RE: Could we organize to mentor new blind coders?
- From: "Sina Bahram" <sbahram@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 10:34:53 -0400
That could be a good augmentation for sure.
Take care,
Sina
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[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jared Wright
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 10:33 AM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Could we organize to mentor new blind coders?
Is there an IRC channel or something that reflects the intent of this
list? Seems that would be a great tool to facilitate this kind of
mentoring; what Sina says about this list is true but its lack of
realtime communication can be a bit of a hinderance to someone who is
really so new to programming that two questions come up for each one
that is answered. Of course some experienced coders would need to be
willing to commit to hang out in the channel for it to work, but
everyone knows more than one person and less than another, right?
On 4/21/2011 10:28 AM, Sina Bahram wrote:
> Isn't that kind of the purpose of this list?
>
> When I was first starting out learning C++, Ken and Laura were basically
> mentors on all facits of the programmatic buildchain and
> conceptual pipeline.
>
> That happened on here.
>
> Take care,
> Sina
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bill Cox
> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 10:26 AM
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Could we organize to mentor new blind coders?
>
> Instead of trying to start an on-line school for blind programmers,
> would it be possible to organize as a volunteer organization to mentor
> people with vision impairments to become good programmers? For
> example, you guys mostly had to figure it out on your own, so you can
> say you've already trained one programmer. What if we try to get
> people to train two? So, if several of us agreed to train one person
> with a vision impairment for free, and over a long period of time, and
> in return we ask those people do the same for two other people, could
> we build a growing organization of mentors with vision impairments
> large enough to make a real difference?
>
> Bill
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