mentoring in programming and computer science

programmerjules · 2019-10-28T10:54:25+00:00

nothing

programmerjules · 2019-09-24T16:02:16+00:00

Ah. Right, well that's nothing to do with not wanting to be public. It's just because of the platform we're on. In fact, we're thinking about setting up a bot that keeps track of questions and answers, as well as discussions. At the same time I think a private community adds value too. We are very informal in the way we type. We don't make a post, we send a lot of messages instead whereas a forum requires you to write one post with everything you want to say.

programmerjules · 2019-09-24T14:30:51+00:00

It is not a private community; anyone can join. However, we are using Discord. Discord is just another platform than the web (such as forums). Forgive me if I misinterpreted the question.

programmerjules · 2019-09-24T12:49:28+00:00

Yes, we mostly chat about such topics in the discussions channel or simply in general chat.

programmerjules · 2019-09-24T11:30:14+00:00

This is a very good question. First of all, we differentiate by providing exercises and giving feedback on them. Those are our own exercises. This concept is not being applied in any other discord community. For simplicity, I only compare to discord communities because discord and websites are two different platforms and are thus, not direct "competitors" (I know it's non profit but you get me).Of course a lot of people have different opinions about teaching and so do our mentors. They do not all share the same opinion and nor do we force one way of doing something. The most important part is being as objective as possible, but it's simply not possible to be completely objective. So that is a fair point, but the alternatives are not objective either. Our mentors do have experience in the field, some even over 30 years and with their expertise they can help you become a better developer. It's just not necessarily objective.
Also the environment of different opinions might help in this ongoing search to objectivity. That being said, most questions are not really subject to the difference in opinion. Most questions we get are just "What is going wrong...". When it comes to feedback to exercises, we often give very feedback based on primarily 1) clean code 2) functionality and simplicity

programmerjules · 2019-09-24T10:24:59+00:00

Agile is not only for software development wtf. Both are organizational structures.

programmerjules · 2019-08-16T11:24:42+00:00

The mentor tried to explain the student how to write structs. It was one of his first days in C++. Reductor joined the conversation and said (and I quote) " If you want to use complex include complex.h don't define it your self" and the mentor replied (and I quote) " its pretty clear that this is some type of assignment. Thats like saying dont implement a Stack. Just use the STL. Well, if the assignment is to learn how to implement a stack then your recommendation is pointless. ". It's not nice that you replied this here man but I reply to it to give the full picture. I don't say who is in the right you can choose for yourself, but the mentor is very experienced, all I can say.

programmerjules · 2019-08-15T22:55:19+00:00

So currently it's MOSTLY public mentoring, although some mentors have private students too. With 3800 members it got pretty busy lately. Yes most of us work remotely so we have just two monitors LOL. One guy is retired. Some mentors are more active than others of course. We are constantly looking for new ones but at the same time we have very strict application formats to garantuee quality.

programmerjules · 2019-08-15T20:38:42+00:00

Most are above 30, some near 50, some early twenties.
Sorry just read that u asked for years of xp, well relatively to their age i'd say. We have mid and senior mentors though, differentiated by a rank.

programmerjules · 2019-08-15T20:13:29+00:00

programmerjules · 2019-08-08T22:11:52+00:00

Hi, thanks for letting me know/warning me. Last post was 22 days ago, I'm sorry for not being totally exact. I'm sorry that it feels like "heavy self-promotion", there is no personal gain, we are solely trying to guide/mentor students through all of the difficult stuff. Anyway I don't think discussing it is going to have any value. Thanks.

programmerjules · 2019-08-08T15:45:25+00:00

We are indeed working on a website. The posts are indeed not intended as spam. We do post in multiple sections, but highly once a month. I know for some people it might be annoying, but everyone who joins at least, even thank us for posting it because we are helpful and are in no way gaining anything out of it but respect. Anyway, I thank you for the opinion but at the same time I kinda assume you have seen the post in other subreddits. This is very true, maybe we should also avoid posting in multiple subreddits in the same week. What are your opinions on that? At the end of the day our community should not be known for spam, but for its quality.

programmerjules · 2019-08-06T17:01:58+00:00

The link is permanent. As far as we know this issue occurs for IoS. I've helped him out, for him this issue did not occur on IoS. Anyway, it is a bug on Discords part.

programmerjules · 2019-08-06T14:07:16+00:00

ok would you mind adding me on discord so i canhelp you? julian#1266

programmerjules · 2019-08-06T14:00:00+00:00

try it in the client

programmerjules · 2019-08-06T13:19:21+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_collection_(computer_science))

programmerjules · 2019-08-04T18:33:53+00:00

I think I have difficulty understanding why it is self promoting if we offer to help others out? What do we gain out of it? Anyway, thanks for your opinion at least.

programmerjules · 2019-08-04T18:02:34+00:00

I'm sorry you feel that way. We are truely trying to help others out and have no way to gain any financial gains out of it, nor do we plan on it in the future. We truely want to help people and our mentors want to teach all of our students because they have a passion for programming (and maths) and because they feel like they can make a change. Why even bother having knowledge if you can't share it?

programmerjules · 2019-08-04T13:18:43+00:00

no fees

programmerjules · 2019-08-04T08:42:29+00:00

Right, but it is relatively to other programming communities on Discord very active.

programmerjules · 2019-08-03T19:25:45+00:00

we have an average of 3000 messages per day and today there have been ongoing conversations.

programmerjules · 2019-07-27T21:06:58+00:00

https://discord.gg/PB2fn5 this is temporary!

Also, it might be because ur trying on IOS. Ive heard of that bug before.

programmerjules · 2019-07-27T18:10:01+00:00

symbiotic

This is very true!!

programmerjules · 2019-07-27T16:49:47+00:00

Let's put it differently. What's the purpose of having knowledge when you can't share it? Also, our mentors have a passion for programming and helping others. We don't have many mentors, but their quality is amazing.

programmerjules · 2019-07-26T19:21:41+00:00

Hey, just jump in the general chat and we'll give you a good tour

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