Apprenticeship

The way to learn a craft

I believe that software development is a craft. I believe the proper way to learn a craft is by practicing, with guidance provided by an experienced practitioner.

Target Hires

Who am I looking to employ?

In the long term, I like to think that anyone with an inclination to programming could be a candidate apprentice at Rob’s Dream Company, but with the intent of being profitable, and ideally bootstrapped, the first few hires do need to…

The Dream Job

What I see when I close my eyes at night

I am in a room. It is too large for one person, but so am I.

Not gigantic, I am not in an auditorium, but nor am I in a 10x10 office. I am probably in a room somewhere between 400 and…

The Problem

As I see it

There is a dearth of great developers.

Refinement: The problem is our definition of great programmers. Great programmers as currently defined is people who have significant experience programming.

Rob’s Dream Company

A career I dream of doing

Just a few minutes ago, Anil Dash tweeted:

If you have a career that you dream of doing, and can make the time, just blog your ideas about that job every weekday for a month.

The Solution

As I see it

The problem, explored yesterday, is the huge population of potential great programmers who haven’t been exposed to the career as an option.

The solution, which I am exploring right now, is to provide a safe way for those potentials to…