Geekuni Launches "Python Essentials": A 40-Hour, Project-Based Onboarding Program to Accelerate Developer Productivity
As Python adoption continues to grow across data, infrastructure and backend systems, many organisations are hiring experienced developers transitioning from other languages. However, most available Python training is designed for beginners, requiring experienced developers to spend time on unnecessary introductory material and slowing their path to productivity.
Geekuni’s Python Essentials addresses this gap directly. The program is engineered specifically for experienced software developers who already understand core programming concepts and need a fast, professional-grade path to writing maintainable, production-ready Python.
"Experienced developers need to move beyond basic programming concepts and dive straight into real-world Python as it’s used in professional teams," said Andrew Solomon, Director at Geekuni. "Python Essentials is designed to respect their time and existing expertise, enabling organisations to turn new hires into confident Python contributors in approximately 40 hours of focused study. This approach builds upon our decade of success in providing professionally focussed Perl training to clients as part of their onboarding process."
Rather than videos and extensive reading, Python Essentials is built around a substantial, end-to-end project, where participants develop a production-style application that reflects real engineering workflows. The curriculum emphasizes:
- Idiomatic Python and its object-oriented design
- Advanced Language Features: Working comfortably with Python's syntax, control structures, and advanced features, including generators, decorators, and metaclasses
- Data-Handling Proficiency: Utilizing Pandas and other critical data-handling tools to extract insights from real datasets, reflecting Python’s prominence in data science
- Writing testable, maintainable code
- Debugging, understanding and refactoring existing codebases
- Structured, self-paced online delivery suitable for distributed teams
- Automated, immediate feedback to reduce reliance on senior engineers
- Integrated mentoring where an expert provides guidance, ensuring clarity and helping students solve problems through code review
- Progress tracking and completion certificates, giving managers visibility into readiness of the trainee
Enrollment for Python Essentials is now open.
About Geekuni
Geekuni provides focused, structured technical training for experienced professionals needing to rapidly acquire new skills in core programming languages. Our courses are designed to be practical, relevant, and time-efficient - an approach we have successfully applied for over a decade with Perl training for clients such as Booking.com.
