Got a Python-related award today

For probably most of my family and friends who are not programmers, what I do for Python is kind of a mystery. They know it's this thing used to make programs and that I volunteer a lot of my time to it (which can be a bad thing; having your major hobby be something that is typically done alone and indoors is not good). I think everyone has some inkling that I play some important role, but don't necessarily know how much of one; I joke sometimes that I am a micro-celebrity in the Python community, and I think some people believe I am kidding.

Well, today I have something concrete to share with people about my involvement with Python; I got an award. It was announced today that I received the PSF Community Award for some work I did that spanned about two years where I voluntarily played the role of manager (I am actually continuing to play that role).

Getting this award is pretty cool. It's up there with people stopping me at PyCon to thank me for my programming blog or the code I have written, or having various people that I respect thank me in their presentations for the work I have done. I obviously do all of my Python work because I enjoy it, not to be thanked. But it still nice to be recognized on occasion.