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What will help grow Charlotte's junior Ruby community the most?

From @binarymason on March 9, 2017 13:40

The purpose of this issue is to clarify on what the most impactful application of effort would be to grow the junior Charlotte ruby community (to become more employable).

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What that purpose in my mind, there a few obvious questions that come to mind.

1. What are the things that the growing junior ruby community in Charlotte needs?
2. Out of those things, what need would be most helpful if addressed?
3. How can we most effectively address that need?
4. What things should we consider to make things sustainable in order to avoid burnout?
5. What would be the most effective time/place for a meetup?

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Here's my initial stab at the questions above:

1. What are the things that the growing junior ruby community in Charlotte needs?

Fun, Mentorship, Sense of Community, Resources, Jobs, Continuing Education

2. Out of those things, what need would be most helpful if addressed?

I think the most impactful things would be in this order: Mentorship, Fun, Jobs

3. How can we most effectively address that need?

• Having a regular meetup with regular problems to solve. Challenges are a must. Maybe have a mixture of live demos and/or pair programming.

• Grow reputation and network to have a pulse on jobs; become a place recruiters go to for ruby candidates; be able to give recommendations to potential employers.

4. What things should we consider to make things sustainable in order to avoid burnout?

• Frequency of meetups
• Keeping regular content/challenges going

5. What would be the most effective time/place for a meetup?

I think Skookum would keep things consistent. With a once a month meetup already going, I think we could do an additional two meetups a month at the exact same time 7-9. With real world projects, I tend to think every week would be better, but I'm concerned about burnout.

Copied from original issue: rollyourownruby/rollyourownruby#1