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I like the idea of all the practical stuff Git Ci/cd Scrum/agile/standups Jira Etc That stuff alone is more than enough imo My challenge to you as a teacher

I like the idea of all the practical stuff Git Ci/cd Scrum/agile/standups Jira Etc That stuff alone is more than enough imo My challenge to you as a teacher would be Can you get them relatively comfortable with git? Like actually comfortable? I suspect no, but that is on git not you Not just git but github etc How to debug? How to set up a virtual environment and why. Diff between 2 and 3 and why. How to dive into a code base you don't know shit about, run some broken web app in your dev env, then find the broken code, pull/clone/branch/commit/push, etc. Ideally maybe push them for a particular position that may interest them QA and Support are good starting points for any aspiring dev Really my advice is for old and young If you're able to, I'd talk to folks about how much they actually like or hate this stuff Most will likely not want to be honest but you might be able to pull it out of them depending on what your goals are Talk about other positions dev evangelist/marketing, pre-sales engineer, tam, product/project manager, etc.

ramtatatam 5y ago
I got a complete newbie comfortable with git in 4 hours session. It's not that difficult. That person is now using git on daily basis. Also is using github and is quite successful. Where the challenge lays in my opinion is how to pass on the knowledge required to start coding. I feel Selenium is quite nice start because by writing simple few lines of code the newbie can see the actual action on the screen. I also feel the attitude is important too - I still remember 20 years ago when I was at the beginning of my journey I was thinking about a programming like about solving puzzles, and after watching tron I always wanted to build a perfect system whatever that means :) I feel it's quite difficult to pass on this kind of weird motivation.

ramtatatam 5y ago

I got a complete newbie comfortable with git in 4 hours session. It's not that difficult. That person is now using git on daily basis. Also is using github and is quite successful. Where the challenge lays in my opinion is how to pass on the knowledge required to start coding. I feel Selenium is quite nice start because by writing simple few lines of code the newbie can see the actual action on the screen. I also feel the attitude is important too - I still remember 20 years ago when I was at the beginning of my journey I was thinking about a programming like about solving puzzles, and after watching tron I always wanted to build a perfect system whatever that means :) I feel it's quite difficult to pass on this kind of weird motivation.