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diff --git a/2023/info/mentor-after.md b/2023/info/mentor-after.md index ffe6d5ae..bc9b7bcb 100644 --- a/2023/info/mentor-after.md +++ b/2023/info/mentor-after.md @@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ <a name="mentor-mainVideo-transcript"></a> # Transcript + +Introduction + [[!template text="""Hi everyone, my name is Jeremy Friesen, pronouns are he/him,""" start="00:00:01.380" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and today I'll be talking about""" start="00:00:06.320" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""mentoring VS Coders as an Emacs-ian.""" start="00:00:07.880" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] @@ -12,11 +15,17 @@ [[!template text="""many of them in career-transitioning roles,""" start="00:00:16.560" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""oftentimes from boot camps.""" start="00:00:19.240" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I've also managed a couple of small software development teams.""" start="00:00:21.740" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] + +Framing approaches + [[!template text="""So I want to think about mentoring and the framing approaches.""" start="00:00:26.740" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""We all don't know what we don't know.""" start="00:00:30.600" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""So while mentoring, I like to be curious---asking questions,""" start="00:00:32.940" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I like to be visible,""" start="00:00:36.420" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and I also like to pair so that we can share.""" start="00:00:37.660" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] + +What are you looking to learn? + [[!template text="""When I start, I like to ask the following type of question:""" start="00:00:41.940" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text=""""What have you been wanting to learn more of,""" start="00:00:45.300" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""get better at, and improve on?"""" start="00:00:47.120" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] @@ -26,6 +35,9 @@ [[!template text="""Later I'll ask coaching questions, "what's going well,"""" start="00:00:57.280" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text=""""where are you getting stuck,"""" start="00:01:00.140" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and "if you change one thing, what would it be?"""" start="00:01:01.420" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] + +Make the work visible + [[!template text="""So like many people, I shifted to remote work in 2020,""" start="00:01:06.000" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and I've noticed a higher collaboration in remote work,""" start="00:01:09.840" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""when folks make their work visible.""" start="00:01:13.160" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] @@ -33,6 +45,9 @@ [[!template text="""I try to attend other people's office hours,""" start="00:01:18.200" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and I'll open up a Slack huddle and just code by myself,""" start="00:01:20.680" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""but let folks know, please hop in.""" start="00:01:23.440" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] + +Hop in and be curious + [[!template text="""I like to pay attention to other huddles that start.""" start="00:01:29.320" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""If they're going still for, like, 45 minutes or so,""" start="00:01:32.040" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I'll hop in and say hello.""" start="00:01:35.240" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] @@ -50,6 +65,9 @@ [[!template text="""and I find hopping in, just being a gentle presence,""" start="00:02:03.220" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""with yes... an agenda, but just to say hi,""" start="00:02:07.160" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""is crucial to help the team members move along.""" start="00:02:10.360" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] + +Pairing is for sharing + [[!template text="""Pairing is for sharing.""" start="00:02:15.880" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""When I pair, I like to let others drive.""" start="00:02:17.240" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""They're typing and working to resolve the problem.""" start="00:02:19.920" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] @@ -68,6 +86,9 @@ [[!template text=""""You saw me using my editor, what is something""" start="00:02:55.680" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I could learn?"""" start="00:02:58.760" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I'm working on getting to that point.""" start="00:03:00.960" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] + +Editor functions + [[!template text="""While pairing, I like to pay attention""" start="00:03:03.860" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""to how folks handle the following.""" start="00:03:05.200" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Where do they want to go?""" start="00:03:07.440" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] @@ -77,6 +98,9 @@ [[!template text="""I know what I can do in Emacs,""" start="00:03:13.600" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and I assume that VS Code can do something similar.""" start="00:03:15.240" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""It's a matter of helping the mentees find those packages and plugins.""" start="00:03:17.400" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] + +Where do they want to go? + [[!template text="""Where to go?""" start="00:03:23.240" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Search within a project.""" start="00:03:24.240" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Everybody knows about this, but one thing""" start="00:03:25.760" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] @@ -107,6 +131,9 @@ [[!template text="""The big one being I can type `r`, recent file.""" start="00:04:39.540" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I can type `p` and jump to a different project,""" start="00:04:43.080" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""so it's a quick navigation tool that I've not seen in VS Code.""" start="00:04:47.720" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] + +How do they get there? + [[!template text="""Next up is how do they get there?""" start="00:04:53.440" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I like to use LSP for the languages,""" start="00:04:56.520" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and I bound `M-.` to this""" start="00:04:58.960" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] @@ -120,6 +147,9 @@ [[!template text="""between my production code and my test code---""" start="00:05:25.840" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""especially in Ruby, there's an idiom for that.""" start="00:05:28.520" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""There is plugins in VS Code that does this correctly.""" start="00:05:32.120" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] + +Here they are, now what? + [[!template text="""Next up, now I'm here, what do I do?""" start="00:05:36.640" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Word completion, Emacs just knocks everything out of the park:""" start="00:05:39.400" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""`dabbrev`, `templates`, `hippie-expand`, `completion-at-point`.""" start="00:05:44.600" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] @@ -152,6 +182,9 @@ [[!template text="""Yes, there is `occur-mode` that can be super useful,""" start="00:06:58.360" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""but I'm used to the Textmate in it.""" start="00:07:01.640" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I just love it.""" start="00:07:03.840" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] + +How do they summarize? + [[!template text="""Next up is how they summarize.""" start="00:07:06.640" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I've seen a lot of bootcamp graduates write commit messages""" start="00:07:08.680" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""by going to the command line.""" start="00:07:11.720" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] @@ -166,8 +199,14 @@ [[!template text="""My little screed at the top:""" start="00:07:34.200" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""the interface for VS Code's commit is trash.""" start="00:07:35.920" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""It is why I stepped away from VS Code when I was exploring editors.""" start="00:07:38.960" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] + +General strategies + [[!template text="""Next up, my goal is to encourage folks to use editors for writing,""" start="00:07:44.440" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""to think about owning that tool.""" start="00:07:48.440" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] + +Commit to one item of learning each week + [[!template text="""I have them try to learn one thing a week.""" start="00:07:52.060" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Maybe they aren't going to learn it,""" start="00:07:54.680" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""but just not to overwhelm them""" start="00:07:55.920" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] @@ -178,6 +217,9 @@ [[!template text="""and keep the focus between the test...""" start="00:08:10.080" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""what you're trying to test and what you're trying to define,""" start="00:08:12.760" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""which can get lost if you do the tree navigation.""" start="00:08:15.480" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] + +Practice within your knowledge domain + [[!template text="""Also I encourage people to practice their domain knowledge.""" start="00:08:18.960" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I learned a lot about programming by doing a bunch of things""" start="00:08:22.880" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""related to RPGs---role-playing games.""" start="00:08:27.160" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] @@ -186,6 +228,9 @@ [[!template text="""Knowing the domain helps me set aside the problem space""" start="00:08:35.880" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and then explore how I code""" start="00:08:40.520" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and how I can implement things differently.""" start="00:08:42.000" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] + +Note-taking + [[!template text="""Note-taking: pay attention to how folks create a fleeting note.""" start="00:08:47.120" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""It can be excruciating as they try to figure out""" start="00:08:51.240" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text=""""where am I going to put this?"""" start="00:08:54.640" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] @@ -193,6 +238,9 @@ [[!template text=""""Where does it go?"""" start="00:08:56.160" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Emacs, we have the *scratch* buffer or anything else,""" start="00:08:57.660" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""but ask them about their note-taking habits""" start="00:09:01.760" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] + +Help them navigate the proprietary software tar pits + [[!template text="""and help them navigate the proprietary software tar pits.""" start="00:09:07.120" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""We know that anything that is venture-capital funded""" start="00:09:11.640" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""will eventually collapse.""" start="00:09:14.360" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] @@ -203,8 +251,14 @@ [[!template text="""Do they place true value on those,""" start="00:09:28.560" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""or are they things that are kind of ephemeral?""" start="00:09:30.640" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""And then help them find the thing that makes sense for them.""" start="00:09:33.120" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] + +Help show the joy of holisting computering + [[!template text="""Put another way, I want people to think holistically""" start="00:09:38.520" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""about their generalized "computering" environment.""" start="00:09:43.240" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] + +Playing is for staying + [[!template text="""And I also think about the reason why""" start="00:09:47.740" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I've stayed a software developer for 25-years plus""" start="00:09:50.080" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""is because I approach all of this as play and storytelling.""" start="00:09:53.680" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] @@ -213,6 +267,9 @@ [[!template text="""Yet I don't tell folks to use Emacs.""" start="00:10:05.200" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Instead, I'm doing my best to show a myriad of reasons""" start="00:10:07.960" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""for why folks should consider Emacs.""" start="00:10:10.720" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] + +Conclusion + [[!template text="""In conclusion, ask questions.""" start="00:10:14.900" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Find a person who is a VS Coder and just say,""" start="00:10:18.740" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text=""""hey, I learned something new."""" start="00:10:22.400" video="mainVideo-mentor" id="subtitle"]] |