From: "Michael T. Richter" Date: 2008-05-03T23:59:10+09:00 Subject: Ruby mentoring --=-CG25sRKSb1O0xr9XbXAR Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=-2zVXwGD+yq+Yfys8J2SJ" --=-2zVXwGD+yq+Yfys8J2SJ Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Luka luka's recent messages here to the list have made me note something: there's a lot of redundancy in answering questions on the mailing list because someone asks and a dozen people answer. (Too, I've noticed that a lot of times these threads expand out of control into show-off code tricks because Ruby is so much fun to play with....;) What I'd like to propose is a Ruby mentoring program for newcomer like luka luka. A mentor would basically be a single point of contact for Ruby questions. If, for example, I were to be luka luka's mentor, he would email me with his questions and I would answer those I know the answers to and research the answers (including forwarding the question here) to any I didn't know. A mentor would have to have the following traits to be a good one: 1. Patience for "stupid" questions. 2. A reasonable grasp of Ruby (not expert, but at least intermediate). 3. Good research skills. 4. Good teaching skills: instead of just answering the immediate question, show also the broader scope within which the question and answer lies. Correspondingly, a mentor's beneficiary needs to have a few traits to be a good match: 1. A willingness to learn principles, not just immediate answers. 2. Patience to wait for answers. (Mentors would, after all, sleep sometimes.) 3. A willingness to learn how to learn. How does this sound to the community? (Regardless, either way, luka luka, if you don't want your inbox spammed with a thousand different answers to each of your questions, feel free to contact me directly with questions.) If it sounds OK, perhaps a web page could be set up as a registry of Ruby mentors complete with beneficiary reviews and comments? --=20 Michael T. Richter (GoogleTalk: ttmrichter@gmail.com) Those who have learned from history are bound to helplessly watch it repeat itself. (Albert Y. C. Lai) --=-2zVXwGD+yq+Yfys8J2SJ Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Luka luka's recent messages here to the list have made me note something: t= here's a lot of redundancy in answering questions on the mailing list becau= se someone asks and a dozen people answer.  (Too, I've noticed that a = lot of times these threads expand out of control into show-off code tricks = because Ruby is so much fun to play with....;)

What I'd like to propose is a Ruby mentoring program for newcomer like luka= luka.  A mentor would basically be a single point of contact for Ruby= questions.  If, for example, I were to be luka luka's mentor, he woul= d email me with his questions and I would answer those I know the an= swers to and research the answers (including forwarding the question here) = to any I didn't know.

A mentor would have to have the following traits to be a good one:
  1. Patience for "stupid" questions.
  2. A reasonable grasp of Ruby (not expert, but at l= east intermediate).
  3. Good research skills.
  4. Good teaching skills: instead of just answering = the immediate question, show also the broader scope within which the questi= on and answer lies.

Correspondingly, a mentor's beneficiary needs to have a few traits to be a = good match:
  1. A willingness to learn principles, not just imme= diate answers.
  2. Patience to wait for answers.  (Mentors wou= ld, after all, sleep sometimes.)
  3. A willingness to learn how to learn.

How does this sound to the community?  (Regardless, either way, luka l= uka, if you don't want your inbox spammed with a thousand different answers= to each of your questions, feel free to contact me directly with questions= .)  If it sounds OK, perhaps a web page could be set up as a registry = of Ruby mentors complete with beneficiary reviews and comments?

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Michael T. Richter <ttmri= chter@gmail.com> (GoogleTalk: ttmrichter@gmail.com)
Those who have learned from history are bound to helplessly watch it rep= eat itself. (Albert Y. C. Lai)
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