Becoming a Software Engineer

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Argues that outreach workshops mentorships and apprentice programs are a legitimate path into software engineering and gives concrete evidence: a weekend RailsBridge session lets beginners build a basic Rails app and deploy it on Heroku in hours, RailsBridge raises female attendance from 2% to 18% in a year, thoughtbot runs an apprentice program where a quarter of staff were former apprentices, 100 girls this weekend attend Rails Girls Paris and a US Dept of Labor study finds benefits exceeded the initial cost by more than forty nine thousand dollars.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 0:13Becoming a Software Engineer Inspiring a New Generation of Developers
3. 1:38The Path to Becoming a Software Developer
4. 2:45Railsbridge
5. 4:07Testimonials
6. 5:21Mentorship
7. 7:33How To Be a Good Mentor
8. 9:18Apprentice Programs
9. 12:12Why Is It Important To Have Educational Alternatives to Training the Next Generation of Developers
10. 15:42Importance of Alternative Educational Paths in Software Development

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