Announcing the Software Apprenticeship Podcast
In the summer of 2004 I did an apprenticeship of sorts at a place called Object Mentor. At the time “Uncle” Bob Martin and his son Micah Martin were in leadership positions at the company and I somehow convinced them to let me work for free over the summer in exchange for teaching me software development. It wasn’t a very structured program, nothing like what Micah would later put together for 8th Light , but I was a pretty motivated learner. I also had the advantage of coming from a teaching background so I knew how to learn. All this has been covered in daily detail, if you'd like to read more. After ten years of software experience I’m becoming a mentor to an apprentice and documenting the experience via podcast. Backstop Solutions has graciously allowed me to pay our apprentice (the same rate we pay interns) as he is doing real work on a daily basis in addition to outside learning experiences. From 9-5 he will be working on production code with 100% supe...