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Learning Hard (and Amazing!) Things

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November 16, 2013
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Learning Hard (and Amazing!) Things

A talk for RailsGirls, Milan

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November 16, 2013

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Transcript

  1. Hard Things! Learning (& AMAZing) R M r @r r

  2. ComiNg to Programming

  3. ComiNg to Programming Why Program

  4. ComiNg to Programming Why Program Why we need Women

  5. ComiNg to Programming Why Program Why we need Women L

    r T r

  6. > My story (M pr r .)

  7. None
  8. None

  9. class Coders < AllPeople attr_reader first_language attr_writer dream_project, current_project def

    initialize @first_language = first_la @dream_project = dream_pr end end

  10. class Coders < AllPeople attr_reader first_language attr_writer dream_project, current_project def

    initialize @first_language = first_la @dream_project = dream_pr end end
  11. None
  12. None

  13. ∃x| (Px ⊃ Qx) ⊃ Rx ∀x| (Px ∨ Qx)

    ∧ ¬(Px ∧ Qx) ∴(¬Px ∧ Qx) ∨ (Px ∧ ¬Qx) ∴ ∃x | Rx
  14. None
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  22. > WHY PROGRAM? (B ’ ffi . F r v

    r .)

  23. Programming Demands (& Rewards!!) My Best Efforts

  24. None
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  26. People think dumb things: “W ’ pr r .” “W

    r ’ pr r r .” “W ’ pr r .”

  27. People think dumb things: “W ’ pr r .” “W

    r ’ pr r r .” “W ’ pr r .” NOPE NOPE NOPE
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  29. < > How To Learn W Pr r ??

  30. 1. Learn with People W r p , r p

    , p r pr r !!

  31. 2. Struggle on your own B , p r pr

    , ‘ ’

  32. 3. ask questions I r r p p ; .

  33. Hell No! Hell No! Hell No!

  34. Thank You!! I’ @r r I’ v ! (I r

    w p r P p r b 53.)