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Follow the journey of three beginners who are learning to code

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Re: Follow the journey of three beginners who are learning to code

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Post by pocha »

cpursley wrote: post #22
jimmaswell wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why does it matter if a female didn't end up being in it?

Don't you know? Being pc is all the rage these days.

If you guys are curious to know how the team is created, check the job opening http://www.codelearn.org/blogger-who-wants-to-learn-to-code....

Re: Follow the journey of three beginners who are learning to code

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Post by jholman »

itsybitsycoder wrote: post #27
jholman wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe there was a time in your linguistic community when those words meant that. I suggest that this is not universal. I've seen lots of people in games use "newb" in a profanity-laden attack, and I've seen people people say things like "c'mon, don't grief the noobs, pick on someone your own size". What's the difference between "geek" and "nerd"? Ask five language communities, get five different answers. Or ten answe…

Maybe not universal, but certainly very common. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newbie#Variants

Uh. The relevant sentence of that WP article has, as its citation, a Forbes article about gamers. You take Forbes seriously, as an authority on gamer culture?

Re: Follow the journey of three beginners who are learning to code

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Post by callmeed »

jimmaswell wrote: post #21
callmeed wrote: post #18

Good idea, questionable execution: * Should have had a female in the group * The first guy isn't "learning to code", he's a programmer learning a new language/framework

Why does it matter if a female didn't end up being in it?

Seems obvious–having a female in the group might ease some anxiety/intimidation (which the community has caused) of other females who visit the site and want to follow their progress.

Re: Follow the journey of three beginners who are learning to code

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Post by sensui »

callmeed wrote: post #18

Good idea, questionable execution: * Should have had a female in the group * The first guy isn't "learning to code", he's a programmer learning a new language/framework

Only the third guy seems learning a new hability. If we were more rigorous, the path is a study comparing diverse online projects. I expect someone already done this.

Re: Follow the journey of three beginners who are learning to code

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Post by mnicole »

callmeed wrote: post #33
jimmaswell wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why does it matter if a female didn't end up being in it?

Seems obvious–having a female in the group might ease some anxiety/intimidation (which the community has caused) of other females who visit the site and want to follow their progress.

While I agree that it would have been nice, I don't think it was an oversight. In addition to the link posted on how they found people, it's also a bit of a double-edged sword as women are less likely to apply for these types of things. This is their very first attempt; it's experimental. I'm sure when they have more faith in their product/the training, they can spend more time trying to find people from varying backgrounds to highlight.

Re: Follow the journey of three beginners who are learning to code

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Post by itsybitsycoder »

jholman wrote: post #32
itsybitsycoder wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe not universal, but certainly very common. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newbie#Variants

Uh. The relevant sentence of that WP article has, as its citation, a Forbes article about gamers. You take Forbes seriously, as an authority on gamer culture?

You were making it sound as though this were some niche thing that only happened in my particular social group. I was simply showing that this isn't the case. It's not as though there's likely to be peer-reviewed studies on this, but here's some more links, if you'd like:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Noobs%20vs.%2...

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Noob

http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20060823

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