Death, laughter and pair programming

This is the story of the late, great Jim Weirich whose memory is most beloved to the Ruby community. In this presentation we learnt about Jim's qualities from Rubyists who knew and loved him.

Transcript

1. @a_adewusi Death, Laughter & Pair programming The story of Ruby’s kindest teacher @a_adewusi
2. @a_adewusi Hi, I’m amina
3. @a_adewusi A good tech talk • Technical • Non-technical • Objective • Completely subjective • Practical • Impractical
4. @a_adewusi How i found jim
5. @a_adewusi Talk structure Why is this exciting? Why was Jim special? Panel
6. @a_adewusi Why is this EXCITING?
7. @a_adewusi child • Laugh • Joy • Curious • Boundry-less
8. @a_adewusi TEACHER • No differences • Time • Build small & quick • Pair programming • Sharing knowledge
9. @a_adewusi summary • Laugh • Joy • Curious • Boundry-less • No differences • Time • Build small & quick • Pair programming • Sharing knowledge
10. @a_adewusi Panel discussion
11. @a_adewusi Thank you • Ryan Dlugosz • Justin Searls • Chad Fowler • Ron Evans • PJ Hagerty • Aaron Patterson • Andreas Finger • Jan Krutisch • Chase Southard
12. @a_adewusi The weirich fund
13. @a_adewusi Thank you!