257 RR Learning and Training with Neil Brown

01:29 - Neil Brown Introduction

• Twitter
• Blog
• The University of Kent
• BlueJ
• Greenfoot

02:32 - Where do new people get stuck?

• IDEs

07:21 - Targeting Particular Age Groups

• BlueJ

13:46 - Becoming Professional Programmers

15:33 - Apprenticing

17:20 - Teaching Theory and Algorithms vs Practical Aspects

20:42 - Value and Negotiating Raises

24:06 - Preparing Students for Business Challenges

25:39 - What is the first thing students should learn?

28:46 - Using Games

30:45 - Using Music

• Scratch

31:48 - Hypotheses Testing

34:08 - Tools

38:23 - "Frame-Based Editing"

40:21 - Beyond Beginners

41:15 - “My Holy Grail has been to radically simplify professional programming. I now realize that simplification is not fundamentally a technical problem but rather a cultural one. Our nerd culture embraces inhuman levels of complexity. Mastering mind-boggling complexity is our mutant superpower. It is our tribal marker. Complexity is the air we breath, and so it is invisible to us. Simplification will only come from outside this culture. To disrupt programming I first have to reinvent it for a fresh audience of non-programmers.”

44:26 - Technical Matters vs Elitism

• Andreas Stefik
  • Ruby Rogues Episode #184: We Actually Know About Software Development and Why We Believe It's True with Greg Wilson and Andreas Stefik

47:57 - Making Programming Easier to Learn

51:20 - Team Structures in Academia vs Industry

Picks

git-standup (Coraline)
Craft Conference (Jessica)
UtahJS (Chuck)
Zoom H6 (Chuck)
Ian Leslie: The Sugar Conspiracy (Coraline)
The sugar conspiracy (Neil)
Treasure Islands: Tax Havens and the Men Who Stole the World by Nicholas Shaxson (Neil)

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