Pair up with a volunteer and work on a piece of programming work together
As a trainee, you will need to explain your thought process,plan out what to do, write the code and check it works
Volunteers will need to ask questions to check your understanding, provide guidance if you stuck, give honest and meaningful feedback
🧭 Guidance for volunteers
Don't take over! It's important trainees get used to figuring things out. Provide guidance and assistance but trainees need to struggle to overcome any obstacles with understanding and technical communication
Give honest feedback. Trainees can't develop if they don't receive honest feedback about their progress.
Ask questions. Sometimes asking a clarifying question can help learners discover errors and often promotes more thoughtful responses.
Encourage best practices. Reinforce good practices like reading error messages carefully sessions and checking documentation.
Why are we doing this?
Pair programming is an excellent way to develop programming and communication skills. It is often much easier to work through something when working on something 1 to 1. It is also helps our trainees to prepare for technical interviews when they'll need to code in front of other people.
Acceptance criteria
[ ] You have pair programmed on a piece of programming with a volunteer for at least one hour
Instructions
🧭 Guidance for volunteers
Why are we doing this?
Pair programming is an excellent way to develop programming and communication skills. It is often much easier to work through something when working on something 1 to 1. It is also helps our trainees to prepare for technical interviews when they'll need to code in front of other people.
Acceptance criteria