by Mike Clement | Jan 9, 2017 | Apprenticeship, Software apprentice
We have a paid Software Apprenticeship Program at Greater Sum and recently hired Natasha Carlyon onto our team. We asked her a few questions to get to know her better! GS: What is your professional background? After graduating from Emory University with a Masters in...
by Mike Clement | Dec 16, 2016 | Learning, Quality code, Software craftsmanship, Video
One of the most powerful refactorings for helping the intent of code to become clear is the Decompose Conditional refactoring. In this 3 minute video, I demonstrate this technique to make the example code more expressive. How can you use this in your work?...
by Mike Clement | Dec 9, 2016 | Apprenticeship, Software apprentice
We have a paid Software Apprenticeship Program at Greater Sum and recently hired Chelsea Green onto our team. We asked her a few questions to get to know her better! GS: What is your professional background? I have a degree in Chemistry and spent several years...
by Mike Clement | Nov 12, 2016 | Apprenticeship, Software apprentice
We have a paid Software Apprenticeship Program at Greater Sum and recently hired Mark Lamson onto our team. We asked him a few questions to get to know him better! What is your professional background? My first career was in construction working for a general...
by Mike Clement | Oct 20, 2016 | Reflections, Software apprentice, Software craftsmanship
At the core of the Greater Sum software apprenticeship program is exposure to ideas and techniques that accelerate learning, and therefore accelerate careers. One of the readings that is required as part of the apprenticeship program at Greater Sum is the Software...
