How to Be an Exercism Mentor and Contributor

A lightning talk given at RailsConf 2024.

Transcript

1. Felipe Vogel, 2024/05/09 Mentor and Contributor How to Be an
2. How to Be an Exercism Mentor and Contributor
3. Backstory an Exercism student • Spring 2020: I was a teacher 👨🏫 • Summer 2020: I was learning to code 🐣 • Fall 2020: I knew Ruby… theoretically 🤔 • Later in the fall: I fi nished Exercism’s Ruby track 🥷 How to Be an Exercism Mentor and Contributor
4. Fast forward 3 years How do I contribute to Exercism? 🧐 How to Be an Exercism Mentor and Contributor Here’s what I learned…
5. 1. Claim an exercise How to Be an Exercism Mentor and Contributor
6. How to Be an Exercism Mentor and Contributor 2. Implement it
7. 3. Mentor a student How to Be an Exercism Mentor and Contributor
8. 4. Learn from the student How to Be an Exercism Mentor and Contributor Student’s solution My solution, v1 My solution, v2
9. How to get involved • Try it out! Learn a new language on Exercism. • Mentor. Help others learn your favorite language. • Open a PR. Add an exercise or improve the Exercism website. • Donate. Exercism is 100% community-funded. How to Be an Exercism Mentor and Contributor
10. Questions? Get in touch! linktr.ee/fpsvogel (my LinkedIn, Mastodon, etc.) How to Be an Exercism Mentor and Contributor