[group-organizers] ChiPy's Mentorship Program

Sat May 16 01:32:04 CEST 2015

Thanks. So, what does 'keep us all moving along' look like? Tathagata,
thanks for the pointer, I'll check out Ned's list.

cheers,
Maria

On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 6:48 PM, Christian Long <christianzlong2 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Too bad you missed the Coding Dojo, it was a lot of fun. Nicholas made
> running one look easy, but he did have to keep us all moving along.
> The challenge he gave us was was to write a text-based adventure game.
> Our team wrote Pycon Palace, and Harry Percival's team (of course)
> wrote a big test suite for a one-line game.
>
> On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 6:31 PM, Maria McKinley <mariak at mariakathryn.net>
> wrote:
> > Wait, the Coding Dojo at PyCon happened? I couldn't find it, so thought
> it
> > was canceled. I'm bummed now.
> >
> > Thanks for posting about your coding dojo. I'm working on organizing one
> in
> > Seattle, and am happy to have more information on other events! Is there
> a
> > link you can post about the one at PyCon, or how did you go about forking
> > it? I haven't read your post yet, so forgive me if it is posted there.
> >
> > thanks,
> > Maria
> >
> > On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 3:11 PM, Tathagata Dasgupta <
> tathagatadg at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Great! I haven't heard the episode yet, hopefully sometime soon!
> >>
> >> Update on current program:
> >> Our mid term was a Coding dojo:
> >> http://blog.tathagata.me/2015/05/blog-post.html
> >>
> >> Thanks to Nick Tollervey for organizing Coding Dojo at PyCon so that we
> >> were able to effortlessly fork it for the Mentorship program. Next we
> are
> >> planning to have a hackathon as a final of the mentorship program -
> where
> >> developers outside the mentorship program can work together with the
> mentor
> >> and mentees.
> >>
> >> I'll have create page on chipy.org with details on running the
> mentorship
> >> program. Soon ;)
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 4:34 PM Brian Ray <brianhray at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Saw this mention (thanks Ned) at 22:30:
> >> > http://podcastinit.com/episode-5-ned-batchelder.html
> >> >
> >> > Any updates on how the second season of our mentorship is going T?
> Any
> >> > additional advice on those who want to implement their own?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 9:40 AM, Tathagata Dasgupta <
> >> tathagatadg at gmail.com
> >> > > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Brian is far too kind with his generous words ... We have been lucky
> to
> >> >> have an amazing bunch of people in our user group who are eager to
> learn
> >> >> and help others become better programmer.
> >> >>
> >> >> If you are on meetup.com - checkout:
> >> >>
> >> >> Our amazing mentors for this term:
> >> >>
> >> >> http://www.meetup.com/_ChiPy_/messages/boards/thread/48806595
> >> >>
> >> >> What the mentor and mentee are up to:
> >> >> http://www.meetup.com/_ChiPy_/messages/boards/thread/48756823
> >> >>
> >> >> Mentorship FAQ:
> >> >> http://www.meetup.com/_ChiPy_/messages/boards/thread/48812700
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 8:46 AM Brian Ray <brianhray at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> I am going to brag a bit here for Tathagata (aka "T"), as he is
> >> probably
> >> >>> too humble to brag about himself, and the Mentorship program he has
> >> created.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> As a transition from being the BDFL of Chicago Python User Group for
> >> >>> over a decade and from pressure from the community, I started adding
> >> some
> >> >>> other organizers <http://www.chipy.org/pages/organizers/>to the mix
> >> and
> >> >>> letting them (or forcing them) to take ownership to a domain. One
> >> domain,
> >> >>> is our awesome Mentorship program.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> In it's second season, "T"'s mentorship has 19 pairs of
> >> mentors/mentees.
> >> >>> He writes about the experience on his blog:
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>    -
> >> >>>
> >>
> http://blog.tathagata.me/2015/03/chipy-python-mentorship-dinner-march.html
> >> >>>    -
> >> >>>
> >>
> http://blog.tathagata.me/2014/10/chicago-python-user-group-mentorship.html
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Just wanted to share this idea with you. Would be happy to help if
> you
> >> >>> want to start a similar program in your area.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Cheers, Brian
> >> >>>
> >> >>> ChiPy Organizer
> >> >>>
> >> >>> http://chipy.org
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> --
> >> >>> Brian Ray
> >> >>> @brianray
> >> >>> (773) 669-7717
> >> >>>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Brian Ray
> >> > @brianray
> >> > (773) 669-7717
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