Step up to the plate

Alex Glaros

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Sep 6, 2012, 6:18:37 PM9/6/12

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Dear Django Group,

Can you spare a few lines of code?

Our nonprofit has a great idea to help the unemployed and spur innovation at the same time.

All we need is a simple app to let users register.

Can I get a community effort from this great Django community to write the registration app?

I’ll can do the data modeling, just a few tables, you only need to write the CRUD for it. Easy Peasy

It would be great to get a few volunteers to help innovation and the unemployed.

App will be open source. Detailed info below.

Thanks!

Alex

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EMPLOYMENT AND INNOVATION PROGRAM

The nonprofit Center for Government Interoperability (CFGIO) is seeking programming assistance for an employment and innovation program.

BACKGROUND

1. There are thousands of startup ideas that cannot be implemented due to software developer costs
2. There are millions of unemployed, many of whom could learn programming from free sources

BASIC CONCEPT - Employment Program managed by CFGIO

1. Unemployed novice programmers learn from free sources and start writing beginner apps in one year, and write moderately well after 2 years. College students majoring in computer science/MIS would be ready immediately.
2. Unemployed novice programmers offer services to startups with simple app or web-design requirements.
3. CFGIO sets up centralized database to match learning programmers with startups, and creates processes to help them work effectively together.
4. Startups offer equity or delayed transaction-based payments to learning programmers.
5. For startups, the purpose is to give them an affordable prototype that allows investors to evaluate and fund production version of their idea. For students, it gives them real-world learning experience and qualifies them to apply for entry-level programming positions, or to start their own startup.

BENEFITS

1. Backlog of programmer positions that need filling is addressed
2. Unemployed become employable with high-paying future-proof skills. They also learn project management and SDLC.
3. Startup ideas are enabled
4. Nationwide innovation is expanded

IMPLEMENTATION – Request assistance from crowdsourced volunteers to:

1. Design curriculum – basically identify Youtube and other free training materials (which now days are great) for each programming language
2. Mentor students
3. Create environment where students learn from each other
4. Design certification process
5. Design processes to enhance programmer/startup collaboration

RESOURCES

1. Programming environments are cheap or free: https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/billing and https://openshift.redhat.com/app/
2. Programming forums already provide assistance to newbies

Any ideas or comments would be greatly appreciated,

Alex Glaros
Center for Government Interoperability
www.gov-ideas.com
Contact: http://gov-ideas.com/contact.htm

andrea mucci

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Sep 6, 2012, 6:27:55 PM9/6/12

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Hi Alex

if you need some help contact me to and....@gmail.com

have a nice day

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