Thank you for these suggestions, Paul. Especially the last bit about a working system. I'll look for an opportunity to do that.
I loved your conj talk. Incredible! On Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 6:04:42 AM UTC-7, Paul deGrandis wrote: > > I have had success here with a few approaches. > > For every company I work with that is new to Clojure, I provide them with > a "Quick Learn" document. The document is split into 5-7 days, and every > day they skim/read an article, poke around a resource (like ClojureDocs), > and watch a talk. Sometimes that "resource" item is an exercise or > something interactive. > > Your goal should never be to convince someone of Clojure - Clojure itself > is convincing enough. Instead motivate someone to want to learn more - get > them curious and self-driven to dive in wherever their interests lay. Get > them well adapted to the Clojure culture and the radical approach to > simplicity. Get them questioning their own practices and technologies. > Entice them with the functional approach to system creation. > > Leon mentioned my talk, which claims, "Clojure manages risk better than > any other technology" - > http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Clojure-powered-Startups > For well-established enterprise shops, I think my most recent Conj talk is > more convincing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNkYYYyfF48 > > Consider the following talks by Rich: > * Clojure, Made Simple - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSdnJDO-xdg > * Are we there yet? - > http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Are-We-There-Yet-Rich-Hickey > * Simple Made Easy - http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Simple-Made-Easy > > Nothing is more convincing than a working system. If it's possible, > illustrate the virtues of Clojure and its approach to problem solving by > "walking the walk" on a small scale, where the stakes and risks are low. > Build a tool, prototype an idea in half the time it would normally take, > show the power of Protocols within your own existing system, etc. > > Regards, > Paul > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
