\"You'll probably never be angry at Ruby.\"
Michael Brodhead interviews 18-year-old Isaac Sanders, veteran intern of EdgeCase and Groupon about his Open Source projects, going to college and what inspired him to start programming.
Isaac on Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/isaacsanders Isaac's Website: http://isaacbfsanders.com/ Derick on Github: https://github.com/isaacsanders HTTParty: http://johnnunemaker.com/httparty/ Githubris: https://github.com/isaacsanders/githubris Emptying Your Cup: http://isaacbfsanders.com/blog/2012/05/07/emptying-your-cup-revisited/
Discussion
*0:30 All about Isaac * 3:30 Contributing to Rails, Ruby, JRuby and Rubinius * 7:20 Getting started with programming * 13:30 Githubris and other projects * 16:30 Linworth's alternative program
Links A Whole New Mind: Moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age: http://www.amazon.com/Whole-New-Mind-Information-Conceptual/dp/1573223085 Apprenticeship Patterns: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596518387.do Eloquent Ruby: http://www.amazon.com/Eloquent-Ruby-Addison-Wesley-Professional-Series/dp/0321584104 Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: http://pragprog.com/book/ahptl/pragmatic-thinking-and-learning Linworth Alternative Program: http://www.linworth.org/ Leandog: http://leandog.com/ EdgeCase: edgecase.com CodeMash: http://codemash.org/ Agile and Beyond: http://agileandbeyond.org/ RailsConf: http://railsconf2012.com/
