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How to Be a RUBY MENTOR Rachel Ober @rachelober
[email protected]
#rubymentor
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DEFINITIONS
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Who is a RUBYIST?
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Someone who uses RUBY
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What is MENTORING?
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A SUPPORT System
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RUBY
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Learning Ruby TODAY
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When YOU Learned RUBY
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What were your RESOURCES?
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Today’s RESOURCES
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It is harder to “jump in” to Ruby/Rails now than it was a few years ago.
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It’s like STARTING in the MIDDLE of a story
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RVM IDE Xcode Gems Bundler Database Git The Install
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Important to mentor today’s NEW RUBYISTS
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Mentorship MYTHS
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Mentees need to be YOUNGER than you
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Mentees need to be YOUNGER than you MYTH
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I need to be an EXPERT
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I need to be an EXPERT MYTH
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MENTORS need to be in their INDUSTRY
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MENTORS need to be in their INDUSTRY MYTH
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Mentorships only happen in a STRUCTURED SETTING
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Mentorships only happen in a STRUCTURED SETTING MYTH
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MENTORS do all the TEACHING
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MENTORS do all the TEACHING MYTH
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BENEFITS
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Like Pair Programming, we benefit by learning from others.
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Benefits for Students • Shorter time to “ramp up” • Learn best practices • Resource to bounce questions • Real world advice
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Benefits for Mentors • Discover gaps in knowledge • Reexamine tools you use every day • Bringing new people in to the community • Paying it forward
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Benefits for Companies • Helps recruitment • Overcome learning curves • Rejuvenates employees • Encourages personal growth
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Prepare to MENTOR
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Learn how to ANSWER QUESTIONS
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Depends on whether they ALREADY KNOW how to program
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COMPARE Ruby to another language they may know
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INTERNALIZE the APIs
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1.8.6 vs 1.9
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DEMONSTRATE with them
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Don’t just GIVE them the answer
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Soon they won't have to rely on you and will know how to search for things by themselves.
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Be EMPATHETIC
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No PUT-DOWNS
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“Assume that anyone you're teaching to has zero knowledge but infinite intelligence.” - Railsbridge Teacher Training
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“I tried to make people enjoy programming and concentrate on the fun and creative part of programming when they use Ruby.” - Yukihiro Matsumoto
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Finding MENTEES
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STUDENTS
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STUDENTS General Assembly gSchool Girl Develop It!
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CO-WORKERS
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CO-WORKERS Designers Project/Program Managers Marketing
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COMMUNITY
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COMMUNITY Meetups RailsBridge RailsGirls Summer of Code
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I have a MENTEE what now?
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Manage your mentee’s EXPECTATIONS
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THINK BACK... What was it like to learn Ruby?
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Which TOOLS RESOURCES PEOPLE were available to you?
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What was it like to develop your FIRST PROGRAM
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What were your CHALLENGES
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What made you EXCITED
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SHARE this with your mentee
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Identify A GOAL
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BREAK DOWN their goal into pieces
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Figure out what is REALISTIC
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“I’m a parent who wants to keep track of my kids’ activities but I don’t like the software available.”
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“I have a business. I want to make a prototype so I can hire someone else to complete it.”
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“I am a product manager and I want to have better conversations with developers.”
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“I already program but I heard that Ruby is the new hotness.”
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…And yes some want to get their first development job.
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Tips for SUCCESS
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MEET Regularly
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Take NOTES
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Define ATTAINABLE Goals
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Hold them ACCOUNTABLE
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Mentoring CO-WORKERS
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INTERNSHIP
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Help them set up their ENVIRONMENT
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Show them the inner workings of YOUR APP
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PAIR-PROGRAM
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Walk them through the LIFE CYCLE
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Get something to PRODUCTION
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Welcome them to THE TEAM
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Be their OLDER SIBLING
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REMEMBER You were a newbie too!
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ADD a new COOL PERSON to the COMMUNITY
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We all love RUBY Share it with the world!
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Make Ruby fun for others THANK YOU Rachel Ober @rachelober
[email protected]