3… 2… 1… becoming a Djangonaut

Djangonaut Space Djangonaut Space is a free, 8-week group mentoring program where individuals will work self-paced in a semi-structured learning environment. It seeks to help members of the community who wish to level up their current Django code contributions and potentially take on leadership roles in Django in the future. I’m beyond excited. I was accepted to join the 7th cohort of Djangonaut Space starting next Monday. I first learned about the program when Sarah Boyce talked about it in DjangoDay Copenhagen 2023 . I was immediately impressed by the work the team had put together to start this program. (If you want to hear about how it's going now, check out this great talk by Rachell Calhoun and Tim Schilling from this year's PyCon US.) Oh how time flies. Over the years, a lot of people who I admire in our industry and community have been part of Djangonaut Space in various roles (like Marijke). Some of the talks that have been delivered as part of the program are regular…