Hi all, thanks for the suggestions I've begun to implement most of them and have a timeline to evaluate and bring in the rest.
I was wondering if I could lean on you guys again and get any video suggestions that have really stood out particularly in the web development/.net space. We've got a few queued up that we've found but nothing beats a recommendation. Some of the videos that we've done so far: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aGhZQkoFbQ - What the heck is the event loop anyway? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYkdrAPrdcw - Rethinking web app development at facebook Thanks in advance! Dave Walker On 9 February 2016 at 15:00, Dave Walker <rangitat...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I've recently taken over a new team which has a wide variety of technical > skill from complete beginner to senior developer. Talking to the team I've > found that especially their C# skillsets are limited and can be greatly > improved. So far we've organised for everyone to have a pluralsight account > and encouragement is given to spend work time watching videos however it > feels a little bit disconnected. I'd really like to have a more formal > ongoing set of training but as it stands I have no experience implementing > this. > > There is limited budget so can't just send everyone off on a training > course and not really looking for an overnight fix but more of a program > that improves different skills over time to a certain level. > > My thoughts for now were to mix between: > * Book club - everyone reads a chapter of 'Clean code' and we gather > weekly to discuss it > * Pluralsight club - same but with a pluralsight video > * One on one peer programming where the more senior members help the less > experienced > * Demo sessions/lectures by more experienced developers from outside the > team > > Has anyone else ever tried to take on something like this? If so how did > you go about it and what advice can you give about this? > > Cheers, > Dave >
