From: SonOfLilit <sonoflilit@...>
Date: 2007-02-15T18:39:01+09:00
Subject: Re: Adopt-a-newbie? Based on actual experience.

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I think emailing her off-list would be more proper :)

On 2/15/07, William Smith <wbsmith83@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hey I saw on the adopt a geek thread you were creating a resume generator.
> I
> was looking at doing the same thing. How is it coming?
>
> On 2/14/07, Samantha <rubygeekgirl@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 2/14/07, SonOfLilit <sonoflilit@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > Remember Samantha? She dropped by the list a while ago and was given
> the
> > > idea to develop a Rails resume generator...
> > >
> > > Anyway, yesterday she happened to email me about the Haifa RUG post
> > (only
> > > reply this far and it was a false :/ ) and I happened to remember her
> > > project and give her a bit of advice, and it developed into a
> > conversation
> > > reminding a bit of a chat about her project, that seems to have pulled
> > her
> > > out of a stuck position (I hope).
> > >
> > > Well, she told me she's glad she can email me those questions since
> > > sending
> > > them to the list would be overkill and uncomfortable...
> > >
> > > Now, remember the recent discussion about newbie questions plaguing
> the
> > > list?
> > >
> > > All of this has brought me to think of an Adopt-a-newbie model.
> Somehow,
> > > every newbie that wants would get an email address of a volunteer from
> > > ruby-talk, with whom he can correspond personally and who will answer
> > his
> > > basic questions and serve to also encourage him to keep learning.
> > >
> > > I could manage two-three active newbies at a time, I think, and they
> > would
> > > greatly benefit from it if they are anything like me.
> > >
> > >
> > > What do you think? Would you consider it a good idea? Would you
> > volunteer?
> > > Is anyone up for infrastructure (preferrably on ruby-lang.org, though
> > > anywhere is good)?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Aur Saraf
> > >
> >
> > As a newbie, I think that would be awesome.  I've emailed off-list with
> > two
> > people so far, and the help has been tremendous.  I think that it's an
> > awesome idea.  Personally, I don't like putting stuff out there and
> > possibly
> > sounding like a moron ;) so, I get shy asking specific questions when I
> > know
> > that so many people are out there on the list.  It's a bit intimidating.
> >
> > So, you get my newbie-vote.
> >
> > --
> > Samantha
> >
> > http://www.babygeek.org/
> >
> > "Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet. Then all
> > things are at risk."
> >   --Ralph Waldo Emerson
> >
>

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