Thursday, January 13, 2011

Training Day 4


Today the last of our TWU students arrived, and the group spent some more time performing introductions. We had several sessions, including one on open source and being aware of legal issues. (We are encouraged to contribute to open source projects.)

Some more exotic ThoughtWorks history includes the tale of the ThoughtWorks RV, which sounds absolutely delightful but I understand that the coolness of it didn't make up for the lack of demand.

Future TWUers: the Royal Orchid serves delicious food. You will become spoiled. :) Also, their other facilites are convenient and well stocked, which you will probably be very grateful for at some or several points.

There is a small grocery store in H block which has a pharmacy in the back. I highly recommend the snacks they sell, as well as their selection of mosquito repellant products and their q-tips.

There was a live demo today about pair programming- specifically, how not to do it. It was hilarious and a very effective learning tool.

Future TWUers: do not underestimate the amount of preparation you should put into the history session.