Podcast appearances and mentions of jeff casimir

Downtown Denver has seen better days. A new Gensler survey shows only 55% of Denverites reported having a “great experience” downtown in 2024, down from more than 70% in surveys conducted in 2021 and 2023. But construction on the 16th St. Mall is supposed to be finished soon! And the mayor has a big, complicated plan to give the recovery an even bigger boost. So host Bree Davies is sitting down with Brad Segal, the founder and president of PUMA, a real estate economics and planning firm that consulted on the plan, to explain how the Denver Downtown Development Authority is supposed to bring life back downtown — and why its success matters to all Denverites.  It's time for our spring membership campaign! Get more from City Cast Denver when you become a City Cast Denver Neighbor. You'll enjoy perks like ad-free listening, invitations to members-only events and more. Join now at membership.citycast.fm  You may remember Brad from his previous appearance on City Cast Denver discussing downtown's many empty office buildings and the prospect for converting them into housing. Brad discussed how “tech-heavy” downtown business is and that particular industry's recent dynamics. For more on that, check out this episode with our favorite local tech analyst Jeff Casimir.  For even more news from around the city, subscribe to our morning newsletter Hey Denver at denver.citycast.fm. Follow us on Instagram: @citycastdenver Chat with other listeners on reddit: r/CityCastDenver Support City Cast Denver by becoming a member: membership.citycast.fm What do you think about the state of downtown Denver? Are you optimistic about the mayor's plan? We want to hear from you! Text or leave us a voicemail with your name and neighborhood, and you might hear it on the show: 720-500-5418 Learn more about the sponsors of this April 21st episode: PineMelon - Use code CITYCAST for 75% off! Denver Art Museum Aura Frames - Get $35-off plus free shipping on the Carver Mat frame with Promo Code CITYCAST Babbel - Get up to 60% off at Babbel.com/CITYCAST Looking to advertise on City Cast Denver? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Denver's economy boomed in the 2010s, thanks in large part to a thriving community of local tech start-ups and entrepreneurs, which produced a handful of companies that have grown to rival some Silicon Valley giants — iBotta, HomeAdvisor, Guild Education, etc. But many of those success stories turned sour over the past 18 months, with layoffs, remote work, and cancelled downtown leases dominating the headlines. So, producer Paul Karolyi is sitting down with one of the city's most insightful tech analysts, Jeff Casimir of the Turing School of Software and Design, to talk about where he sees signs of life, the Elon Musk effect on the local scene, and what the new dynamics mean for all Denverites.  For even more news from around the city, subscribe to our morning newsletter Hey Denver at denver.citycast.fm. Follow us on Instagram: @citycastdenver Chat with other listeners on reddit: r/CityCastDenver Support City Cast Denver by becoming a member: membership.citycast.fm What do you think? Text or leave us a voicemail with your name and neighborhood, and you might hear it on the show: 720-500-5418‬ Learn more about the sponsors of this February 3rd episode: Arvada Center Looking to advertise on City Cast Denver? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff Casimir, Executive Director at Turing School of Software & Design, takes this question head-on, laying out a roadmap to great opportunities for those considering a tech career by enrolling at Turing. Learn how Turing is iterating on its career support to ensure students are landing tech roles now, and Jeff's take on what AI could mean for future tech roles.

At the start of every inning, Jeff Casimir updates our Turing community on the State of Turing. This SoT from 2305 is from May 8, 2023 where Jeff discusses relationships, technology, and staying connected.  If you or someone you know are code curious, we encourage you to attend a Turing Try Coding Event. As a listener, you can register for a free Try Coding class at turing.edu/try-coding.

What happens to Denver if every service worker leaving the industry learns to code? Turing School of Software & Design trains programmer newbs for entry level tech jobs, and at the height of the pandemic they decided to make remote learning permanent. City Cast producer Paul Karolyi sits down with Turing's executive director Jeff Casimir to talk through the data that led to that decision, what it says about the future of work, and how it's going to affect the non-techies who have to live with it.  And if you haven't heard yesterday's episode with Elle Taylor of Amethyst Coffee about the so-called labor shortage, you can find it here. Looking for ways to get a little more City Cast Denver in your life?  Subscribe to our weekday morning newsletter: https://denver.citycast.fm/newsletter/ And get the tweets @citycastdenver

Developer Hiring TableXI is now offering training for developers and products teams! For more info, email workshops@tablexi.com or find us at http://tablexi.com.workshops Today on the show, we're talking about hiring with Jennifer Tu and Zee Spencer of Cohere, Thayer Prime of Team Prime, and software consultant Matt Patterson. We talk about the entire developer hiring process from how to advertise your company to potential candidates, through coding tests and interviews, and all the way to the final decision process. It's a great conversation with a lot of different perspectives and a lot of good advice. We’d like to hear from you. What do you look for when hiring developers? Let us know at http://techdoneright.io/56 or on Twitter at @tech_done_right Guests Jennifer Tu (https://twitter.com/jtu): Cofounder of Cohere (http://wecohere.com). Zee Spencer (https://twitter.com/zspencer): Cofounder of Cohere (http://wecohere.com). Thayer Prime (https://twitter.com/Thayer): Founder of Team Prime (https://team-prime.com/). Matt Patterson (https://twitter.com/fidothe): Software Consultant. Notes 02:55 - Common Mistakes When Hiring Developers 05:17 - Effective Hiring Procedures and Interview Processes 10:31 - Getting Your Company’s Name Out There 15:30 - Recruitment, Onboarding, and Reviews 18:52 - Sending Take-Home Exercises and the Problems They Present; Pre-Hire Pairing 30:33 - Good and Bad Uses of Interview Time 33:11 - Developing Interview Question and Using Standardization to Remove Biases 35:34 - Making Yes/No Decisions Related Episodes Apprenticeship with Megan Tiu, Kara Carrell, and Alyssa Ramsey (https://www.techdoneright.io/41) Diversity and Inclusion at Small Companies with Meara Charnetzki, Michael Donnelly, and Elena Valentine (https://www.techdoneright.io/40) Live Panel: Hiring Developers in (and out of) Health Care (https://www.techdoneright.io/23) Developer Bootcamps and Computing Education with Jeff Casimir and Mark Guzdial (https://www.techdoneright.io/20) Special Guests: Jennifer Tu, Matt Patterson, Thayer Prime, and Zee Spencer.

Today’s conversation is with Jeff Casimir, the man who has more experience teaching Ruby on Rails then anyone in the world. Cutting his teeth through Teach for America, Jeff has built his career in programming education, founding three different tech schools the latest of which is striving to open up the industry to more diversity.

What are the differences between the coding bootcamp and traditional K-12 or higher education models? In this episode, we’re talking about what it actually feels like and looks like to learn at a bootcamp. Guest Jeff Casimir from Turing School in Denver breaks down the differences between traditional education and a bootcamp, and how folks who didn’t do well in high school or college may really benefit from a bootcamp learning style. bit.ly/bootcamp-vs-traditional-edu

Apprenticeship with Megan Tiu, Kara Carrell, and Alyssa Ramsey TableXI is offering training for developers and products teams! For more info, email workshops@tablexi.com. Get your FREE career growth strategy information and techniques! (https://stickynote.game) Summary What is an apprenticeship program, how is it different from an internship, and how can your company benefit from having one? In this episode, we’re talking about technical apprenticeships with Megan Tiu of Women Who Code. Megan and I have both run apprenticeships at various companies. We’re also joined by Table XI’s current apprentice cohort, Kara Carrell and Alyssa Ramsey. Guests Megan Tiu (http://twitter.com/megantiu): Engineering Manager with Women Who Code (https://www.womenwhocode.com). megantiu.com (http://www.megantiu.com/). Alyssa Ramsey: Developer Apprentice at TableXI (https://www.tablexi.com/). Kara Carrell: Developer Apprentice at TableXI (https://www.tablexi.com/). Notes 02:18 - Apprenticeship: Defined 04:38 - Finding and Hiring People for Apprenticeships 05:21 - Interviewing For Apprenticeships 08:35 - Organizing Apprenticeships 14:13 - Making Use of Unstructured Time and Other Opportunities for Apprentices 17:39 - Career-Growth Support - Apprenticeship Patterns by Dave Hoover and Adewale Oshineye (http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596518387.do) 20:40 - Having a Sponsor and Getting Support - Sticky Note Game (http://stickynote.game) 24:20 - Evaluating Apprentices 27:59 - Benefits For Companies That Have Apprenticeship Programs - How to be a Better Junior Developer, by Katherine Wu (https://confreaks.tv/videos/railsconf2014-how-to-be-a-better-junior-developer) Related Episodes Your First 100 Days Onboarding A New Employee With Shay Howe and John Gore (http://www.techdoneright.io/37) Developer Bootcamps and Computing Education with Jeff Casimir and Mark Guzdial (http://www.techdoneright.io/20) Managing For Career Development with Claire Lew and Dan Hodos (http://www.techdoneright.io/12) Career Development With Brandon Hays and Pete Brooks (http://www.techdoneright.io/002-career-development-with-brandon-hays) Special Guests: Alyssa Ramsey, Kara Carrell, and Megan Tiu.

Guest: Jeff Casimir @j3 Full show notes are at https://developeronfire.com/podcast/episode-307-jeff-casimir-favor-decades-over-years

Jeff sits down with Christie to discuss her move from practicing lawyer to software developer.

Developer Bootcamps and Computing Education with Jeff Casimir and Mark Guzdial Follow us on Twitter @techdoneright (https://twitter.com/tech_done_right), and please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tech-done-right/id1195695341?mt=2)! Guests Mark Guzdial (https://twitter.com/guzdial): Professor in Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech (http://home.cc.gatech.edu/guzdial) and Computer Science Education Researcher. Jeff Casimir (https://twitter.com/j3): Executive Director at The Turing School (https://www.turing.io/). Summary How do people learn computing? Who learns best from traditional computer science education and who from bootcamps? How can we teach people who are not developers but who need to learn some programming to do their jobs? Jeff Casimir, the founder of Turing academy, and Georgia Tech's Mark Guzdial, one of the founders of the International Computing Education Research conference, join Noel to answer these questions and also explain why Excel is both the best and the worst thing in the world. Notes 01:45 - “Computing Education” - Paul Krugman: The Excel Depression (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/19/opinion/krugman-the-excel-depression.html?mcubz=0) - The Language of Programming (https://temochka.com/blog/posts/2017/06/28/the-language-of-programming.html) 05:27 - Teaching Developers at The Turing School 09:53 - Measuring the Quality of Education 14:05 - The Graduation Rate of Women and Underrepresented Groups 16:19 - Skills Acquisition 20:20 - Why not Fix Traditional Computer Science? 24:05 - Computing and Contextualized Computer Education - “Cargo Culting” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult_programming) 41:00 - Why Do Bootcamps Close? - Steve Lohr: As Coding Boot Camps Close, the Field Faces a Reality Check (New York Times Piece) (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/24/technology/coding-boot-camps-close.html?mcubz=0) - Audrey Watters: Why Are Coding Boot Camps Going Out of Business? (http://hackeducation.com/2017/07/22/bootcamp-bust) - The Problems with Coding Bootcamps: Allure with little Payoff (Mark’s Post) (https://computinged.wordpress.com/2017/08/28/the-problems-with-coding-bootcamps-allure-without-payoff/) - Barriers Faced by Coding Bootcamp Students by Kyle Thayer and Andrew J. Ko (http://www.kylethayer.com/assets/papers/BarriersFacedByCodingBootcampStudents-Thayer-Ko.pdf) - What I Learned from Researching Coding Bootcamps by Kyle Thayer (https://medium.com/bits-and-behavior/what-i-learned-from-researching-coding-bootcamps-f594c15bd9e0) 46:11 - Success Rates Between People Who Have Had a Career First vs People Who Skip College and Enter Bootcamps Special Guests: Jeff Casimir and Mark Guzdial.

Episode #5 -    Jeff founded Turing School of Software and Design with the mission of training a diverse, inclusive student body to succeed in high-fulfillment technical careers and create a world powered by technology where the people building it are represented by the people using it.   Welcome to episode 5 of Colorado TechCast.   Colorado TechCast brings you interviews with entrepreneurs, thought leaders and technology pioneers from around the state.  We provide a behind the scenes look at who’s doing what, why, and how you can get involved.  Join us each episode to hear the exciting stories of technology happenings in our state.   I want this show to be relevant to you, so please send me your thoughts and suggestions.  My email address is trapper@coloradoTechCast.com.  You can also hit me up on twitter @CoTechCast.  I read and respond to all messages so drop me a line and tell me what you think.   In this episode I interview Jeff Casimir, Co Founder and Executive Director of Turing School of Software and Design.  Seeking a more diverse workforce than the software development industry had to offer, Jeff set off to build the kind of world that he wanted to work in.   Turing believes that the status quo is not good enough. Their mission is to unlock human potential by training a diverse, inclusive student body to succeed in high-fulfillment technical careers and create a world powered by technology where the people building it are represented by the people using it.   Links to things we talk about: Learn more about Turing School [Here] IF YOU LIKE WHAT YOU HEAR, PLEASE: Subscribe to our list Connect with us on twitter Email us and tell us what you think! I am always on the look out for future guests, so if you know anyone with an interesting story to tell, or you yourself would like to come on and talk about what you’re building, then send me an email. Thanks for tuning in, and join us next time when we bring you the story of another digital pioneer in from Colorado!  

Jeff Casimir shares his experiences with starting up his business, the Turing school of Software and Design

Ben and Nick get super nerdy this week and chat about Meetspace's architecture using Go, Postgres, and HMAC including custom cookie signing, rendering, error handling, tooling, and more! Upcase FormKeep Meetspace- use code GIANTROBOTS30 for 30% off your first month Go Postgres Driver Google's Websocket Driver WebRTC Uniform Interface Secure Signed Cookies- Nick Gauthier HMAC errcheck Go linter Think Like a Software Developer- Geoffrey Grosenbach Tubesock Jeff Casimir on Giant Robots Nick on Twitter

Jeff Casimir sits down with Luke and Danny to talk about Denver's Turing School of Software and Design. Jeff is the Executive Director of Turing School where he designs the overarching instructional program. Prior to this, Jeff started his teaching career with Teach for America in 2003 and has taught both high school and middle school.

Executive Director Jeff Casimir updates us on what's going on with Turing as a whole. Finances, enrollment, the new program, and a whole new basement of our own!

Jeff Casimir had aspirations of getting a Computer Science degree and working for a few years and retiring by 30 (based on sound logic in the height of the dot com boom). His world got changed quite a bit after going through school and being pulled toward Teach For America. He has since followed a career in teaching, currently running Turing School of Software in Denver Colorado. He has little patience for lazy students and that is an attitude he also has with his children. In the episode we talk about tech culture, government and raising children in a way that gives them perspective to the struggles of others. Jeff has some strong opinions on things particularly when it comes to parenting, his energy and passion are contagious. Notable Links Restorative Justice - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restorative_justice How Jeff Brings Home the Bacon big cheese at Turing School of Software & Design (www.turing.io) Jeff’s Last Words of advice Chill out! Kids are tougher and smarter than we give them credit for, sometimes we need them to need us. Just pay attention and chill out.

Turing's Executive Director, Jeff Casimir, talks to Brennan Holtzclaw about a complaint recently lodged against the school, and then dives deeper into what he'd like to see as far as social changes in the tech community.

What does it take to grow new developers into something more experienced? Carl and Richard talk to Jeff Casimir about his approach to shepherding developers, helping them to grow into experienced developers. But what sort of experiences should you have? The conversation digs into the ideas around intentional practice, something rarely done in software. Jeff also talks about the scarcity of mentors and what it takes to get your code reviewed on a regular basis with an expert - and what an expert review even looks like! It's a challenge we need to rise to: there are more new developers all the time!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

What does it take to grow new developers into something more experienced? Carl and Richard talk to Jeff Casimir about his approach to shepherding developers, helping them to grow into experienced developers. But what sort of experiences should you have? The conversation digs into the ideas around intentional practice, something rarely done in software. Jeff also talks about the scarcity of mentors and what it takes to get your code reviewed on a regular basis with an expert - and what an expert review even looks like! It's a challenge we need to rise to: there are more new developers all the time!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/net-rocks/donations

This week we talk with Jeff Casimir of Turing School about what it's like to go through their developer training program and some of the differences with developer bootcamps.

At a time when people are lining up to get accepted by a programming bootcamp, Jeff Casimir decided to start one that is non-profit. But he doesn't like the term bootcamp -- he prefers "program." We talk about why he decided to make the Turing School non-profit, the complications of quantifying students' skills, and how Turing School approaches its programming curriculum. Show Links Digital Ocean (sponsor) MongoDB (sponsor) Heroku (sponsor) TwilioQuest (sponsor) Teach for America Hungry Academy Turing School Github APIs Ruby Object Design front-end developer EmberJS FizzBuzz Source Control Automated testing Bubble sort Merge sort Quick sort Eclipse Visual Studio Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Live from RailsConf, Ben talks to Executive Director of The Turing School Jeff Casimir on Conf-stress, the lack of jobs in open source and the challenges of learning to run a business. Turing School of Software & Design Heartbleed Bug The E-Myth Revisited

In this week's episode, recorded at RailsConf 2013, Ben Orenstein is joined by Jeff Casimir and Katrina Owen from Jumpstart Lab and gSchool to discuss performing, speaking, and imposter syndrome, preparing for your talk, and what makes a good talk and how to give one. The also discuss gSchool, the way the program works and they way it's guaranteed, teaching, admitting ignorance, how good practice should be harder than the real thing, and why Jeff didn't like studying Computer Science and why he didn't enjoy programming and how Rails reignited his passion for creating things, and much more. Peepcode gSchool Jumpstart Lab Code Academy galvanize Go Follow @thoughtbot, @r00k, @j3 and @kytrinyx on twitter.

In this special episode from RubyConf 2012 we pulled aside some of the attendees and found out what they're working on. We also include a selection of the great lightning talks at the conference. Enjoy! Rob Mack from Spiceworks Dr. Nic Williams from Engine Yard talks about BOSH Ray Hightower from WisdomGroup, WindyCityRails, and ChicagoRuby Noel Rapin from Groupon John Foley and Nick Howard talk about Project Grok, an Open Source Code Reader Club (like a book club, but for code) Brian Ford from Engine Yard talks about Rubinious 2.0-rc1. Jeff Casimir from JumpstartLab talks about gSchool Daniel Huckstep from Yardstick Software talks about rc files and sub. Joshua Szmajda talks about the Ruby Hangout, an online Ruby meetup. Ron Evans from The Hybrid Group talks about gitnesse and wields a mean ukulele. Christian Trosclair from The Hybrid Group talks about Kids Code Camp and FeatureCreep Richard Schneeman from Heroku talks about Issue Triage. Chris Maddox from LivingSocial talks about happiness. Follow @thoughtbot and @rubyconf on twitter.

The Rogues talk about the Hungry Academy with Jeff Casimir.

The Rogues talk about the Hungry Academy with Jeff Casimir.

The Rogues talk about the Hungry Academy with Jeff Casimir.

Educator and engineer Jeff Casimir discusses the state of technology education (think: that stack of technology books collecting dust on your bookshelf), where it falls down, and how effective models can make all the difference in the learning experience. Rails for Zombies, the popular guide to learning Rails that was originally created as a proof-of-concept for the Code School approach, builds on the techniques used in the traditional classroom — and at a compelling price point.