growing your own developers

Growing Your Own

Developers

MY NAME IS

JEFF

@Jeffrey_Baird

GROW YOUR OWN DEVELOPER

S

Why I’m Here

What does it mean?

What is Medivo doing right?

Why I’m Here

What does it mean?

What is Medivo doing right?

I’m a n00b

This is what it printed

Have We Been Trolled?!

That was April 30th

Medivo != CRAZY

Why I’m Here

What does it mean?

What is Medivo doing right?

Must HaveMOAR

Developers

ZOMG?!

Why I’m Here

What does it mean?

What is Medivo doing right?

Create a n00b friendly environment:

Create a n00b friendly environment:

Create a n00b friendly environment:Internal Projects

Create a n00b friendly environment:Internal ProjectsWork other devs hate

Create a n00b friendly environment:Internal ProjectsWork other devs hate

Pairing

Clear Definition of

success

Safe place to mess up

Learn by Teaching

AWESOME place to work

Who makes a good

Candidate?

Where are they?

Is your company right for

apprentices?

HA!! TRICK

QUESTION!

Always be

LEARNING

Questions?

@Jeffrey_Bairdjeffreybaird

learnwithjeff.com

Sources

• http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2009/11/art5full.pdf• http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/28/they-aint-making-any-

more-of-them-the-great-engineering-shortage-of-2012/• http://cra.org/govaffairs/blog/2012/04/undergrad-computer-

science-enrollments-rise-for-fourth-straight-year-cra-taulbee-report/#comments

• http://chronicle.com/article/Decoding-the-Value-of-Computer/125266/

• http://www.cio.com/article/14765/Bright_Outlook_for_IT_Jobs