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There's a great book on software apprenticeship that I recommend: Apprenticeship Patterns http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596518387.do http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596518387.do It goes into great detail about why and how to be an apprentice and the authors seem really knowledgeable.