Much to say… I recently got a chance to meet these two people and within that first meeting, I could tell they were on to something… most importantly; it was coming from the right place. I gotta speak on Christians teaching style, having met a lot of programmers and read many books; it’s a treat getting a chance to meet and learn from a person that has so many contexts from which to pull a clearly explained, simple to understand answer. But that doesn’t really do him justice in the sense that, it’s important to understand when you can say more and when you should hold off, and he’s got that. I’m currently taking classes from Christian and David (tonight in fact) and I can say that I look forward to getting the insights that you can only get when you talk to people who are intimately familiar with the environment around development and the coming and going technology and programing paradigms. They even brought a Google engineer the first night, come on! That's pretty COOL! For me, this is the most excellent way to get a chance to rev up my skill set without having to put my carrer aside for 18 months to several years to get it from a formal school. And on that subject, all the engenieers and CEOs that I’ve talked to say the same thing, education is awesome, but show me what you’ve built. From day one in our class, they said on day two we’re gonna start on our projects. That’s learning by doing… and if you’ve ever spent 30 hours figuring out that you missed setting a reference somewhere that coulda been spotted in 15 seconds by someone who was looking over your shoulder… then you can appreciate a place where your day consist of coding with peers rather than reading about chapter 23 by yourself! Let me build something that has meaning to me... and they're doing just that! David is awesome too! Very personable and a testament to how good of a teacher Christian is… ‘cuz he can get down with the code too!
Gotta go! Got some work I gotta show up to class with. These people leave you feeling like you’re so lucky to have them as your new friends that you don’t want to disappoint them or yourself.
I’m sending a friend to go and apply for their summer fellowship for women. I love to see anyone who just needed a push… finally get there! Much Luv Guys!
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Much to say… I recently got a chance to meet these two people and within that first meeting, I could tell they were on to something… most importantly; it was coming from the right place. I gotta speak on Christians teaching style, having met a lot of programmers and read many books; it’s a treat getting a chance to meet and learn from a person that has so many contexts from which to pull a clearly explained, simple to understand answer. But that doesn’t really do him justice in the sense that, it’s important to understand when you can say more and when you should hold off, and he’s got that. I’m currently taking classes from Christian and David (tonight in fact) and I can say that I look forward to getting the insights that you can only get when you talk to people who are intimately familiar with the environment around development and the coming and going technology and programing paradigms. They even brought a Google engineer the first night, come on! That's pretty COOL! For me, this is the most excellent way to get a chance to rev up my skill set without having to put my carrer aside for 18 months to several years to get it from a formal school. And on that subject, all the engenieers and CEOs that I’ve talked to say the same thing, education is awesome, but show me what you’ve built. From day one in our class, they said on day two we’re gonna start on our projects. That’s learning by doing… and if you’ve ever spent 30 hours figuring out that you missed setting a reference somewhere that coulda been spotted in 15 seconds by someone who was looking over your shoulder… then you can appreciate a place where your day consist of coding with peers rather than reading about chapter 23 by yourself! Let me build something that has meaning to me... and they're doing just that! David is awesome too! Very personable and a testament to how good of a teacher Christian is… ‘cuz he can get down with the code too! Gotta go! Got some work I gotta show up to class with. These people leave you feeling like you’re so lucky to have them as your new friends that you don’t want to disappoint them or yourself. I’m sending a friend to go and apply for their summer fellowship for women. I love to see anyone who just needed a push… finally get there! Much Luv Guys!