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Enterprise learning can be fun - ConFoo Montréal 2017

Companies hire developers because of the skills they already have. But what about what they could become? How support this possible evolution? Would it be with conferences or training sessions?

It is possible to do more than that; you can have fun learning new things, no matter how experienced you are. I'll present how learning is supported at EURA NOVA. I'll talk about company culture and investment, learning activities, and their development

Christophe Philemotte

March 10, 2017
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  1. Hoellwarth, C., & Moelter, M. J. (2011). The implications of

    a robust curriculum in introductory mechanics. American Journal of Physics, 79, 540. Active Learning 12% → 50%
  2. X Talk - 30 min Talk - 30 min Discussion

    - Once a month, Tue evening - Food and Drink
  3. Benefits → Raise visibility of a project → Share a

    real-world experience → Get inspired → Gather together
  4. Ias - initially © 2011 Missing - Practical, repetitive, and

    active - Exchanging Tacit Knowledge - Training decision-making, judgment, and intuition - Collaborative
  5. The Method 1. Set the Goal 2. Design the Activity

    3. Do it 4. Collect Feedback 5. Go back to 3
  6. Topics - Internal tool in React and Clojure - A

    flow prediction in Python - The provisioning script in Ansible - A desktop app in C#
  7. Code Retreat - Code retreat format - Only 2 challenges

    - Multi-languages - Scaffolds for 10 languages euranova/code_retreat
  8. Benefits → Practice & sharpen fundamentals → Learn a new

    language → Mix colleagues → Experiment
  9. Drawbacks - Some challenges need 2 hours - Multi keyboard

    layout - Too many dev picking a new lang
  10. Legacy Code Retreat - Inspired by - Legacy Code Retreat

    - Gilded Roses Kata - 1 Challenge + 1 Technique
  11. Topics - Fixing a bug - Adding a feature -

    Dependency Injection - Extraction
  12. Open Forum - Round table to list topics - Vote

    & rank 3 topics - Discuss each topic during 20min jbruggem
  13. Topics - Setting up a CI runner to build for

    Windows environment - How to manage tech debt on a client project? - How to make thread safe a code?
  14. Benefits → Tackle Current Problem & WIP → Be Inspired

    & Challenged → Share Knowledge & Opinions
  15. Our Manifesto 1. Make EURA NOVA yours 4.Work with others

    a lot, yet efficiently 5.Care for knowledge and expertise
  16. 1 Year After - More collaboration - Better practice -

    More initiatives - More participations