Enterprise learning can be fun - ConFoo Montréal 2017

Companies hire developers because of the skills they already have. But what about what they could become? How support this possible evolution? Would it be with conferences or training sessions?

It is possible to do more than that; you can have fun learning new things, no matter how experienced you are. I'll present how learning is supported at EURA NOVA. I'll talk about company culture and investment, learning activities, and their development

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1. Enterprise Learning
   Can Be Fun!
   Yeskefo © 2013
   

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2. Hi,
   I'm Christophe.
   

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3. pullreview.com
   rubybelgium.be
   euranova.eu
   

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5. toch
   _toch
   ibakesoftware.com
   

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6. Why it is important
   The classics
   Another way
   

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7. Why it is important
   The classics
   Another way
   

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10. C11
    2017
    

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11. C11
    2017
    

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14. Artic Wolf, © 2013
    I'm good here!
    

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15. It's not
    the right time.
    

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16. I'm right.
    

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17. Oli Scarff/Getty Images
    Share!
    

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18. Apprenticeship?
    

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19. Christophe Philemotte, ©2016
    Code and Share!
    

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20. But it's costly!
    Brook Wad, ©2013
    

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21. “Investing in Training and Development Pays Off —Literally”, Haiyan Ahang, Kenexa (IBM Smarter Workforce),2013.
    

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22. What
    now?
    

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23. Why it's important?
    The Classics
    Another way
    

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24. Read a Book
    

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25. Cheap
    Anytime
    Anywhere
    Dense
    1
    Passive
    Standard
    

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26. Tadas 1980 © 2010
    Corporate
    Training
    

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27. Shared
    Custom
    Office hours
    Office place
    1-to-n
    $$
    Passive
    

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28. Fredrik Rubensson © 2013
    Conference
    

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29. Networking
    Inspiring
    Real-World
    1-to-n
    $$$
    Passive
    Standard
    Travel
    

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30. Ias - initially © 2011
    

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31. Practical!
    FraManzieri © 2013
    

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32. Practical!
    Repetitive!
    FraManzieri © 2013
    

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33. Hoellwarth, C., & Moelter, M. J. (2011). The implications of a robust curriculum in introductory mechanics. American Journal of Physics, 79, 540.
    Active Learning
    12% → 50%
    

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34. Tacit Knowledge!
    

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35. Christophe Philemotte, ©2016
    Collaborative!
    

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36. Why it's important?
    The Classics
    Another way
    

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37. Why it's important?
    The Classics
    Our Another way
    

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38. X Talk
    - 30 min Talk
    - 30 min Discussion
    - Once a month, Tue evening
    - Food and Drink
    

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39. Benefits
    → Raise visibility of a project
    → Share a real-world experience
    → Get inspired
    → Gather together
    

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40. Topics
    - BitStreamDB
    - U-Statistics in Machine Learning
    - Large Graph Processing
    - DSL in Groovy
    

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41. Ias - initially © 2011
    Missing
    - Practical, repetitive, and active
    - Exchanging Tacit Knowledge
    - Training decision-making,
    judgment, and intuition
    - Collaborative
    

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42. Principles: Make, Share, Enjoy
    Sarah Tironi © 2016
    

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43. The Means
    1h to 1d
    ~2h
    every week
    Facilitator Señors
    

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44. The Method
    1. Set the Goal
    2. Design the Activity
    3. Do it
    4. Collect Feedback
    5. Go back to 3
    

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45. Group Code Review
    Homework: Review of a code snippet
    Activity: Discuss the reviews together
    

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46. Topics
    - Internal tool in React and Clojure
    - A flow prediction in Python
    - The provisioning script in Ansible
    - A desktop app in C#
    

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47. Benefits
    → Improve code review
    → Share knowledge and opinions
    → Give voice to juniors
    

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48. Drawbacks
    - Involve too many languages
    - Miss context
    - Legal constraints
    

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49. Code Retreat
    - Code retreat format
    - Only 2 challenges
    - Multi-languages
    - Scaffolds for 10 languages
    euranova/code_retreat
    

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50. Topics
    - 4 rules of simple design
    - TDD
    - Pair-programming
    - SOLID
    

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51. Benefits
    → Practice & sharpen fundamentals
    → Learn a new language
    → Mix colleagues
    → Experiment
    

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52. Drawbacks
    - Some challenges need 2 hours
    - Multi keyboard layout
    - Too many dev picking a new lang
    

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53. Hands-On Workshop
    - One teacher
    - Guided introduction
    - Practical
    

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54. Topics
    - Git
    - Docker
    - Ansible
    

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55. Benefits
    → Learn to use a tool
    → Practice!
    → Get Feedback
    

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56. Drawbacks
    - Require a lot of preparation
    - Suited to introduction
    

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57. Legacy Code Retreat
    - Inspired by
    - Legacy Code Retreat
    - Gilded Roses Kata
    - 1 Challenge + 1 Technique
    

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58. Topics
    - Fixing a bug
    - Adding a feature
    - Dependency Injection
    - Extraction
    

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59. Benefits
    → Learn refactoring techniques
    → Deal with legacy code
    

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60. Drawbacks
    - 2 hours is short
    - The kata is too simple
    

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61. Open Forum
    - Round table to list topics
    - Vote & rank 3 topics
    - Discuss each topic during 20min
    jbruggem
    

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62. Topics
    - Setting up a CI runner to build for
    Windows environment
    - How to manage tech debt on a
    client project?
    - How to make thread safe a code?
    

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63. Benefits
    → Tackle Current Problem & WIP
    → Be Inspired & Challenged
    → Share Knowledge & Opinions
    

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64. Our Manifesto
    1. Make EURA NOVA yours
    4.Work with others a lot, yet efficiently
    5.Care for knowledge and expertise
    

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65. Conclusion
    

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66. 1 Year After
    - More collaboration
    - Better practice
    - More initiatives
    - More participations
    

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67. Recipe for your way
    - Principles
    - Means
    - Method
    - Culture
    

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68. ❓
    toch
    _toch
    ibakesoftware.com
    career@euranova.eu
    

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