(first (conj [:clojure-camp] :raf-dittwald :recia-roopnarine))

Lost in Lambduhhs

Show Notes:

🏕️ Join the Clojure Camp discord! https://discord.gg/V3ptswbabN

✈️ https://2024.clojure-conj.org/ - Snag your tickets soon!

🙏🏼 We’d like to give a special gratitude shoutout to the following folks:

• Ramkissoon and Jenny Roopnarine
• Alex Miller
• Daniel Glouser
• Geo Grigoryan - ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-KOJyoLWrg⁠
• All the fine folks at Clojurist’s Together

+ 🧟‍♂️ The OG clojure campers “zombietrainers/alphalearners”. We’re so proud of you!

• Wendy Randolph
• Recia Roopnarine
• Tommy Brumley
• Austin Meier aka KingBunz
• Niki aka _nixtwix

🤡 First ever “Clouncil” Episode - “The Best and Worst Ways to Learn Clojure” https://youtu.be/2WsEy1hl5kE

Summary

Origin stories, personal values, and surprising hobbies! Raf shares his journey from Kuwait to Canada and his passion for craftsmanship and pro-social behavior. Recia talks about her background in chemical engineering and thanks her parents for their sacrifice and hard work that inspired her top values of perseverance and compassion. Next thing ya know we’re discussing generational trauma and the potential benefits of suffering as a means of personal development (buddhism seems to be a theme this season huh?).

Surprisingly, Recia's hobbies include making yogurt and baking bread from scratch, while (not so surprisingly) Raf enjoys playing role-playing games and DnD.

Clojure Camp is a community-driven initiative that aims to help people learn and master the Clojure programming language. The founders, Jordan and Raf, along with one of their first learners now turned full time clojure dev Recia, share their personal experiences and motivations for getting involved. They discuss the evolution of Clojure Camp from a bi-weekly Zoom meeting to a more structured and supportive learning community on Discord. The founders emphasize the importance of accountability, emotional support, and shared learning in the learning process. They also highlight the positive impact Clojure Camp has had on their lives and the success stories of learners who have found programming jobs through the community. Tune in in two weeks for part II !

Keywords: origin stories, personal values, suffering, generational trauma, hobbies, craftsmanship, pro-social behavior, perseverance, compassion, yogurt making, bread baking, role-playing games, improv, Clojure Camp, community-driven, Clojure programming language, learning community, accountability, emotional support, shared learning, positive impact, programming jobs, buddhism, clojure conj

Timestamps

03:14 - Start podcast

11:30 - Exploring the Role of Suffering

22:40 - Personal Interests and Hobbies

27:11 - The Impact of Clojure Camp

34:41 - Leveraging Domain Expertise in Job Hunting

41:27 - Building Relationships with Companies

45:47 - The Clojure Conj & Supportive Clojure Community

50:31 - Outro / “Crab Canon Beats Part III” - Produced by L. Jordan Miller