Dawn Wages

Dawn Wages

Anaconda

Dawn Gibson Wages is a software engineer, ethical open source advocate, and community leader. She is the former Chair of the Python Software Foundation (volunteer) and currently works as Director of Community and Developer Relations at Anaconda, the largest scientific Python distribution in thr world. Her deep investment in the community is spent championing inclusive practices and sustainable growth in open source ecosystems. Dawn’s work bridges technical expertise with a commitment to equity, sovereignty, and collaboration in the developer community. When she's not working in the Python ecosystem, she is watching Star Trek in Philadelphia with her wife and two dogs.

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Sessions by Dawn Wages

  1. Don't Be Everything to Everyone: The Case for Career and Model Specialization (Small Language Models)