We are a small team of 15 people with varying years of experience in the industry in different technologies. Some are 15-20 years experienced and some are on their first job.
The program is fully supported by the company, so the cost of books is reimbursed. The books are chosen by the team via voting. So far, we have finished close to 4-5 books.
When we talk about effectiveness, most of the team attend regularly, but number of people who share each week varies. Most often the cause for this was due to the nature of the book/chapter. As I explained in the discussion, People who aren't familiar or actively writing OOP programming finds it harder to read and share about the concepts.
We encourage everyone to participate, but it's not mandatory. The idea of the program is to provide a platform where the team can improve their skillset/development practices, but it's up the individual to take advantage of it.
So far from what I have seen, most of the team have taken advantage of the program. And as a result of it, we do see several fruitful discussions happening about the development practices in the team.
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Does the program at your work seem to be effective? Does everyone have their own book, and does everyone share every week?
Hi Johnny,
We are a small team of 15 people with varying years of experience in the industry in different technologies. Some are 15-20 years experienced and some are on their first job.
The program is fully supported by the company, so the cost of books is reimbursed. The books are chosen by the team via voting. So far, we have finished close to 4-5 books.
When we talk about effectiveness, most of the team attend regularly, but number of people who share each week varies. Most often the cause for this was due to the nature of the book/chapter. As I explained in the discussion, People who aren't familiar or actively writing OOP programming finds it harder to read and share about the concepts.
We encourage everyone to participate, but it's not mandatory. The idea of the program is to provide a platform where the team can improve their skillset/development practices, but it's up the individual to take advantage of it.
So far from what I have seen, most of the team have taken advantage of the program. And as a result of it, we do see several fruitful discussions happening about the development practices in the team.