Propelling Python Into the Next Decade: Anaconda’s OSS Vision

This year marks Anaconda’s 10th anniversary, and we’ve been taking time to reflect on all we’ve accomplished as a company and as part of the Python open-source development community—and to think about where we are going from here. There is still so much to do, and in this blog post I’ll try to provide a […]

State of Data Science 2022

State of Data Science 2022: Paving the Way for Innovation Anaconda’s 2022 State of Data Science report is here! As with years prior, we conducted a survey to gather demographic information about our community, ascertain how that community works, and collect insights into big questions and trends that are top of mind within the community. […]

My Open-Source Journey From Graduation to Maintainership

It was the beginning of 2020, and I had just arrived in France after earning my undergraduate degree in computer science from the University of São Paulo. I had been hired as the first developer on a new team at reciTAL—the first and only developer on the team, it turned out, because COVID-19 quickly forced […]

There’s No Wrong Way to Become a Software Engineer: Part 1

Check out part 2 of our “There’s No Wrong Way to Become a Software Engineer” series. Hi! My name is Bianca Henderson, and I’m a software engineer at Anaconda. When people think about developers, most tend to think about computer science graduates or people who are super good at math; as a single mother and […]

FOSS Fridays at Anaconda

Anaconda is an important part of the Open Source ecosystem. A significant percentage of our team contributes full-time to open-source projects, but it is a passion for most of the organization. What are FOSS Fridays The idea is to take a break from normal teamwork to contribute to any open-source project that we would like […]