Developer Education and Mentoring | w/ Shant Dashjian

Interview Questions

• From your LinkedIn I noticed that you have a Master’s Degree in Computer Science
  • Can you tell us about your path into tech and how you ended up working at Scrimba rather than a traditional school (ie college, university)?
  • What are your thoughts on online education versus traditional education?
• Having tech credentials and knowhow can open a lot of doors for a person as tech is a very vast field.
  • What drew you to developer education specifically, compared to more traditional software development roles? How long have you been in developer education?
  • Would you teach anything else other than tech?
  • Do you ever have the desire to start your own dev agency or work as a developer at a specific company (ie Microsoft)?
• Scrimba is one of many ways that a developer can get an education
  • What makes Scrimba stand out from other platforms like YouTube tutorials, bootcamps, or traditional schools?
  • How much does the “interactive media player code editor” benefit students in their learning?
• There’s a lot of relevant coding languages out there that need teachers for newbies
  • How do you choose what you’re going to teach next?
  • Do you have to master your chosen language before teaching it? How long do you spend learning something before you teach it?
  • How do you balance teaching fundamentals (ie vanilla JavaScript) versus teaching frameworks that might change every few years? Do you have to update courses frequently?

Shant’s Links - Take the Floor

• https://shantdashjian.com/
• Mentoring Site - procodingmentor.com
• Scrimba & Scrimba Newsletter (on LinkedIn called “Hello World”)

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