Why do developers have such a hard time making decisions?  The Dev Coaches tackle this topic in episode 16.  

Why do developers have such a hard time making decisions?  What is this thing called analysis paralysis?  The Dev Coaches tackle these topics in episode 16.

In this episode, Dave, Sarah, & Victor are joined by Austyn Hill, Alan Galloway, Pat Toner, Morgan Willis and Matt LoPiccolo.  With some of the awesome women in tech right here in the studio tonight, we decided to tackle the question of what it takes to be a women in a male dominated profession and how that is changing.

Links and resources mentioned in this episode:

Gifts for girls STEM-related:
- http://www.jewelbots.com/
- http://www.goldieblox.com/

Some WiT Groups:
- https://www.girldevelopit.com/
- https://www.womenwhocode.com/
- http://www.herideasinmotion.com/
- http://societyofwomenengineers.swe.org
- https://women.acm.org/
- https://www.ncwit.org/
- https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/diversity/programs/digigirlz

Tech & Kids:
- http://twenty.techcorps.org/

Cartoon:
- https://xkcd.com/385/

General Maker Sites -
AdaFruit
http://www.adafruit.com/
https://learn.adafruit.com/category/wearables
https://www.youtube.com/user/adafruit

MAKE
http://makezine.com/
http://makezine.com/tag/wearables/
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEEF560C574189DCA

SparkFun
https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials
https://www.youtube.com/user/sparkfun

Girl Tech Resources/Sites -
http://www.girlgeeks.org/education/resources.shtml
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/blog/2013/11/exciting-girls-about-science-and-engineering.php

Kid Coding Resources:
http://lifehacker.com/how-and-why-to-teach-your-kids-to-code-510588878

Sarah's Women in Talk presentation:
- http://www.slideshare.net/sadukie/history-of-women-in-tech-43388612

In this episode, Dave, Sarah, & Victor are joined by Austyn Hill, Alan Galloway, Pat Toner, Morgan Willis and Matt LoPiccolo.  With some of the awesome women in tech right here in the studio tonight, we decided to tackle the question of what it takes to be a women in a male dominated profession and how that is changing.

Links and resources mentioned in this episode:

Sarah’s Women in Talk presentation:

Gifts for girls STEM-related:

Some WiT Groups:

Tech & Kids:

Cartoon:

General Maker Sites –

MAKE

SparkFun

Kid Coding Resources:

Dave, Sarah, and Victor are joined by Pat Toner and Matt LoPicollo to discuss future trends in technology.  It's an interesting conversation ranging from Augmented Reality and Amazon's new automated shopping experience, to Voice Command, Mobile Apps, automation and the inevitable rise of SkyNet!

Please Note the audio quality of this recording is not as good as normal as we had equipment failure and had to settle for recording from a backup device.

Dave, Sarah, and Victor are joined by Pat Toner and Matt LoPiccolo to discuss future trends in technology.  It’s an interesting conversation ranging from Augmented Reality and Amazon’s new automated shopping experience, to Voice Command, Mobile Apps, automation and the inevitable rise of SkyNet!

Please Note the audio quality of this recording is not as good as normal as we had equipment failure and had to settle for recording from a backup device.

Are you interested in becoming a Software Developer but don’t know where to start?  Dave, Sarah, Victor and Matt discuss the mindset needed to be a developer along with some resources to get you started.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Hour of Code – https://code.org/

Stay tuned after the episode for outtakes from the opening of episode six.

Are you interested in becoming a Software Developer but don't know where to start?  Dave, Sarah, Victor and Matt discuss the mindset needed to be a developer along with some resources to get you started.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Hour of Code - https://code.org/
Pluralsight - https://www.pluralsight.com/
Code School - https://www.codeschool.com/
Lynda - https://www.lynda.com/
Hello World (unfortunately out of print now) - https://www.manning.com/books/hello-world
Manning Publications - https://www.manning.com/
BridgeTroll (RailsBridge and other events) - https://www.bridgetroll.org/

Stay tuned after the episode for outtakes from the opening of episode six.

Dave, Pat and Victor are joined by Kieth Manecke, Tommy Adeoye, Elijah King, Sophia Arnold, David Kolesar, Corey Whaley and Topher Benjamin.  These seven apprentices started with The Software Guild in our August 2016 cohort and were kind enough to sit down with us and discuss their experiences on graduation day.

Dave, Pat and Victor are joined by Kieth Manecke, Tommy Adeoye, Elijah King, Sophia Arnold, David Kolesar, Corey Whaley and Topher Benjamin. These seven apprentices started with The Software Guild in our August 2016 cohort and were kind enough to sit down with us and discuss their experiences on graduation day.