About us

Coaches are curious

We know technology changes constantly, we embrace change and we always keep learning. Learning is a never-ending process.

Coaches provide alternatives to help students make informed decisions

Coaches explain why we use a given stack and which problem(s) it solves, and we should also explain alternative choices. This way, trainees can make their own informed decisions about what stack to use.

Coaches guide students

Everyone learns differently. We shouldn’t tell students what they can do or what they can’t do. We make recommendations, and we explain the rationale behind our recommendations, then trainees choose. We should try to balance the amount of freedom.

Coaches are professional developers

Bring your experience to the classroom. We try to explain things in the classroom using real-world examples we’ve worked on. Expressions like “in my experience” are very helpful.

Coaches are honest and humble

Coaches don’t have to know everything. It’s better to say “I don’t have any experience on that”, than trying to pretend you know. We also learn from students, and students appreciate when coaches say things like “thanks for sharing, I didn’t know”.

Teaching is not simple

Building real-world software is not a simple problem. Normally what a developer should do or not do depends on the case. Sometimes students want a simple answer: “what should I do, A or B?”. The answer in many cases is “it depends”. Our job is to make sure we understand trainees’ problems, and they understand the pros & cons of each approach we might recommend depending on the case.

Coaches are proactive and self-managed

Coaches don’t join to be told what to do. Coaches communicate, have initiative, and collaborate for the common good of the group.

Coaches are generous

We share and help others. Helping is not a transactional event. Being able to help has nothing to do with status, experience or knowledge. Being able to help has to do with being willing to help. We can learn from anyone, everyone has something to teach.

We respect each other

Treat people as you would like them to treat you. If you mentor another coach, you expect the other coach to appreciate and get the most of your time and effort and to replicate at least the same amount of effort. We don’t mentor another coach over and over again if we don’t see enough effort and dedication on the other end. If someone mentors you, you should also mentor.

Coaches pursue excellence

We believe being excellent has nothing to do with not making mistakes. Being excellent means working hard to do things right, and to learn from our mistakes so we do our best to not make them again.

Our community is open

We are not an exclusive VIP group, meaning we are inclusive. We welcome new coaches and people to our community. The only barrier to entry is motivation and attitude, those who work with us as coaches will be proactive people that want to help others.