Waitlisted for the Core Devs Sprint: When the Bad News was Also the Good News

Last week, I learned that I was one of 17 people waitlisted for the Python Core Devs Sprint at OpenAI this year. A waitlist that long realistically means I probably won&rsquo;t get in. I was sad, of course. The sprint alternates between Europe and the US. Traveling to Europe is &hellip; hard and complicated. I couldn&rsquo;t go to last year&rsquo;s in Europe, because of the location and work…