Tech Leading - Teaching

Articles

• Scott Hanselman - Stop saying learning to code is easy. Takeaway: Coding is difficult - don't tell people that it's easy as it sets them up for failure and self doubt. A useful reminder that the words we use impact how people perceive themselves.

Training Courses and Videos

• Katlyn Parvin - Am I Senior Yet? Grow Your Career by Teaching Your Peers [37:57] Takeaway: Tailor responses to level of skill and will of the audience. Resist the urge to teach by doing. Teaching is communication so work on your communication skills.

• Miki Rezentes - Quit Frustrating Your New Developers - Tips From a Teacher [37:37] Takeaway: Purpose of teaching is to reduce the unknowns. Juniors need to see you don't know stuf too. Know what you are teaching - have a core book list and a recommended reading list. The lessons must build on things they already know so make sure you know where they are. Help people understand what good questions are. If they don't understand your answer, repetition won't help.

• Chuck Lauer Vose - Building kick-ass internal education programs (for large and small budgets) [30:34] Takeaway: 1 month of good onboarding can take 3 months off onboarding time. Onboarding is about confidence and comfort not just tech. Good discussion of ways to set up learning programs at work - lightning talks, pair programming, workshops and fishbowl discussions.

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