PyLadies Valentines: "Matchmaking for Coders! And why 1+1=3!" by Isabella Hoesch

We are delighted to partner with PyLadies Munich this month for a Valentine's special event & share some love with you.
Event page: https://www.meetup.com/PyLadiesDublin/events/283422907/

📍Where to find us:
- https://twitter.com/pyladiesdub
- https://twitter.com/pyladiesmunich

🏆 We had 5 x "The Manga Guide to Databases" books to give away on the night courtesy of Aiven 🦀

⏳ AGENDA
18:30 - 18:45 Welcome by PyLadies Dublin and PyLadies Munich
18:45 - 19:00 Seeing the world through Pythonic lenses by Iulia Avram
19:00 - 19:10 "Chatting due to Python" by Olha Rukshyna
19:10 - 19:25 "Matchmaking for Coders! And why 1+1=3!" by Isabella Hoesch
19:25 - 19:40 "Molecules of Love" by Marija Sorokina
19:40 - 19:45 Wrap up

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Title: "Matchmaking for Coders! And why 1+1=3!" by Isabella Hoesch

Description:
(15 mins)Teaching yourself to code can be extremely lonely and inefficient! Learn how an accountability partner can make the difference to your coding-journey and how pair-programming can boost your efficiency. Working with a peer can not only result in great projects for your portfolio … sharing the coding adventure expands your network and often results in a long-lasting friendship.
Join in for a lightning talk about Productivity and Goal achievement in the tech space.

About Isabella Hoesch
Isabella is a foremost self-taught coder who started her career as a behavioural data scientist in a tech company in the silicon valley. Shifting into tech with a business degree confronted her with all the difficulties of self-teaching to code.
Seeing how many aspiring coders struggle to keep motivated and to reach their learning-goals, inspired her to found Codum, a platform that matches coders world-wide for effective and collaborative goal-achievement.

- https://www.codum.cc
- Codum slack community: https://join.slack.com/t/codum-cc/shared_invite/zt-12i5v7ifo-cXcU4H~XxsxlnHwCyLYbpA

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🔍 FAQ
Q. I'm not female, is it ok for me to attend?
A. Yes, PyLadies Dublin events are open to everyone at all levels.

Q. What do you do at PyLadies Dublin Meetups?
A. We have short (or long talks), demos, folks working on their own projects, ask questions on Python-related topics, work on projects together or generally chit-chat and meet like-minded people.

Q. Do you have a Code of Conduct?
A. Yes, you can find it at dublin.pyladies.com

Q. Interested in speaking, what do I do?
A. Submit your talk via https://share-eu1.hsforms.com/1JaDd_XRCQFKb3cp0akbz8Af1bg5 and we will be contact.

Transcript

1. And why 1+1=3!
   Matchmaking for Coders!
   

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2. FinTech
   Certified systemic coach
   Behavioral data science
   Topics: Goal achievement,
   Willpower, Productivity
   LegalTech
   EdTech
   Tech Psychology
   Entrepreneurialism
   About me
   

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3. Agenda
   Big challenges and goals
   "I want to learn to code but I feel overwhelmed"
   Collaboration based learning
   "And why 1 + 1 = 3"
   Accountability partnerships
   "Let's build a platform to match for motivation!"
   

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4. Big challenges and goals
   

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5. Big challenges and goals
   

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6. Big challenges and goals
   

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7. Big challenges and goals
   Content overload: We get distracted
   Prioritization: The goal looses its importance
   Complexity and missing guidance:
   Problems:
   We feel overwhelmed
   

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8. When individuals get stuck they are often more likely
   to give up, but groups are more likely to find ways to
   keep going.
   Big challenges and goals
   

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9. Social support and motivators:
   reduced stress and anxiety
   increased self-esteem
   increased commitment and accountability
   Input and comprehension: Learn by listening
   Processing and comprehension: Learn by explaining
   Benchmark to compare yourself against
   Collaboration-based learning and working
   1 + 1 = 3
   Synergies of collaboration increase effectiveness, results and
   joy more than 2
   

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10. Stop fighting your battles alone!
    

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11. BuddyMeUp
    

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12. We're stronger together.
    My buddy changed my life.
    I am so lucky who I
    got paired with.
    Web development
    Data science
    Python
    Ruby
    R
    Javascript
    HTML&CSS
    SQL
    Topics:
    Languages:
    .cc
    

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13. If you want to go fast, go alone.
    If you want to go far, go together.
    .cc
    

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