Podcast Episode Details

202 RR The Struggles New Ruby Users Have with Jake Day Williams

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• Twitter
• Wild Academy
• [YouTube] Wild Academy
• Learn Ruby: The Beginner Guide: An Introduction to Ruby Programming by Jake Day Williams
• Learn PHP: The Beginner Guide: An Introduction to PHP Programming by Jake Day Williams

03:48 - What Do New People Struggle With?04:59 - Teaching While Learning and Video Tutorials vs In-Person Training

• Resources:
  • Lynda
  • The Ultimate Guide to Coding Bootcamps: The Exhaustive List
• Being a “Self-Starter”  
• The EntreProgrammers Episode 51: Ship 'em Pears with Jake Day Williams
• “Work the system that does exist, not the system we wish exists.”
• Impostor Syndrome
• RailsClips
  • RailsClips Kickstarter Campaign
• Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe by George Dyson
  • Institute for Advanced Study (IAS)
• Blender Guru: Andrew Price

16:59 - Responsibility

• As Teachers
  • Planet Money Podcast: The App Economy with Marco Arment of Instapaper
• Gauging Your Own Success
• Digital Content (Updating)
  • Ruby on Rails Tutorial: Learn Web Development with Rails by Michael Hartl 

23:05 - Feedback

• Trolling and Criticism (Niceness vs Directness)
• David Brady: Ruby Hashes and David Brady: Associative Arrays with James Edward Gray II Example
• The Job

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