Brett Slatkin

Brett Slatkin, the prominent author of 'Effective Python', boasts an impressive 19-year tenure at Google where he has excelled in various roles showcasing remarkable leadership and technical prowess.

During his time at Google, Brett founded several groundbreaking projects, played a pivotal role in scaling a product to extraordinary levels - managing a massive codebase, processing half a million requests per second, and serving over one billion users.

His experience spans across diverse domains, from being a technical lead and manager of large engineering teams to overseeing significant profit and loss responsibilities amounting to $100 million annually.

Brett has also been instrumental in managing critical infrastructure operations and ensuring smooth on-call support at Google.

He pursued his education in Computer Engineering, earning a Bachelor of Science degree from Columbia Engineering.

Throughout his career, Brett has held key positions at Google, including roles in the Office of the CTO as a Principal Software Engineer and as a Technical Lead and Manager in various divisions such as Google Optimize, Google Ads Incrementality, Google Surveys, and Google Opinion Rewards. Additionally, he has contributed his software engineering expertise to projects like Google App Engine and Google Infrastructure.