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I've taught for 15 years, and get a lot of questions from people who are either starting training programs at their company or are starting to teach adjunct at a university (or at programs like GA). This is a book that talks about what I've learned, and include example artifacts like syllabii, assignments, and other things.

I hope it's useful :)

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2015) on Monday June 01, 2015 @11:11AM (#9639160)
Blackboard - Austin, SF - http://www.blackboard.com

We're hiring at Blackboard - we're overhauling all of our products, many from the ground up. Open roles for Android, IOS, angular, etc. Impact the lives of 30MM college students.

Re:Self-Publishing vs. Working with a Traditional Publisher on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @06:53AM (#6481699)
FWIW, I wrote a short post on my experience with self-publishing (real books, that show up on a palette the size of a table, intimidating the cat and wife): http://www.ac4d.com/2011/03/21/bootstrapped-publishing-diy-f...
Re:Microsoft reorganizes on Thursday July 11, 2013 @12:05PM (#6026920)
They seem to be missing functions like "design" and "product", which is unfortunate. I'm sure they roll up to engineering and I bet they continue to garner little respect.
as is the company blog link: http://madebyswipe.com/blog
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2013) on Tuesday January 01, 2013 @05:28PM (#4994269)
MyEdu - Austin, TX - Developers

Well funded startup, focused on Education

http://www.myedu.com/join-our-team/#jobSoftwareEngineer

For what it's worth, this was common practice in tech in 1999. It's called Topgrading; it was started by Welch at GE. You can read all about it at http://www.amazon.com/Topgrading-Leading-Companies-Coaching-...
He has 20 years of executive leadership. Irrespective of what you think of the actual job activities or of a particular title, how can you possible color that "green"?
Re:Wicked Problems - Problems Worth Solving on Friday March 02, 2012 @01:34PM (#3657708)
Hi -

Arguably, all wicked problems ARE social and systemic problems, at least as defined by most respected literature on the topic. The terms have been a bit overused in popular business culture, applied to problems that, while complex, aren't part of interconnected and systemic humanitarian problems.

https://wickedproblems.com/1_wicked_problems.php has more on this; Rittel is perhaps the most significant source for this topic.

Re:Wicked Problems - Problems Worth Solving on Friday March 02, 2012 @01:31PM (#3657698)
The first chapter jumps right into the contents - https://wickedproblems.com/read.php - thanks :)
Re:Wicked Problems - Problems Worth Solving on Friday March 02, 2012 @01:28PM (#3657678)
Hi -

I turned autoplay off; that may make it less jarring. I also have an old-school approach to reading, but "the kids these days" seem to like the videos..

Thanks for the input. Jon

Wicked Problems - Problems Worth Solving

http://www.wickedproblems.com

Austin Center for Design today published a new book focused on the role of design in social entrepreneurship. Titled Wicked Problems: Problems Worth Solving, the book is presented as a handbook for teaching, learning, and doing meaningful disruptive design work. The book includes an introduction to wicked problems, describing some of the challenges and opportunities of design-led...

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