Having Trouble Hiring Tech Talent? Apprenticeships - The Future in Tech
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Building and Growing an Apprenticeship Program
The tech talent shortage often discussed these days is very real. Experienced web developers, mobile app developers, web/mobile designers, and UX designers are in short supply and in high demand. If you’re the owner or talent manager of a business, then this topic should be on the tip of your tongue, and perhaps it’s time to put an Apprenticeship program in place.
When it came time to grow Obtiva in 2007, it was clear to Dave Hoover that they needed a two-pronged approach: They would hire the best people they could afford, and they would ‘grow’ great developers through an apprenticeship program. In this talk, Dave will step through the evolution of this apprenticeship program, its progression from a team of 5, then to a consultancy of 50, then to an engineering department of 500.
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Dave Hoover (http://www.linkedin.com/in/redsquirrel) enjoys developing software developers while developing software. One of his life goals is to decentralize education. He writes about technology, learning, and apprenticeship. He helped grow Obtiva (http://obtiva.com/), Mad Mimi (https://madmimi.com/), and Groupon (http://www.groupon.com/). In 2011, he got involved in Starter League (http://www.starterleague.com/) and helped Mobile Makers (http://mobilemakers.co/) get started in 2012. In April 2013, Dave is launching Dev Bootcamp (http://devbootcamp.com) in Chicago's River North.
Dave has published a book on apprenticeships, called "Apprenticeship Patterns: Guidance for the Aspiring Software Craftsman (http://www.amazon.com/Apprenticeship-Patterns-Guidance-Aspiring-Craftsman/dp/0596518382)."
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