Too bad you missed the Coding Dojo, it was a lot of fun. Nicholas made running one look easy, but he did have to keep us all moving along. The challenge he gave us was was to write a text-based adventure game. Our team wrote Pycon Palace, and Harry Percival's team (of course) wrote a big test suite for a one-line game.
On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 6:31 PM, Maria McKinley <[email protected]> wrote: > Wait, the Coding Dojo at PyCon happened? I couldn't find it, so thought it > was canceled. I'm bummed now. > > Thanks for posting about your coding dojo. I'm working on organizing one in > Seattle, and am happy to have more information on other events! Is there a > link you can post about the one at PyCon, or how did you go about forking > it? I haven't read your post yet, so forgive me if it is posted there. > > thanks, > Maria > > On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 3:11 PM, Tathagata Dasgupta <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Great! I haven't heard the episode yet, hopefully sometime soon! >> >> Update on current program: >> Our mid term was a Coding dojo: >> http://blog.tathagata.me/2015/05/blog-post.html >> >> Thanks to Nick Tollervey for organizing Coding Dojo at PyCon so that we >> were able to effortlessly fork it for the Mentorship program. Next we are >> planning to have a hackathon as a final of the mentorship program - where >> developers outside the mentorship program can work together with the mentor >> and mentees. >> >> I'll have create page on chipy.org with details on running the mentorship >> program. Soon ;) >> >> >> On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 4:34 PM Brian Ray <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Saw this mention (thanks Ned) at 22:30: >> > http://podcastinit.com/episode-5-ned-batchelder.html >> > >> > Any updates on how the second season of our mentorship is going T? Any >> > additional advice on those who want to implement their own? >> > >> > >> > On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 9:40 AM, Tathagata Dasgupta < >> [email protected] >> > > wrote: >> > >> >> Brian is far too kind with his generous words ... We have been lucky to >> >> have an amazing bunch of people in our user group who are eager to learn >> >> and help others become better programmer. >> >> >> >> If you are on meetup.com - checkout: >> >> >> >> Our amazing mentors for this term: >> >> >> >> http://www.meetup.com/_ChiPy_/messages/boards/thread/48806595 >> >> >> >> What the mentor and mentee are up to: >> >> http://www.meetup.com/_ChiPy_/messages/boards/thread/48756823 >> >> >> >> Mentorship FAQ: >> >> http://www.meetup.com/_ChiPy_/messages/boards/thread/48812700 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 8:46 AM Brian Ray <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >>> I am going to brag a bit here for Tathagata (aka "T"), as he is >> probably >> >>> too humble to brag about himself, and the Mentorship program he has >> created. >> >>> >> >>> As a transition from being the BDFL of Chicago Python User Group for >> >>> over a decade and from pressure from the community, I started adding >> some >> >>> other organizers <http://www.chipy.org/pages/organizers/>to the mix >> and >> >>> letting them (or forcing them) to take ownership to a domain. One >> domain, >> >>> is our awesome Mentorship program. >> >>> >> >>> In it's second season, "T"'s mentorship has 19 pairs of >> mentors/mentees. >> >>> He writes about the experience on his blog: >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> - >> >>> >> http://blog.tathagata.me/2015/03/chipy-python-mentorship-dinner-march.html >> >>> - >> >>> >> http://blog.tathagata.me/2014/10/chicago-python-user-group-mentorship.html >> >>> >> >>> Just wanted to share this idea with you. Would be happy to help if you >> >>> want to start a similar program in your area. >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> Cheers, Brian >> >>> >> >>> ChiPy Organizer >> >>> >> >>> http://chipy.org >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> Brian Ray >> >>> @brianray >> >>> (773) 669-7717 >> >>> >> >> >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Brian Ray >> > @brianray >> > (773) 669-7717 >> > >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: < >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/private/group-organizers/attachments/20150512/dc860118/attachment.html >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> Group-Organizers mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/group-organizers >> > > > > -- > Maria Mckinley > Software Developer with Bonus SysAdmin Experience > www.mariakathryn.net > www.linkedin.com/in/mariamckinley > > > *NOTICE:* Due to Presidential Executive Orders still not rescinded by > President Obama, the National Security Agency may have read this email > without warning, warrant, or notice, and certainly without probable cause. > They may do this without any judicial or legislative oversight. 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