[School-of-data] What I learned from working on School of Data

[Tom Longley]

Yes, this is an excellent read Lucy - thank you putting it together. I think it is the sort of story that many people will enjoy and relate to.

I like the section on techies [1], which resonates a lot with me as an avid tweaker and spreadsheet cargo-culter (thanks to you-know-who-you-are on this list for helping me solve stuff in the past! - I’m still probably re-using your code). I’m always struck by how much someone who considers themselves “non-tech” can actually do with even small building blocks, tiny forward steps  in the tools they regularly use. One of the key things - and that’s reflected in your post - is the huge difference it makes having accomplished people around you who help rather than write you off when you screw stuff up.

Greatly looking forward to the next post.

t

[1] http://techtohuman.com/5_in_5_people/#techies


> On 12 Mar 2015, at 08:12, Heather Leson <heatherleson at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks Lucy!
> 
> I like to call people like us - hubs, bridges and matchmakers who help people navigate information in a human way.
> 
> Welcome to the blogging addicition. Keep it up.
> 
> heather
> 
> Heather Leson
> heatherleson at gmail.com
> Twitter: HeatherLeson
> Blog: textontechs.com
> 
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 5:34 PM, Anna Kuliberda <anna.kuliberda at gmail.com> wrote:
> Lucy,
> Thanks for this, it's great and really useful especially since I struggle with similar questions and issues all the time :)
> best wishes from Sarajevo!
> anna
> 
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 3:02 PM, Lucy Chambers <lucy at fedia.net> wrote:
> Hi there folks,
> 
> Looking at the list archives, I'm not sure that my "I'm moving on from
> School of Data"[1] message came through to the list so apologies if this
> comes out sequence.
> 
> I've had a lovely month off winding down from work and have had time to
> do some writing on what I learned working at Open Knowledge and
> particularly on School of Data. I'm sending it along in case it is of
> interest!
> 
> This first post is about people and is entitled: “Why I deleted the word
> ‘techie’ from my vocabulary” - http://techtohuman.com/5_in_5_people/
> 
> #longread warning.
> 
> There is a part which is particularly pertinent to School of Data, if
> you would like to jump straight to that:
> 
> http://techtohuman.com/5_in_5_people/#techies
> 
> Which focusses on the decision for the Open Knowledge School of Data
> team to focus on tech skills below a code ceiling, and whether that was
> a good idea, and whether a code ceiling even exists.
> 
> One of the next posts I want to write is on teaching, so I am keen for
> any feedback on whether the framing I use here makes sense to people, as
> I suspect the topic will rear its head again in the next post!
> 
> Thank you as ever,
> 
> Lucy
> 
> 
> 
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