Recently lots of clubs where volunteers teach kids to code have sprung up like CoderDojo and Prewired, and I know several adults have been jealous.
This is an informal group where adults who want to learn to code can meet up and work together. They would work online on a course of their choice (Codeacademy for instance) but would be with other people they could swap tips with and get encouragement from. We would try and encourage one or two programmers along to help out people who get really stuck, and to advise on what to learn next.
We are dedicated to providing a harassment-free learning experience for everyone.
- No feigned surprise. When someone says “I don’t know what X is”, you don’t say “You don’t know what X is?!” or “I can’t believe you don’t know what X is!”
- No well-actuallys. That’s the pedantic corrections that don’t make a difference to the conversation that’s happening.
- No back-seat driving. Let others learn. All learning, even in a technology you don't like, is good!
- We do