IDEA: CodeBuddies Connect (weekly ask) #876

lpatmo · 2018-05-16T07:37:33Z

Many awesome people join and introduce themselves in the #introduce-yourself channel, but it can still be hard to dive into the community on Slack, and shy people sometimes hesitate to ask for help. Connection requests and messages frequently get lost because of the ephemeral nature of chat.

PROPOSAL:

Every week, ask the question "What are you looking for this week?" in a community-wide notification.

Participants can choose from a number of options, and will be presented with follow-up suggestions or questions which they must respond to.

After they submit the form, they'll be able to see a board of responses organized by option category, and comment on the responses if they'd like to follow up. (Think: Trello board where each card is a response, and can be commented on)

(In addition, we can also experiment with "matching" people who've demonstrated similar interests this week with each other, either manually by connecting people via email or -- later -- via an algorithm.)

A draft of options:

What are you looking for this week?

[ ] Algorithms coding practice w/ a pair programming partner

What language(s) do you want to use? _____
What timezone are you in? _____
When are you generally free this week? _____

[ ] An interviewing practice partner

What resource are you using? _____
What timezone are you in? _____
When are you generally free this week? _____

[ ] Motivation to finish (or continue working on) a tutorial or MOOC

Please link to the course or tutorial you are working on _____
Are you interested in jumping into a hangout with others who are working through the same course? (Yes / No)
- Yes, a silent hangout
  - What timezone are you in? _____
  - When are you generally free this week? _____
- Yes, a collaborative hangout (discuss out loud)
  - What timezone are you in? _____
  - When are you generally free this week? _____
- No, but I would like to lurk in a study group created for this course
Would you be willing to start a study group for this course/tutorial, if it doesn't already exist?
- Yes
  - Thanks for stepping up! You can create it here: codebuddies.org/study-groups. Please link it here after you've done so: __________
- No, I'd rather someone else start a group

[ ] Feedback on a personal project

Please link to the personal project you are working on _____
What technologies does it use? _____
Is there any particular feedback you are looking for? _____

[ ] Contributors to an open-sourced personal project

Please link to the open-sourced project that is open to contributors _____
What technologies does it use? _____
What do you need help with? _____
Would you be willing to schedule a hangout to walk new contributors through the codebase? (Yes/No)
Would you be willing to schedule a hangout to work on the project in real-time, and let participants jump in to help -- or at a minimum, observe? (Yes/No)

[ ] An open-sourced project to contribute to

What technologies are you interested in contributing to? _____

[ ] Coding help

What is the problem you're trying to solve? _____
What have you tried so far? (Please link to a code sample if possible.) _____
Are you looking for live help in a hangout where you’d be screensharing? (Yes/No)
- No
  - Please ask your question and share what you've tried in a relevant channel on Slack
- Yes
  - What timezone are you in? _____
  - When are you generally available this week? _____

[ ] An accountability partner

What are you looking for in an accountability partner? _____
Are you looking for silent focus/silent study motivation? (Yes/No)
- Yes
  - Join our global silent productivity hangout here: codebuddies.org/coworking

[ ] Career advice

What is your question? _____

[ ] I want to practice teaching something, or practice a talk

What do you want to teach or give a talk on? _____
What timezone are you in? _____
When are you generally available this week? _____
(People who're interested can comment. Then the OP will schedule a teaching hangout on the site.)

[ ] I want to help mentor someone on Slack

Note to mentors: (content below drafted by @sergeant-q)

1 - Set expectations and goals with your mentee  (how often are you meeting and what does the mentee want to learn?)
2 - Show them _how_ to do something and not do it for them
3 - Encourage them to constantly be learning (google is your best friend)
4 - Hold your mentee accountable for any follow up assignments and showing up! (remember, you are volunteering your time for free!)
5 - Do more listening
6 - Remember. Your role is to _guide_ not necessarily _teach_ (though you will be doing some of that)

What can you help with? _____

[ ] I want to help mentor someone in a 1-hour hangout

What can you help with? _____
What timezone are you in? _____
When are you generally available this week? _____

[ ] I want a mentor this week on Slack

What do you want help with? _____

[ ] I want a mentor who can meet with me in a 1-hour hangout

What do you want help with? _____
What timezone are you in? _____
When are you generally available this week? _____

FEEDBACK WELCOME ON:

Is the list of options above too many? If so, how would you cut it down?
Do you have suggestions for other options I haven't thought of?

Let's prototype this idea using a Google Form/Spreadsheet this week before building it out onto the site.

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lpatmo · 2018-05-16T08:00:11Z

Here is the full list of options, for easier readability:

What are you looking for this week?

[ ] Algorithms coding practice w/ a pair programming partner
[ ] An interviewing practice partner
[ ] Motivation to finish (or continue working on) a tutorial or MOOC
[ ] Feedback on a personal project
[ ] Contributors to an open-sourced personal project
[ ] An open-sourced project to contribute to
[ ] Coding help
[ ] An accountability partner
[ ] Career advice
[ ] I want to practice teaching something, or practice a talk
[ ] I want to help mentor someone on Slack
[ ] I want to help mentor someone in a 1-hour hangout
[ ] I want a mentor this week on Slack
[ ] I want a mentor who can meet with me in a 1-hour hangout

Maybe we can cut this down?

Also, maybe for the very first iteration of this experiment, we can skip the interactive follow-up questions and just have a general description box asking people to elaborate on the option they've selected.

adachiu · 2018-05-17T16:08:09Z

We can keep it short by using the funnel technique by giving a few broad answer options which funnel down to detailed options.

Perhaps something like the following. We could further funnel down the list, but so far I've just rearranged your original list @lpatmo

[ ] HELP

[ ] Coding help
[ ] Career advice
[ ] I want a mentor who can meet with me in a 1-hour hangout
[ ] Contributors to an open-sourced personal project

[ ] PARTNER

[ ] Algorithms coding practice w/ a pair programming partner
[ ] An interviewing practice partner
[ ] Motivation to finish (or continue working on) a tutorial or MOOC
[ ] An accountability partner
[ ] An open-sourced project to contribute to

[ ] FEEDBACK

[ ] Feedback on a personal project

[ ] TEACH

[ ] I want to practice teaching something, or practice a talk
[ ] I want to help mentor someone on Slack
[ ] I want to help mentor someone in a 1-hour hangout
[ ] I want a mentor this week on Slack

lpatmo · 2018-05-21T07:08:14Z

Making the interactive interface on Google Forms was slightly complicated, but here it is! :)

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc-VEOq2v8Y5jXUXtByhiKunOBKfuJIgec0yP_WI37f1MqC9w/viewform

Feedback welcome, thanks! Also feel free to fill it out as if you were doing it for real...

lpatmo · 2018-06-09T06:56:17Z

Revamped the questions based on the responses so far (here is a public spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/4/d/1iVMwyMv9hEVlZWdfXOh4B9XSmDZ_QW5PCF3bQKfFMXA/edit#gid=0)

What are you looking for this week?

A coding or accountability partner

Algorithms coding practice (pair programming)
-> What timezone are you in?
-> When are you generally available this week?
-> How many hour(s) do you want to spend on algorithms practice?
-> (Optional) Please link to any examples of problems you'd want to solve with a coding partner!
Interview practice
-> What timezone are you in?
-> When are you generally available this week?
-> How many hour(s) do you want to spend on algorithms practice?
-> (Optional) Please link to any examples of problems you'd want to solve with a coding partner!
Motivation to finish (or continue working on) a tutorial or a MOOC
-> Please link to the tutorial or MOOC you are working on. *
-> How far into it are you? Or have you not begun yet?
-> How many hour(s) do you plan to spend on it this week?
-> What timezone are you in?
An accountability partner I can check in with
-> What is a goal you're working on this week that you want to be held accountable on? *

Collaboration on an open-sourced project

I'd like to work on an open-sourced project with some collaborators
-> What coding language(s) or framework(s) are you interested in?
-> What sort of contribution do you hope to make?
I'm looking for contributors to my open-sourced project
-> Please link to a Github repo of your project. *
-> What technologies do you use?
-> What types of contributions are you looking for?

Mentorship, project feedback, or advice

I'd like some feedback on a code project or blog post
I am looking for career advice
I am looking for a mentor who can meet with me in a 1-hour hangout
I am looking for a mentor who can give me feedback on Slack

OR:

I want to teach or mentor

I want to practice teaching something, or practice giving a talk
I want to mentor someone on Slack
I can spare one hour this week to mentor someone in a hangout

LAST QUESTION THAT ALSO IS THE DEFAULT IN PROFILE:

What skill(s) can you help others with?
What skill(s) do you want to improve?
One-line intro of yourself

lpatmo · 2018-06-09T07:46:35Z

I'm going to pretend this is a sorting hat quiz:

lpatmo · 2018-06-09T08:19:53Z

Design feedback welcome.

d3vild06 · 2018-06-23T04:56:58Z

@lpatmo the design mock-ups look great. I'd love to see what happens next? I'm trying to visualize these "trello" like cards and what comes of those cards/responses?

If the goal is to match folks, I think we should really flush out this feature. Sounds very promising in my opinion.

billglover · 2019-03-01T15:15:38Z

This is current assigned to @sebbel, should this be moved to @lpatmo now?

ideaguy3d · 2019-07-14T21:15:20Z

How far along is this? Where can I go to check out the code? I'd be willing to spend about 10 hours a week solving this problem. I've successfully built something like this at my job before.

lpatmo · 2019-07-15T05:08:30Z

@ideaguy3d Thanks for your interest! We've got some code here: https://github.com/codebuddies/cb-connect. Please join our Discord's #cb-connect channel at https://discord.gg/yvtBmEW.

I'm happy to do a code walkthrough with you sometime next weekend, if you're interested. Feel free to ask any questions on the Discord channel.

adachiu · 2019-07-18T07:36:42Z

@lpatmo Maybe we could make the page more engaging. I was playing with a CB "Connect" logo and also a potential new look for the page. I have some more ideas to mock up for the different states. More to come next week.

ideaguy3d · 2019-07-18T17:43:35Z

@lpatmo yeah we can spend an hour or so this weekend on it. I would also be more useful if I could create a separate web service to build this because I'd want to do some heavy duty SQL coding.

@adachiu It looks pretty, but the interaction design is far more useful than the visual design with something this complex. I can see the UI view's going into so many branches and sub branches

lpatmo · 2019-07-19T01:57:50Z

@julius We might explore a relational DB stack with CodeBuddies V3, but this project is meant to be a quick MVP so we can connect people. It's missing a key feature (letting people submit more than one entry) but is close to being done. @ada Love the icons, and I like that you've organized the entry points so that it's 4 instead of 6. Do you have thoughts on the rest of the signup flow? Have you seen connect.codebuddies.org? It's the current UI.

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On Thu, Jul 18, 2019, 10:43 AM Julius Alvarado ***@***.***> wrote: @lpatmo <https://github.com/lpatmo> yeah we can spend an hour or so this weekend on it. I would also be more useful if I could create a separate web service to build this because I'd want to do some heavy duty SQL coding. @adachiu <https://github.com/adachiu> It looks pretty, but the interaction design is far more useful than the visual design with something this complex. I can see the UI view's going into so many branches and sub branches — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#876?email_source=notifications&email_token=ABCNXO666RKDQSCTTG2D6JLQACTUTA5CNFSM4FADFNL2YY3PNVWWK3TUL52HS4DFVREXG43VMVBW63LNMVXHJKTDN5WW2ZLOORPWSZGOD2JIAFA#issuecomment-512917524>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABCNXO3S3GD4BTWHKLRINJ3QACTUTANCNFSM4FADFNLQ> .

adachiu · 2019-07-19T02:06:00Z

@lpatmo Yes, I am basing the rest of the flow I'm doing with the current website content. I will post more progress today.

@ideaguy3d I'm working on the ux of the user flow for this.

lpatmo · 2019-07-19T02:10:30Z

@ideaguy3d There won't be a lot of opportunity for SQL for this project, sorry. :( If you're still interested, let's figure out a time to pair on Discord!

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On Thu, Jul 18, 2019, 7:06 PM Ada Chiu ***@***.***> wrote: @lpatmo <https://github.com/lpatmo> Yes, I am basing the rest of the flow I'm doing with the current website content. I will post more progress today. @ideaguy3d <https://github.com/ideaguy3d> I'm working on the ux of the user flow for this. — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#876?email_source=notifications&email_token=ABCNXOYVRZ2G57N5DG4WLJDQAEOQVA5CNFSM4FADFNL2YY3PNVWWK3TUL52HS4DFVREXG43VMVBW63LNMVXHJKTDN5WW2ZLOORPWSZGOD2KK7GQ#issuecomment-513060762>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABCNXO7GTJSITEGGDRJDKGTQAEOQVANCNFSM4FADFNLQ> .

adachiu · 2019-07-19T03:47:51Z

I updated the layout of the cards so that it is vertical. This would give us space to have a horizontal expansion of the form.

Sketch Cloud Link: https://sketch.cloud/s/PKPgL

I'm working on how it would look like for the other expanded form options.

distalx · 2019-07-19T04:02:00Z

@adachiu, it looks fantastic.

adachiu · 2019-07-19T06:22:51Z

(Copy and Paste from my Slack comment so we can save the thought here)

Perhaps we can add the breadcrumbs that I mentioned earlier. What if we break it down like this:

First form section is all about the User

Name 2) Intro 3) My skill(s)

Second form section is all about what the User wants to do

I’m looking for 2) What skill(s) I want to improve

Third form section is contact information

Email 2) Time Zone

lpatmo · 2019-07-19T07:01:39Z

What the matching dashboard currently looks like:

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Redesign: Home Page V3 #880

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PROPOSAL:

A draft of options:

What are you looking for this week?

[ ] Algorithms coding practice w/ a pair programming partner

[ ] An interviewing practice partner

[ ] Motivation to finish (or continue working on) a tutorial or MOOC

[ ] Feedback on a personal project

[ ] Contributors to an open-sourced personal project

[ ] An open-sourced project to contribute to

[ ] Coding help

[ ] An accountability partner

[ ] Career advice

[ ] I want to practice teaching something, or practice a talk

[ ] I want to help mentor someone on Slack

[ ] I want to help mentor someone in a 1-hour hangout

[ ] I want a mentor this week on Slack

[ ] I want a mentor who can meet with me in a 1-hour hangout

FEEDBACK WELCOME ON:

lpatmo commented May 16, 2018

What are you looking for this week?

adachiu commented May 17, 2018

[ ] HELP

[ ] PARTNER

[ ] FEEDBACK

[ ] TEACH

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What are you looking for this week?

A coding or accountability partner

Collaboration on an open-sourced project

Mentorship, project feedback, or advice

I want to teach or mentor

LAST QUESTION THAT ALSO IS THE DEFAULT IN PROFILE:

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