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How and why I work on junior.guru

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?

Honza Javorek

April 21, 2022
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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
    te
    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
    te
    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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