[python-uk] The London Python Dojo is this Thursday
Jonathan Hartley
tartley at tartley.com
Mon Jul 15 14:40:42 CEST 2013
I guess that makes sense: With the dojo we want to encourage
participation, whereas with the game challenges I was thinking of, they
are optimised to producing finished, working projects (where a proven
track record is a good positive indicator.)
Jonathan
On 15/07/13 13:33, Stestagg wrote:
> I wonder, with the dojo happening every month, and most people turning
> up most times, if this might turn into a bit of a popularity contest.
>
> If a leader won last time, then people will be more likely to go for
> the 'safe option' and join that person next time.
>
> I do like the current method of having random team choices
>
> Steve
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 1:14 PM, René Dudfield <renesd at gmail.com
> <mailto:renesd at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> That could work with a theme... the goal doesn't have to be a
> game? It's more inventing the problem as you go?
>
> Unrelated thought for a good exercise... new requirements are
> introduced at half time... and then 5 minutes before the end...
> like real life.
>
> On Jul 15, 2013 2:05 PM, "Jonathan Hartley" <tartley at tartley.com
> <mailto:tartley at tartley.com>> wrote:
>
> I don't think this helps, but it's a model I think is
> otherwise widely applicable, so I'll spread the seed:
>
> One model I've seen work well on game programming challenges
> is that self-selected leaders will each pitch their project
> vision, and then participants will decide which leader's team
> they would like to join. Leaders may also prefer other pitches
> to their own, and decide to revoke or merge pitches
> (generally, only one leader in a merged pitch will retain the
> 'leader' tag)
>
> This has advantages that:
>
> * self-selected leaders are vetted by the crowd. If they are
> revealed, during their pitch, to be blustering buffoons, then
> people can vote with their feet.
>
> * everyone gets to work with the project/leadership that they
> choose, so in theory happiness is maximised (for everyone
> apart from the 'failed' project leaders.)
>
> * projects which are popular are allocated correspondingly
> generous personpower.
>
> The disadvantages are:
>
> * It isn't remotely relevant to our current dojo format
>
> * It doesn't give even distribution of team sizes
>
> Jonathan
>
>
>
> On 12/07/13 20:53, xtian wrote:
>> I like the sound of this - Scrapheap Challenge style. You're
>> right, it would take a bit more organisation though.
>>
>> On 12 Jul 2013, at 14:31, Alistair Broomhead
>> <alistair.broomhead at gmail.com
>> <mailto:alistair.broomhead at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>> Something that may may not work (I guess it would take a
>>> fair amount of organisation) once a challenge has been
>>> picked, we ask people to volunteer as team leaders, they get
>>> a git repo set up and write tests, but their main role is to
>>> advise their team and give them a nudge on things which are
>>> stopping them from progressing. This would mean that each
>>> team has an 'expert', but I guess it would also mean people
>>> who were willing to take this role would have to bring a
>>> laptop off their own -an issue for me as I don't own one...
>>>
>>> On 12 Jul 2013 14:19, "Javier Llopis" <javier at correo.com
>>> <mailto:javier at correo.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> >> Another person could simply say: mmm... interesting
>>> but... not for my
>>> >> level. And stop coming. Do you really want this?
>>> >
>>> > When all's said and done, if someone doesn't think
>>> it's for them, then
>>> > it's not for them. We can try to be as accommodating
>>> as possible, but
>>> > you can't please all the people all the time.
>>> >
>>>
>>> ...And in this case, I would rather try to keep the
>>> expert coders in
>>> instead of the newbies. Better be challenged than bored.
>>>
>>> Just my 2p
>>>
>>> J
>>>
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