Apprenticeship is a long term investment
Difference between Intership, Graduate Programs & Apprenticeship
- Internship is like dating, just cause you are going on a date with someone doesn’t mean you will marry them.
Structured vs. Organic Curriculum
Mindset of Apprenticeship
- Apprentices should really want to become software developers, they shouldn’t be doing this to ‘try’ out coding
- Apprentices are paid lower than normal industry wages, they are taking a financial hit to have a long term investment in developing skills
Length of Apprenticeships
- Question to ask at end, would you hire them?
Qualities of Mentors
- Comfortable pairing / working collaboratively with people (doesn’t slow them down so much when mentoring)
Expecations of Time with Apprentice
- First 2-3 weeks intense time spent with apprentice
- Weekly checkin with mentor after that
- Apprentices should pair or work collaboratively BUT have time to intentionally learn on their own
- Apprentice should have an opportunity to pair, be in the trenches, add value to the team
- Weekly lunch and learns, apprentices should attend these, impart concepts that aren’t learn’t directly through pairing
How to handle when it isn’t working out
How to keep apprenticeship up-to-date with technology
References
8th Light Apprenticeship Checklist
Everyday Life and Learning with Jean Lave
Growing and Apprenticeship Program by Dave Hooper
Slides on Developing Software Developers
Wikipedia on Apprenticeship
The Modern Software Apprenticeship - Doug Bradbury
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