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Posted January 10, 2022
Real Python

PyCoder's Weekly Curator and Podcast Co-Host

Anywhere Remote Freelance

Do you have a passion for Python programming and want to connect with thousands of like-minded Pythonistas to help them stay up to date? Real Python...

Do you have a passion for Python programming and want to connect with thousands of like-minded Pythonistas to help them stay up to date?

Real Python (realpython.com) is a leading provider of online education for the Python programming language and one of the largest language-specific online communities for software developers.

With our in-house team of 10 employees and over 130 freelance contributors we publish high-quality learning resources, such as tutorials, books, and courses to an audience of 3,000,000 monthly readers.

It feels amazing how far we've come—but we think we can do even more! To better serve our community of Python enthusiasts, we are growing our team.

We are looking for a great PyCoder's Weekly Curator and Podcast Co-Host to join our team in a part-time, freelance role. Keep reading to find out what’s involved and how you can apply.


What You'll Be Doing

PyCoder's Content Curation: As a part-time member of our Community Team, you'll research and curate links for the popular PyCoder's Weekly email newsletter. PyCoder's Weekly is one of the most established and trusted Python email newsletters. As leading publication since 2012 it keeps the global Python community informed about the latest news, articles, and events (example newsletter issue, issue archive).

Using our internal research process and tools, you identify and summarize the most interesting tutorials, news items, projects, and events in the Python space in order to share them with over 100,000 email subscribers. (Content Curation)

You'll set up, proofread, and schedule each new PyCoder's Weekly issue in our content management system. (Content Delivery)

Podcast Co-Hosting: The Real Python Podcast is a weekly podcast show with interviews, coding tips, and conversation with guests from the Python community. The show covers a wide range of topics including Python programming best practices, career tips, and related software development topics (example episode).

Together with the host of the Real Python Podcast, Christopher Bailey, you'll present and discuss the most popular Python news and projects from your research to keep our 10,000+ weekly podcast listeners informed. You'll also keep an eye out for interesting new guests that we could invite to the show.

Outcomes

In summary, here's what we expect you to achieve in this role and the approximate time requirements for each task:

  • Curate about 25 links for PyCoder's Weekly each week (1.5–2h/week)
  • Set up, proofread, and schedule new PyCoder's Weekly newsletter issue in CMS (30m/week)
  • Join the RP Podcast 1-2x per month to discuss the most popular PyCoder's articles, news items, and Python projects on the show (2-3h per episode, including prep time)
  • Identify and reach out to potential new podcast guests based on popular PyCoder's articles and news items (1-2h per month)

Requirements

We're looking for a Content Curator and Podcast Co-Host with a passion for Python and teaching:

  • You have a keen interest and passion for coding: You want to stay on top of current trends in order to grow your skills and help educate others.
  • You have a deep knowledge of Python that's built on practical experience.
  • When curating articles and news items, you are a good judge of quality, importance, and what readers (or listeners) will find interesting.
  • You have fluent English writing skills: you are an engaging writer who can pique the reader's interests with news item headlines and brief summaries.
  • You have fluent English verbal skills and feel comfortable presenting complex technical topics to our podcast audience in a conversational style.
  • You have timezone overlap with US Mountain Time for podcast recordings.
  • Basic technical knowledge of HTML and web publishing. Experience with using Markdown, and online collaboration tools like Trello and Basecamp/Slack is a plus.

You’ll work closely with our Editor in Chief (Dan Bader) and the host of the RP Podcast (Christopher Bailey) in this role and we will train you on the specifics of our curation tools and podcast recording process.

We’re looking for a long-term collaboration with someone who’s eager to learn and grow, and comfortable using modern communication tools on our 100% remote-first and globally distributed team. Bonus points if you enjoy a good dog meme! :-)

Compensation & Benefits

  • Remote working: live & work anywhere, at your own schedule
  • Get paid to read Python articles and stay up to date with the latest projects and Python news: US$150 per PyCoder's newsletter issue, US$150 per podcast episode (about US$10,000 per year). You’ll also receive $50 per podcast guest that you helped come on the show.
  • Free access to all paid learning resources on Real Python, including our books and a free all-access subscription
  • Have an impact: Work with a friendly and supportive team on educational resources that help improve learners' lives all over the world

Please submit an application by Monday, January 31, at 9am Pacific Time.

This listing expired on Jan 31. Applications are no longer accepted.