Christian! my Coding Dojo team mate - I was in Harry's team as well. @Maria: We used Ned's kindling problem list to pick the initial 5 problems from.
http://nedbatchelder.com/text/kindling.html On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 8:48 PM, Christian Long <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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