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apprentice us, On Hacker Academies
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In the Spring of 2011, I had the pleasure to meet Neal Sales-Griffin and Mike McGee. Two young Chicagoans, full of energy, with a vision for creating a coding school. Their pitch immediately resonated with me for a several reasons. First, one of my goals for 2011 was to find new sources of apprentices for Obtiva’s (now Groupon’s) apprenticeship program. Second, my young colleague Matt Puchlerz. In San Francisco, Hacker School. In New York, Hungry Academy. In DC, and Craftsmanship Academy. At Dev Bootcamp...
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apprentice us, Also: Learning to Code: Are Humans Required?
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Also: Learning to Code: Are Humans Required? I’m learning to code. Slowly. I can make a simple app that does something just for me, like scheduling text message reminders or displaying all the covers of digital books I’ve bought (gonna need that “virtual bookshelf” or I’ll forget everything I’ve read). I entered one of my old company’s…. Reblogged 3 years ago from roybahat. Reblogged this from roybahat. Reblogged this from roybahat. Reblogged this from roybahat. Reblogged this from roybahat.
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apprentice us, Fill in the gaps
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Fill in the gaps. I’m having a lot of fun post-Groupon having conversations with leaders of software development teams and organizations. The topic is “how to get started with apprenticeship” and often there isn’t a perfectly blank slate to work with. I’ve had a couple conversations in the past week with people whose teams look like this:. A- - - - - - - SDFOJ- - -. A- - - ☺- - -SDFOJ- - -. Be aware of your organization’s skill distribution, and work to minimize the gaps. Once you begin to appr...
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apprentice us, Q&A with David Ragone
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Q&A with David Ragone. Asked me a bunch of questions after he read this. The following are my answers. DR: How did you get “started apprenticeing”? DH: I read Software Craftsmanship. In 2007, when I started Obtiva’s software studio, my first instinct was to find an apprentice. We ended up bringing on 4 apprentices that year. This was the beginning of the apprenticeship program that is still going strong at Groupon in Chicago. DR: It seems to me a key element in the success of apprenticeship programs is t...
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apprentice us, About apprentice us
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Over the past few years I’ve realized that I want to be an active participant in the coming revolution in education. My journey toward this realization has been unexpected and surprising. Over the past 16 years, I’ve worked in group homes of disenfranchised youth. Counseled children and families in crisis. Wrote a book for apprentices. And helped lead a remarkable community of mentors. Over the past year I’ve been connecting with many kindred spirits such as Dale Stephens. Is to deliver a message to any ...
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apprentice us, Apprenticeship goes to Washington
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Apprenticeship goes to Washington. I had the privilege to speak at a White House event this week. (How’d that happen! Here’s the backstory. Mitch Kapor asked me to tell a story about apprenticeships in software development to our country’s CTO. And about 40 other people from all over the tech and political ecosystem. I whipped up some slides a few days prior, and since I was the last speaker, I did my best to improvize something that tied into the rest of the talks. Here are the unpretty slides:. I woke ...
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apprentice us, An Old-School Solution for Today's Skills Gap
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An Old-School Solution for Today’s Skills Gap. A blog about apprenticeship over at Wired’s Innovation Insights:. Http:/ insights.wired.com/profiles/blogs/old-school-solution-skills-gap. Posted 2 years ago. Reblogged this from apprentice-us. 2012 2016 Powered by Tumblr.
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apprentice us, Apprenticeship from a new angle
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Apprenticeship from a new angle. My departure from Groupon was spurred by an impulse to create more apprenticeship programs. Dale Stephens. Was frequently introducing me to various companies to talk about apprenticeship with them. I spoke with Shereef Bishay. At length about working with Dev Bootcamp’s hiring companies on creating programs. Even back in 2011, as the first Code Academy (now Starter League. Class was wrapping up Neal Sales-Griffin. And apprenticeship was a big part of that decision. It...
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apprentice us, Red Squirrel's Nuts: Programming as a Foreign...
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Red Squirrel's Nuts: Programming as a Foreign Language ». In both high school and college, I took several French courses. But I’ve never been to France. I’ve never been immersed into a French-speaking context, and therefore, I never achieved fluency in French. Decades later, I can still pick out French words, I can still understand phrases and sentences,…. Reblogged 4 years ago from redsquirrelsnuts. Reblogged this from redsquirrelsnuts. Reblogged this from redsquirrelsnuts. 2012 2016 Powered by Tumblr.
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