Those that know me in the real world, know about my love for automation. I enjoy writing code that connects to APIs consumes data, processes it, then sends it off to somewhere else for safekeeping.

I also get a kick out of writing code that can send commands and automate parts of my job. This allows me to do more in less time.

As an engineer, you should be doing the same thing.

Yet, it’s not always that easy. Especially to those in the telecom world. Many of us are still managing systems that are 40 years old (Nortel DMS anyone?) or that lack a REST or SOAP API.

So what’s an engineer to do without an API?

We write code. We automate, and we conquer without it.

Trust me, I’ve been working on far too many systems lately that should be retired, but for some reason, they are still in service. This lead me to think “Well, If I have this problem, maybe someone else does too. As such, I should make a course about automating with Python 3 and Pexpect”.

So that’s what’s I’ve been working on lately. Well, that and a course about Kanban, but that’s for a very different audience!

Want to see a sample video from the Python course? Look below!