UCOSP code sprint: day 3, wrap up and thoughts
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Today is the last day of code sprint and everyone is wrapping up and give their thoughts. I agreed with our project head Andrew Ross that communications is really important in collaborations. To the very least, "let the community know what you are doing". On top of that, the community itself is a very useful place to get help from and responses to very specific technical questions. Moreover, this way you also can let the community knows more about you, your interest and ability and put you in the right place to contribute. Afterall, coding should be fun!
Another side note, the most rewarding experience from the code sprint is to "pass it on". It feels so excellent to get them up to speed about their tools and technologies sets needed, such as using version controls, IDE, and how to tackle a problem. I saw myself in the past from my teammates, and wished that only if there had been someone in the past who could have told me all these.
Great experience, great people, great talks, great connections, great food... The only bad point that I can come up with is that at the start of the code sprint, the students should have been "sync-ed" with the tools that they need, regardless if they are familiar with them or not, such that they can spend the time more usefully on things that would be valuable to be done face to face.
Posted byA nerdy girl at 3:50 PM
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