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Antes necesitabas haber estudiado un doctorado y tener una gran cantidad de hardware para poder ser programador. Pero en 1965 dos ingenieros tuvieron una idea revolucionaria: facilitar la programación para que la gente pudiera introducirse a ella. Los lenguajes para principiantes, como BASIC, abrieron las puertas del desarrollo de código a todo el mundo. Tom Cormen y Denise Dumas recuerdan que BASIC lo cambió todo. Avi Flombaum y Saron dan consejos para elegir el primer lenguaje con que un principiante puede abrirse paso en esta nueva etapa del desarrollo de software. Además, Femi Owolade-Coombes y Robyn Bergeron nos cuentan que la nueva generación de programadores está haciendo sus pininos con los videojuegos. Los lenguajes para principiantes le dan a todo el mundo la oportunidad de dar sus primeros pasos en la programación, y ayudan a toda la industria.
Flatiron School was founded in 2012 by Adam Enbar, a venture capitalist with a passion for education, and Avi Flombaum, a self-taught computer programmer committed to helping his students learn and love code. Adam and Avi came together with a shared mission: to create an alternative education model that provided students with the 21st century […]
Flatiron School was founded in 2012 by Adam Enbar, a venture capitalist with a passion for education, and Avi Flombaum, a self-taught computer programmer committed to helping his students learn and love code. Adam and Avi came together with a shared mission: to create an alternative education model that provided students with the 21st century […] The post Adam Enbar with Flatiron School appeared first on Business RadioX ®.
Change is the only constancy in life. It's a maxim that innovative tech educator Avi Flombaum says particularly applies to technology. However, he argues that higher education isn't keeping pace with the tech skills demanded by the current job market. He asks, “Why do 90% of college grads need a boot camp in order to get a career that they love? If college and universities were doing their job, (boot camps) shouldn't exist.” In response, Flombaum co-founded the Flatiron School, which provides intensive accelerated boot camp style learning. With an up-to-date curriculum focused on coding, data science, and cybersecurity, Flatiron students graduate within a matter of months and typically walk right into a job. According to Flombaum, “it's a roadmap to a new life.” Flombaum's vision for tech education comes from his own journey as a college dropout entering the field. He experienced the vacuum of alternatives to traditional computer science degrees and recognized the unanswered need to keep pace with real-time demands in the job market. The Flatiron School has filled those gaps with great success. Approximately Ninety-five percent of its graduates land a tech-related job within six months. Technology is too critical in modern life to let technical fluency in the workforce fall behind. Says Flombaum, “Companies can't wait for higher education to catch up” and workers “don't need to be afraid to learn something new.” He adds, “If we allow ourselves to run away from every single concept that makes us insecure, we're not going to grow. Be okay not knowing things—it's the first step in knowing the thing. Give it a name. Identify it. And then let's start breaking it down and playing with it. We really drill it into students, that they're not stupid. This is the nature of learning.”
Becoming a programmer used to require a Ph.D. and having access to some serious hardware. Then, in 1965, a couple of engineers had a radical idea: make it easier for people to get started. Beginner languages, like BASIC, burst the doors to coding wide open. Tom Cormen and Denise Dumas recall how BASIC changed everything. Avi Flombaum and Saron share tips on picking a first language in this new era of software development. And we hear from Femi Owolade-Coombes and Robyn Bergeron about how the next generation of coders are getting their start with video games. Beginner languages give everyone an opportunity to get their foot in the door. And that helps the industry as a whole. Check out redhat.com/commandlineheroes for more information on beginner languages. Find out more about why BASIC is a beloved first language and how the next generation will learn to code on Opensource.com.
Joshua is joined by Bekah Hawrot Weigel as guest co-host! Both are joined by Avi Flombaum, founder and Dean of Flatiron School (https://www.flatironschool.com/) to talk about the power of community in education and how NOT to pronounce NGINX! Be sure to check out our new Slack community (https://gettingappsdone.com/slack) to meet others who are facing the same things you are and share your journeys!
Avi Flombaum is a Co-Founder, Dean, and Chief Product Officer at the Flatiron School which provides technical education on coding and programming and was eventually acquired by WeWork to further their mission of enabling the pursuit of a better life through education. Avi has changed thousands of lives by teaching students - with little to no experience - to code and actually launch careers as developers. A self-taught programming prodigy and CTO-by-20, Avi is passionate about helping people learn to love code. The show notes for this episode and all episodes can be found at: http://www.justgogrind.com/podcast/ Get help launching and growing a business by signing up for the weekly newsletter: http://www.justgogrind.com/newsletter/
Sean Dagony-Clark, Flatiron School's Director of Teacher Training, talks with Avi Flombaum, Flatiron's Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer, and gamification and game design for learning. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pursuing-mastery/message
Avi Flombaum is a lifelong educator. He is the Co-Founder of Flatiron School, which grew to thousands of students and got acquired by WeWork. Prior to starting Flatiron School, Avi also built several companies. Avi’s philosophy believes that education should mold and flex to the needs of the student. On this episode, he shares his insights about their different programs and how they’re making education more accessible to people without having to carry that huge financial burden themselves.
Avi Flombaum, dean of the Flatiron School, joins us to talk about why he's trying to help more people learn to code. While other professions contract, there's still a shortage of software engineers, a lucrative profession. Codwing, however, isn't just about work. Flombaum talks about why learning how computers work will be important to understand the world around us.
A 28-year-old Rubyist, Skillsharer, storyteller, and entrepreneur, Avi founded @designerpages and NYC on Rails before creating The Flatiron School—a 12 week, full-time program designed to turn you into a web developer. Links for this episode:http://flatironschool.comhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/24/avil-flombaum-skillshare_n_1817784.htmlhttp://meetup.com/ruby-75https://twitter.com/flatironschoolhttps://twitter.com/aviflombaumhttp://bit.ly/njK8gXhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/aviflombaumSponsored by aneventapart.com - the design conference for people who make websites.
A 28-year-old Rubyist, Skillsharer, storyteller, and entrepreneur, Avi founded @designerpages and NYC on Rails before creating The Flatiron School—a 12 week, full-time program designed to turn you into a web developer.
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