If there is one thing that has become clear after going to the conferences I have over the past month, it's that in our profession nobody gets enough "practice". A musician needs to continually practice their instrument, but rarely do we hear about people coding for the sake of practice. We had Corey Haines come show us how to do a code kata, which is one way to focus our skills, but I'm wondering if there is something more we can do as a users group to further focus our skills.
Having a presentation every month is informative, but it's definitely not as educational as spending an hour to work through a code kata. So I want to gauge interest in maybe having a few ORUG meetings (next year) which maybe focus on polishing programming skills. Thoughts?
Lastly, I'm wondering if anyone is looking for Ruby / Rails development work. Please email me off list if you have availability and you can come and work down at CoLab with EnvyLabs. We'd totally be open to an Intern position if you're someone who is looking to break into doing Ruby/Rails development, but you haven't done any production apps yet.
> If there is one thing that has become clear after going to the
> conferences I have over the past month, it's that in our profession nobody
> gets enough "practice". A musician needs to continually practice their
> instrument, but rarely do we hear about people coding for the sake of
> practice. We had Corey Haines come show us how to do a code kata, which is
> one way to focus our skills, but I'm wondering if there is something more we
> can do as a users group to further focus our skills.
> Having a presentation every month is informative, but it's definitely
> not as educational as spending an hour to work through a code kata. So I
> want to gauge interest in maybe having a few ORUG meetings (next year) which
> maybe focus on polishing programming skills. Thoughts?
> Lastly, I'm wondering if anyone is looking for Ruby / Rails development
> work. Please email me off list if you have availability and you can come
> and work down at CoLab with EnvyLabs. We'd totally be open to an Intern
> position if you're someone who is looking to break into doing Ruby/Rails
> development, but you haven't done any production apps yet.
> If there is one thing that has become clear after going to the
> conferences I have over the past month, it's that in our profession
> nobody gets enough "practice". A musician needs to continually
> practice their instrument, but rarely do we hear about people coding
> for the sake of practice. We had Corey Haines come show us how to
> do a code kata, which is one way to focus our skills, but I'm
> wondering if there is something more we can do as a users group to
> further focus our skills.
> Having a presentation every month is informative, but it's
> definitely not as educational as spending an hour to work through a
> code kata. So I want to gauge interest in maybe having a few ORUG
> meetings (next year) which maybe focus on polishing programming
> skills. Thoughts?
> Lastly, I'm wondering if anyone is looking for Ruby / Rails
> development work. Please email me off list if you have availability
> and you can come and work down at CoLab with EnvyLabs. We'd totally
> be open to an Intern position if you're someone who is looking to
> break into doing Ruby/Rails development, but you haven't done any
> production apps yet.
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 9:31 PM, Gregg Pollack <greggpoll...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey guys,
> If there is one thing that has become clear after going to the
> conferences I have over the past month, it's that in our profession nobody
> gets enough "practice". A musician needs to continually practice their
> instrument, but rarely do we hear about people coding for the sake of
> practice. We had Corey Haines come show us how to do a code kata, which is
> one way to focus our skills, but I'm wondering if there is something more we
> can do as a users group to further focus our skills.
> Having a presentation every month is informative, but it's definitely
> not as educational as spending an hour to work through a code kata. So I
> want to gauge interest in maybe having a few ORUG meetings (next year) which
> maybe focus on polishing programming skills. Thoughts?
> Lastly, I'm wondering if anyone is looking for Ruby / Rails development
> work. Please email me off list if you have availability and you can come
> and work down at CoLab with EnvyLabs. We'd totally be open to an Intern
> position if you're someone who is looking to break into doing Ruby/Rails
> development, but you haven't done any production apps yet.
> Thanks,
> Gregg Pollack
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 9:31 PM, Gregg Pollack <greggpoll...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > Hey guys,
> > If there is one thing that has become clear after going to the
> > conferences I have over the past month, it's that in our profession nobody
> > gets enough "practice". A musician needs to continually practice their
> > instrument, but rarely do we hear about people coding for the sake of
> > practice. We had Corey Haines come show us how to do a code kata, which is
> > one way to focus our skills, but I'm wondering if there is something more we
> > can do as a users group to further focus our skills.
> > Having a presentation every month is informative, but it's definitely
> > not as educational as spending an hour to work through a code kata. So I
> > want to gauge interest in maybe having a few ORUG meetings (next year) which
> > maybe focus on polishing programming skills. Thoughts?
> > Lastly, I'm wondering if anyone is looking for Ruby / Rails development
> > work. Please email me off list if you have availability and you can come
> > and work down at CoLab with EnvyLabs. We'd totally be open to an Intern
> > position if you're someone who is looking to break into doing Ruby/Rails
> > development, but you haven't done any production apps yet.
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 5:06 PM, Justin Blake <jbl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Same here.
> On Oct 28, 9:10 am, Tim Rosenblatt <t...@timrosenblatt.com> wrote:
> > I approve of improving skills.
> > On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 9:31 PM, Gregg Pollack <greggpoll...@gmail.com
> >wrote:
> > > Hey guys,
> > > If there is one thing that has become clear after going to the
> > > conferences I have over the past month, it's that in our profession
> nobody
> > > gets enough "practice". A musician needs to continually practice their
> > > instrument, but rarely do we hear about people coding for the sake of
> > > practice. We had Corey Haines come show us how to do a code kata,
> which is
> > > one way to focus our skills, but I'm wondering if there is something
> more we
> > > can do as a users group to further focus our skills.
> > > Having a presentation every month is informative, but it's
> definitely
> > > not as educational as spending an hour to work through a code kata. So
> I
> > > want to gauge interest in maybe having a few ORUG meetings (next year)
> which
> > > maybe focus on polishing programming skills. Thoughts?
> > > Lastly, I'm wondering if anyone is looking for Ruby / Rails
> development
> > > work. Please email me off list if you have availability and you can
> come
> > > and work down at CoLab with EnvyLabs. We'd totally be open to an
> Intern
> > > position if you're someone who is looking to break into doing
> Ruby/Rails
> > > development, but you haven't done any production apps yet.
On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 11:05 AM, caike <carloshrso...@gmail.com> wrote:
> How about Coding Dojo meetings every other week ?
> No presentations, just coding.
> On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 5:06 PM, Justin Blake <jbl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Same here.
>> On Oct 28, 9:10 am, Tim Rosenblatt <t...@timrosenblatt.com> wrote:
>> > I approve of improving skills.
>> > On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 9:31 PM, Gregg Pollack
>> > <greggpoll...@gmail.com>wrote:
>> > > Hey guys,
>> > > If there is one thing that has become clear after going to the
>> > > conferences I have over the past month, it's that in our profession
>> > > nobody
>> > > gets enough "practice". A musician needs to continually practice
>> > > their
>> > > instrument, but rarely do we hear about people coding for the sake of
>> > > practice. We had Corey Haines come show us how to do a code kata,
>> > > which is
>> > > one way to focus our skills, but I'm wondering if there is something
>> > > more we
>> > > can do as a users group to further focus our skills.
>> > > Having a presentation every month is informative, but it's
>> > > definitely
>> > > not as educational as spending an hour to work through a code kata.
>> > > So I
>> > > want to gauge interest in maybe having a few ORUG meetings (next year)
>> > > which
>> > > maybe focus on polishing programming skills. Thoughts?
>> > > Lastly, I'm wondering if anyone is looking for Ruby / Rails
>> > > development
>> > > work. Please email me off list if you have availability and you can
>> > > come
>> > > and work down at CoLab with EnvyLabs. We'd totally be open to an
>> > > Intern
>> > > position if you're someone who is looking to break into doing
>> > > Ruby/Rails
>> > > development, but you haven't done any production apps yet.
> I dig that idea... Lets talk about implementation at the next ORUG. =)
> On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 11:05 AM, caike <carloshrso...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > How about Coding Dojo meetings every other week ?
> > No presentations, just coding.
> > On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 5:06 PM, Justin Blake <jbl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Same here.
> >> On Oct 28, 9:10 am, Tim Rosenblatt <t...@timrosenblatt.com> wrote:
> >> > I approve of improving skills.
> >> > On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 9:31 PM, Gregg Pollack
> >> > <greggpoll...@gmail.com>wrote:
> >> > > Hey guys,
> >> > > If there is one thing that has become clear after going to the
> >> > > conferences I have over the past month, it's that in our profession
> >> > > nobody
> >> > > gets enough "practice". A musician needs to continually practice
> >> > > their
> >> > > instrument, but rarely do we hear about people coding for the sake
> of
> >> > > practice. We had Corey Haines come show us how to do a code kata,
> >> > > which is
> >> > > one way to focus our skills, but I'm wondering if there is something
> >> > > more we
> >> > > can do as a users group to further focus our skills.
> >> > > Having a presentation every month is informative, but it's
> >> > > definitely
> >> > > not as educational as spending an hour to work through a code kata.
> >> > > So I
> >> > > want to gauge interest in maybe having a few ORUG meetings (next
> year)
> >> > > which
> >> > > maybe focus on polishing programming skills. Thoughts?
> >> > > Lastly, I'm wondering if anyone is looking for Ruby / Rails
> >> > > development
> >> > > work. Please email me off list if you have availability and you can
> >> > > come
> >> > > and work down at CoLab with EnvyLabs. We'd totally be open to an
> >> > > Intern
> >> > > position if you're someone who is looking to break into doing
> >> > > Ruby/Rails
> >> > > development, but you haven't done any production apps yet.
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