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
2. Hi, I'm Christophe.
3. pullreview.com rubybelgium.be euranova.eu
5. toch _toch ibakesoftware.com
6. Why it is important The classics Another way
7. Why it is important The classics Another way
10. C11 2017
11. C11 2017
14. Artic Wolf, © 2013 I'm good here!
15. It's not the right time.
16. I'm right.
17. Oli Scarff/Getty Images Share!
18. Apprenticeship?
19. Christophe Philemotte, ©2016 Code and Share!
20. But it's costly! Brook Wad, ©2013
21. “Investing in Training and Development Pays Off —Literally”, Haiyan Ahang, Kenexa (IBM Smarter Workforce),2013.
22. What now?
23. Why it's important? The Classics Another way
24. Read a Book
25. Cheap Anytime Anywhere Dense 1 Passive Standard
26. Tadas 1980 © 2010 Corporate Training
27. Shared Custom Office hours Office place 1-to-n $$ Passive
28. Fredrik Rubensson © 2013 Conference
29. Networking Inspiring Real-World 1-to-n $$$ Passive Standard Travel
30. Ias - initially © 2011
31. Practical! FraManzieri © 2013
32. Practical! Repetitive! FraManzieri © 2013
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%
34. Tacit Knowledge!
35. Christophe Philemotte, ©2016 Collaborative!
36. Why it's important? The Classics Another way
37. Why it's important? The Classics Our Another way
38. X Talk - 30 min Talk - 30 min Discussion - Once a month, Tue evening - Food and Drink
39. Benefits → Raise visibility of a project → Share a real-world experience → Get inspired → Gather together
40. Topics - BitStreamDB - U-Statistics in Machine Learning - Large Graph Processing - DSL in Groovy
41. Ias - initially © 2011 Missing - Practical, repetitive, and active - Exchanging Tacit Knowledge - Training decision-making, judgment, and intuition - Collaborative
42. Principles: Make, Share, Enjoy Sarah Tironi © 2016
43. The Means 1h to 1d ~2h every week Facilitator Señors
44. The Method 1. Set the Goal 2. Design the Activity 3. Do it 4. Collect Feedback 5. Go back to 3
45. Group Code Review Homework: Review of a code snippet Activity: Discuss the reviews together
46. Topics - Internal tool in React and Clojure - A flow prediction in Python - The provisioning script in Ansible - A desktop app in C#
47. Benefits → Improve code review → Share knowledge and opinions → Give voice to juniors
48. Drawbacks - Involve too many languages - Miss context - Legal constraints
49. Code Retreat - Code retreat format - Only 2 challenges - Multi-languages - Scaffolds for 10 languages euranova/code_retreat
50. Topics - 4 rules of simple design - TDD - Pair-programming - SOLID
51. Benefits → Practice & sharpen fundamentals → Learn a new language → Mix colleagues → Experiment
52. Drawbacks - Some challenges need 2 hours - Multi keyboard layout - Too many dev picking a new lang
53. Hands-On Workshop - One teacher - Guided introduction - Practical
54. Topics - Git - Docker - Ansible
55. Benefits → Learn to use a tool → Practice! → Get Feedback
56. Drawbacks - Require a lot of preparation - Suited to introduction
57. Legacy Code Retreat - Inspired by - Legacy Code Retreat - Gilded Roses Kata - 1 Challenge + 1 Technique
58. Topics - Fixing a bug - Adding a feature - Dependency Injection - Extraction
59. Benefits → Learn refactoring techniques → Deal with legacy code
60. Drawbacks - 2 hours is short - The kata is too simple
61. Open Forum - Round table to list topics - Vote & rank 3 topics - Discuss each topic during 20min jbruggem
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?
63. Benefits → Tackle Current Problem & WIP → Be Inspired & Challenged → Share Knowledge & Opinions
64. Our Manifesto 1. Make EURA NOVA yours 4.Work with others a lot, yet efficiently 5.Care for knowledge and expertise
65. Conclusion
66. 1 Year After - More collaboration - Better practice - More initiatives - More participations
67. Recipe for your way - Principles - Means - Method - Culture
68. ❓ toch _toch ibakesoftware.com career@euranova.eu