growing your own developers
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My slides on creating a community that is welcoming to n00bs.TRANSCRIPT
Growing Your Own
Developers
MY NAME IS
JEFF
@Jeffrey_Baird
GROW YOUR OWN DEVELOPER
S
Why I’m Here
What does it mean?
What is Medivo doing right?
Why I’m Here
What does it mean?
What is Medivo doing right?
I’m a n00b
This is what it printed
Have We Been Trolled?!
That was April 30th
Medivo != CRAZY
Why I’m Here
What does it mean?
What is Medivo doing right?
Must HaveMOAR
Developers
ZOMG?!
Why I’m Here
What does it mean?
What is Medivo doing right?
Create a n00b friendly environment:
Create a n00b friendly environment:
Create a n00b friendly environment:Internal Projects
Create a n00b friendly environment:Internal ProjectsWork other devs hate
Create a n00b friendly environment:Internal ProjectsWork other devs hate
Pairing
Clear Definition of
success
Safe place to mess up
Learn by Teaching
AWESOME place to work
Who makes a good
Candidate?
Where are they?
Is your company right for
apprentices?
HA!! TRICK
QUESTION!
Always be
LEARNING
Questions?
@Jeffrey_Bairdjeffreybaird
learnwithjeff.com
Sources
• http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2009/11/art5full.pdf• http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/28/they-aint-making-any-
more-of-them-the-great-engineering-shortage-of-2012/• http://cra.org/govaffairs/blog/2012/04/undergrad-computer-
science-enrollments-rise-for-fourth-straight-year-cra-taulbee-report/#comments
• http://chronicle.com/article/Decoding-the-Value-of-Computer/125266/
• http://www.cio.com/article/14765/Bright_Outlook_for_IT_Jobs