Major Academic Events

Earned a masters degree in mathematics and computer science in 1982 at the University of Amsterdam
Worked at the Stichting Academisch Rekencentrum Amsterdam
Wrote “Python” over a holiday break in 1989
because he wanted a language that was convenient for quick and dirty tasks
Worked at Google from 2005 to 2012
Since 2013, he has been working on a static type analyzer for Python at Dropbox