This might not sound glamorous, but reading books, and reading great code, and code reviews is a great way to get up to speed. The explanations found in the Joy of Clojure, and other books have been highly edited and refined; if I ever paired up with someone, I doubt my ad-hoc verbal explanations would ever approach that degree of excellence.
On Monday, 14 May 2012 10:10:14 UTC-4, James wrote: > > PS. My last post wasn't clearly formulated, so let me re-phrase that: > > I think that paying clojure/core to pair up is a perfectly legit > solution if one wants to jump ahead of the curve. My point was that I > wish the "sweeping the dojo" model was more widespread (one does > whatever other work there is while learning a skill one currently > lacks). > > / James > > > On May 14, 3:32 pm, James <abbott...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Jay,- > > > > I agree, paying to sweep someone's dojo does sound a bit strong. > > > > / James > > > > On May 14, 3:24 pm, Jay Fields <j...@jayfields.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > James, > > > For learning, I'd recommend 4clojure.com and compare your solutions > with > > > solutions submitted by other people. Also, if you have the cash, you > could > > > pay clojure/core to pair with you. Unfortunately, I've never heard of > > > anyone doing that kind of thing as a mutually beneficial situation - > (you > > > learn from them, you help them with their work) > > > > > Cheers, Jay > > > > > On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 7:45 AM, James <abbott...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > When a new technology (a programming language) comes out, initially > > > > there are very few people who are really proficient in it. One can > > > > learn by one's own, but tremendous learning acceleration can be > gained > > > > if one pairs with more experienced devs than oneself. > > > > > > So I'd like to ask: is there any place in the world where I can pair > > > > with more experienced people on Clojure as a beginner? Put very > > > > shortly, I have: decent Ruby skills; some Rails experience; very > good > > > > OO, TDD, and business modeling skills; a mastery of web standards, > and > > > > experience with Responsive Web Design. I'm into web as platform, > > > > HTML5, apps, and that kind of stuff. > > > > > > I'm currently based in Denmark but am flexible with moving. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > James > > > >http://jamesabbottdd.com/ > > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups "Clojure" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > > > > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient > with > > > > your first post. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
