How and why I work on junior.guru

I work on junior.guru, a project for Czech and Slovak beginners in tech. It had started as a random idea among PyLadies during a campfire BBQ, today it's my fulltime business. Who are these beginners and why do I create a special community for them? How do I develop the project so that it's manageable in a single person?

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1. HOW AND WHY I WORK
   ON JUNIOR.GURU
   HONZA JAVOREK
   

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2. 👋 HONZA JAVOREK
   FIND ME ON: INS
   ta
   GRAM, FACEBOOK, LINKEDIN, TWIT
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   R
   

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3. 🐍 PYTHON
   BRNO PYVO, PYCON CZ, PYLADIES, PYVEC BOARD
   

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4. WHY…?
   

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5. 👩💻 PYLADIES
   

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6. 🍖 CAMPFIRE BRAINSTORMING
   

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7. 🙋 JUNIOR-FRIENDLY JOBS
   

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8. 📖 HOW TO GET THE JOB?
   

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9. 🐣 JUNIOR.GURU
   

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10. 📈 LEFT MY JOB
    

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11. 📓 HANDBOOK
    INSPIRED BY PETR VIKTORIN'S WORK ON NAUCSE.PYTHON.CZ
    

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12. (DEMO HANDBOOK)
    

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13. 📉 BUSINESS NOT
    ta
    KING OFF
    

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14. 📩 MANY QUESTIONS, TIPS…
    

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15. 🐣 JUNIOR.GURU/CLUB
    

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16. WHAT…?
    

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17. (DEMO CLUB)
    

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18. 💬 DISCORD
    

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19. 🌱 FULL TIME GARDENER
    

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20. 🤑 MEMBERSHIP FEE
    109 CZK, WHICH IS APPROX. 5 EUR OR A SINGLE LOAF OF BREAD IN KARLIN, LOL
    

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21. ❤ DIVERSE & WELCOMING
    INSPIRED BY THE CZECH PYTHON COMMUNITY S
    ta
    NDARDS
    

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22. 💁 EGOLESS HELP
    UNLIKE IN FACEBOOK GROUPS
    

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23. 🚀 SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT
    UNLIKE IN FACEBOOK GROUPS
    

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24. 🔀 COHERENT HELP
    UNLIKE IN FACEBOOK GROUPS
    

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25. 👗
    Ta
    ILORED TO INDIVIDUALS
    UNLIKE IN FACEBOOK GROUPS
    

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26. 📡 ONLINE ONLY
    

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27. 😢 CS OR SK SPEAKERS ONLY
    YUP, ISO 639-1 CODE FOR CZECH LANGUAGE IS CS, NOT CZ
    

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28. RESULTS…?
    

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29. 📝 MAKES TUTORIALS BET
    te
    R
    

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30. 🕸 NETWORK EFFECTS
    

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31. 💆 COMFORT, REALITY CHECK
    

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32. 👥 REPRODUCTION
    

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33. 📈 BUSINESS
    ta
    KES OFF
    JUNIOR.GURU/OPEN, APPROX. 30.000 CZK/MO NET
    

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34. 🥹 SUCCESS STORIES
    

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35. JUNIORS…?
    

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36. 👩🎓 STUDENTS, GRADUA
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    S
    

    👩🔧 CAREER SWITCHERS
    

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37. 🎓 UNIVERSITY
    
    
    👨🏫 COURSES
    
    
    📚 SELF-
    ta
    UGHT
    

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38. 🐣 ENTRY-LEVEL
    
    
    🐥 JUNIOR
    

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39. 1⃣ BASIC KNOWLEDGE
    
    
    2⃣ PRACTICAL PROJECT
    

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40. (DEMO PROJECTS)
    

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41. HOW…?
    

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42. FROZEN FLASK ➡ MKDOCS
    

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43. 🔵 CIRCLECI
    

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44. ⚙ FETCH DA
    ta
    , SYNC & SEND
    
    
    🧠 SINGLE-USE SQLI
    te
    
    📦 GENERA
    te
    HTML
    
    
    🚀 DEPLOY HTML
    

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45. 😴 NO RUNTIME, NO INCIDENTS
    

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46. 🍦 FEW LINES OF VANILLA JS
    
    
    🎨 BOOTSTRAP, SCSS
    

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47. 🤖 CUSTOM DISCORD BOT
    AUTOMATION AND COMPETITIVE ADVAN
    ta
    GE:
    
    
    REMINDERS, PINS, WELCOME MESSAGES, ROLES, JOBS, EVENTS…
    

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48. 🔬 MOST COMPLEXITY? JOBS
    

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49. 🔎 OPEN SOURCE
    GITHUB.COM/HONZAJAVOREK/JUNIOR.GURU, OFC IT'S A MESS
    

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50. Ta
    KE AWAY…?
    

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51. 📖 CHECK OUT THE HANDBOOK
    FREE, JUST THERE ON THE IN
    te
    RNET, MADE WITH LOVE, FOR ALL OF YOU:
    
    
    JUNIOR.GURU/HANDBOOK
    

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52. 👋 JOIN US!
    FIRST TWO WEEKS ARE FREE, NO CARD REQUIRED:
    
    
    JUNIOR.GURU/CLUB
    

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53. 🦸 SOLO IS POSSIBLE
    WITH SAVINGS. AND EXPERIENCE. AND AUTOMATION. AND CONSTRAINTS:
    
    
    DESIGN YOUR BUSINESS SO THAT IT SCALES INDEPENDENTLY ON YOUR TIME AND IS
    MANAGEABLE WHILE YOU'RE SICK FOR TWO WEEKS
    

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54. THANK YOU!
    P.S. COME AND SAY HELLO,
    I HAVE STICKERS!
    

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