (1997 to 2011), along with dates of publication for my 12 books (3 books in 4 editions each), and class totals for each year. 

Dates labeled as "(public)" reflect sessions which were open to individual enrollments.  Others were on-site classes for private companies and organizations and were not generally open to outside students.  Organization names are omitted here because some prefer anonymity.

This page is meant for historical purposes only.  As described on this page all our classes were on-site sessions as of October 2010; we no longer scheduled public classes after that date.  As described on this site's Home page we also ceased on-site sessions in Summer 2011.  Though no longer teaching, the instructor still maintains an active presence in the Python world through his books.

About this data

For the more statistically-minded reader, the training frequency dip after mid 2007 in the lists below mostly reflects an intentionally decreased travel schedule, though other factors including the dot-com crash and great recession also likely played roles in the 2003 and 2008 declines. The recent rise of virtual training options and certificate mills may have had an impact after 2007 as well, but these were probably balanced by a corresponding rise in Python's popularity.

Why stop training?

But demand fluctuation was not the primary reason I stopped training.  In short, over the last 15 to 20 years, the world changed, I changed, and travel became much less tolerable than it used to be.  Among other things, I long ago reached my quota of airport security shenanigans and corporate procurement processes, Orwellian enterprises both.

You can read more about recent changes in travel in numerous articles, including this, this, this, and this.  Some other types of change are at least indirectly referenced in my book update posts, including this, this, and this. The latter of these raise complex questions regarding the complexity, stability, and learning curve of Python today, but I'll defer a more complete exploration here in the interest of web page real estate.

New, Jan 2012: I eventually wrote an article which discusses the questions raised above in much more detail, and presents some thoughts on Python's future in general: Answer Me These Questions Three.... 

 

2011 Classes (12)

 

 

2010 Classes (9)

 

2009 Classes (6)

 
 

2008 Classes (9)

 
 

2007 Classes (20)

 
 

2006 Classes (43)

 
 

2005 Classes (34)

 
 

2004 Classes (19)

 
 

2003 Classes (14)

 
 

2002 Classes (29)

 
 

2001 Classes (22)

 
 

2000 Classes (20)

 
 

1999 Classes (7)

 
 

1998 Classes (3)

 
 

1997 Classes (5)

 
 

1996 and earlier

 

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