April 2025 Book Club

Hello everyone! We're excited to invite you to our Monthly Book Club for Data Scientists :)

April's Book: "Software Engineering for Data Scientists"
"Everything a Data Analyst Needs to Know About Software Engineering"
Have you been so focused on statistics and modeling that you've struggled to pay attention to code quality and maintainability? Now, learn the essential software engineering knowledge for data scientists through familiar Python examples!

Book Club Highlights

• Share practical techniques that can be immediately applied in your work, from performance optimization to object-oriented programming, testing, documentation, and version control
• Learn real-world tips to improve scalability and maintainability of data analysis projects
• Enhance your software engineering skills necessary for collaboration with developers

Special April Event!
We're giving away copies of "Software Engineering for Data Scientists" to 3 early bird applicants! Don't miss this opportunity to grow together in this book club, designed to be accessible even for busy data scientists. Learn the secrets to elevating the quality of your data analysis code and improving work efficiency in production environments.

Book Giveaway Schedule

• March 7th: Selection of book sponsorship recipients (including shipping address)
• March 10th onwards: Book shipping begins
• April 2nd (Wednesday): Monthly reading meetup
• April 6th: Deadline for posting book reviews on blogs (for those who received sponsored books)

Don't miss this chance to join our book club and take your data science software engineering skills to the next level!

Details:

• Date & Time: Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025, at 9:00 PM (Pre-reading session: 8:00 PM)
• The main meeting starts at 9:00 PM. If you haven't read the book yet, you can join the Discord voice channel at 8:00 PM for a group reading session!
• Location: Private voice channel in PyLadies Seoul Discord server
• You'll receive access to the private channel based on the nickname you provided in your RSVP. Please join the Discord server by 6:00 PM on Tuesday, April 1st, to ensure smooth access and participation!
• Who Can Join: Open to all women
• Fee: 5,000 KRW (Toss Bank 1001-0090-0506 Sujin Yoon)
• If you have difficulty paying the fee, please contact us at [seoul@pyladies.com](http://seoul@pyladies.com/)

Event Timeline:
8:00-9:00 PM: Pre-reading session (optional)

• This is a time for members who haven't read the book to read together!

9:00-9:10 PM: PyLadies Seoul introduction
9:10-9:25 PM: Brief self-introductions from participants
9:25-10:00 PM: Book club discussion sharing memorable quotes and stories!