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257 RR Learning and Training with Neil Brown

Apr 27, 201657 min
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01:29 - Neil Brown Introduction02:32 - Where do new people get stuck?07:21 - Targeting Particular Age Groups13:46 - Becoming Professional Programmers15:33 - Apprenticing17:20 - Teaching Theory and Algorithms vs Practical Aspects20:42 - Value and Negotiating Raises24:06 - Preparing Students for Business Challenges25:39 - What is the first thing students should learn?28:46 - Using Games 30:45 - Using Music 31:48 - Hypotheses Testing34:08 - Tools38:23 - "Frame-Based Editing" 40:21 - Beyond Beginners41:15 - “My Holy Grail has been to radically simplify professional programming. I now realize that simplification is not fundamentally a technical problem but rather a cultural one. Our nerd culture embraces inhuman levels of complexity. Mastering mind-boggling complexity is our mutant superpower. It is our tribal marker. Complexity is the air we breath, and so it is invisible to us. Simplification will only come from outside this culture. To disrupt programming I first have to reinvent it for a fresh audience of non-programmers.” 44:26 - Technical Matters vs Elitism47:57 - Making Programming Easier to Learn51:20 - Team Structures in Academia vs IndustryPicks git-standup (Coraline)
Craft Conference (Jessica)
UtahJS (Chuck)
Zoom H6 (Chuck)
Ian Leslie: The Sugar Conspiracy (Coraline)
The sugar conspiracy (Neil)
Treasure Islands: Tax Havens and the Men Who Stole the World by Nicholas Shaxson (Neil)Special Guest: Neil Brown.

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