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a 'programmers guild' would be awesome. imagine learning to code at 14 instead of going to some worthless high school. you would start as an apprentice, watchin
by MarkPNeyer 15y ago
a 'programmers guild' would be awesome. imagine learning to code at 14 instead of going to some worthless high school. you would start as an apprentice, watching an experienced programmer write code, helping fix syntax errors and spelling mistakes, while learning through osmosis. as a journeyman, you'd write simple unit tests, then more advanced functional tests, and then graduate by releasing your first app into production. by age 18 you could have four years of real world coding experience, while having earned a salary (albeit a small one) from age 14.
- ZackOfAllTrades 15y agoZoho does this. http://blogs.zoho.com/general/how-we-recruit-on-formal-credentials-vs-experience-based-education http://blogs.zoho.com/general/how-we-recruit-on-formal-crede...
- nprincigalli 15y agoThat's how it works with many opensource projects. You get around, contribute with docfixes, learn a little, then send a patch here and there, and sooner than you realize you can be doing contract or employed work related to the tools being used by the project, or to the project itself. IMHO, there's no shortage of well-paid work for those known to be talented by their peers.