Topic
Developer Education
My writing, talks, podcasts, and projects about Developer Education.
Selected work
Hamed Silatani — Co-Founder and CEO at Uptime Labs
Every pilot trains for engine failure, but most engineers face their first major incident unprepared — why communication, coordination, and decision-making need deliberate simulation practice.
DevOps Foundations Professional Certificate
edX Professional Certificate program covering DevOps fundamentals — CI/CD, infrastructure as code, monitoring, and culture.
African Leadership Group Acquires Coding School Holberton
African Leadership Group acquires Holberton School to expand access to software engineering education across Africa.
6 strategies for running more effective startup board meetings
Many founders see board meetings as a chore. Communicate between sessions, prepare two-deck formats, debrief employees — here's how to make them actually useful.
Four Reasons to Take Notes by Hand
Why handwriting notes improves retention, comprehension, and creative thinking compared to typing on a laptop.
Holberton Raises $20M as It Pivots to Become an EdTech SaaS Company
Holberton School raises $20 million and pivots from running schools directly to licensing its curriculum as a SaaS platform.
Life-Long Learning in the 4th Industrial Revolution
UNESCO International Youth Conference keynote on why education must shift from memorization to problem-solving, critical thinking, and collaboration.
An Education for the 4th Industrial Revolution
Talk at the Latin American Impact Investing Forum (FLII X) in Mérida, Mexico on how project-based, peer-driven education models prepare the next generation of engineers, representing Holberton School.
Holberton School, l'école qui forme les ingénieurs informatiques de demain
Comment Holberton School forme la prochaine génération d'ingénieurs informatiques avec une pédagogie innovante.
New Societies Require a New Skills-Oriented Pedagogy
Inter-American Development Bank talk on rethinking pedagogy to focus on skills over credentials in the modern economy.
Forget free college. The future of the US workforce depends on a higher education worth paying for
Why making college free misses the point — the real challenge is making education relevant, practical, and aligned with workforce needs.
Holberton Opens Its Software Engineering School in Medellín
Holberton School expands to Medellín, Colombia, bringing its peer-learning software engineering program to Latin America.
An Education for the 4th Industrial Revolution
How project-based, peer-driven education models are preparing the next generation of engineers for a rapidly changing world.
Transforming Education for the Next Generation of Software Engineers
DockerCon talk on how alternative education models are reshaping the pipeline of software engineering talent.
Docker in Education Panel
Panel discussion at DockerCon on how Docker and containerization are transforming education and developer training programs.
Show Me the Money: Is Lowering Costs in Higher Education an Economic Imperative?
ASU GSV Summit panel on the economics of higher education and whether cost reduction is essential for the future of workforce development.
Education Technology for the Future of the Workforce
Interview on Lab4U Talks about how education technology is shaping the future workforce and the role of alternative training models.
Improving Tech Education Doesn't Start With Tech
Why fixing technical education requires addressing systemic issues in access, pedagogy, and workforce alignment before adding more technology.
A Different Model for Developing Software Engineers
Nexus conference talk on peer-learning, project-based curricula, and why the traditional CS degree model needs disruption.
Holberton School Scales Training to Meet DevOps Demand
Interview with The New Stack on how Holberton School is scaling its training programs to meet growing DevOps and software engineering demand.
Holberton School Raises $8.2 Million
Holberton School closes an $8.2 million funding round to expand its peer-learning software engineering program.
Sylvain Kalache, Holberton School | DevNet Create 2018
Interview with SiliconANGLE theCUBE at Cisco DevNet Create 2018 on Holberton School's approach to developer education and training.
Apprenticeships could solve tech's diversity problem
How apprenticeship models borrowed from traditional trades could create more diverse, accessible pathways into the tech industry.
Education for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
A World Economic Forum podcast exploring how education systems must adapt to prepare workers for the fourth industrial revolution.
Higher Education Innovation Summit
Presenting at the U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Innovation Summit on rethinking how we prepare students for the tech workforce.
8 Predictions for the Future of Work
The World Economic Forum outlines eight predictions for how work, education, and skills will evolve in the coming decades.
Silicon Valley sucks at training software engineers — and why it matters
The Bay Area leads the world in software but has failed to build scalable, accessible pipelines for the next generation of engineers.
Holberton Gets Backing From More Industry Executives as It Looks to Scale
Holberton School secures new investment from tech industry leaders as it expands its software engineering education model.
Filling Amazon's 50,000 jobs means finding new ways to train software engineers in the U.S.
Amazon's massive hiring push highlights the shortage of trained software engineers and the need for alternative education pathways.
Improving tech education doesn't start with tech
Why fixing technical education requires addressing systemic issues in access, pedagogy, and workforce alignment before adding more technology.
Help wanted: Americans don't need more degrees, they need training
College degrees are an expensive, slow path to employment. The case for competency-based, project-driven technical education that scales.
Dev bootcamp shuttering shows challenges of teaching coal miners to code
The closure of Dev Bootcamp exposes the gap between coding bootcamp hype and the reality of building sustainable technical education at scale.
Dev Bootcamp Shuttering Shows Challenges of Teaching Coal Miners to Code
The closure of Dev Bootcamp exposes the gap between coding bootcamp hype and the reality of building sustainable technical education.
Holberton, a Two-Year Tech School, Emphasizes Diversity
How Holberton School's two-year software engineering program is building a more diverse pipeline of tech talent.
Dear President Trump: Those jobs aren't coming back — and why would we want them to?
Automation is reshaping the workforce. Instead of bringing back old jobs, the focus should be on training workers for the jobs of the future.
The School That Teaches Full Stack Engineering, for Free
Interview with TFiR on Holberton School's tuition-free model for teaching full stack engineering and its approach to project-based learning.
What do Ubuntu and NE-YO have in common? A Coding Summer Camp!
How a coding summer camp brought together Ubuntu, Grammy-winning artist NE-YO, and aspiring young engineers.
Pathways to Youth Employment — Apprenticeships and Work-based Training
Speaker at the Global Apprenticeships Network (GAN) conference in Johannesburg on apprenticeship models and work-based training as a path to youth employment, representing Holberton School.
Les métiers de la French Touch, atouts pour passer les frontières
Comment les compétences estampillées « qualité française » aident les professionnels tech à s'exporter à l'international.
New-Age School Raises $2.3 Million to Train Techies
Holberton School raises $2.3 million to scale its alternative approach to training software engineers in San Francisco.
Sylvain Kalache Co-Founder of Holberton School on Business Rockstars
Interview on Business Rockstars discussing the founding of Holberton School and the mission to reinvent software engineering education.
Why education should become more like artificial intelligence
The case for applying AI-driven personalization to education — adaptive learning paths, competency-based assessment, and project-driven curricula.
Is It Time to Kill the Whiteboard Interview?
Why whiteboard interviews fail to assess real engineering skills and what alternative approaches companies should consider.
This School Wants to Change How We Train the Next Generation of Tech Workers
A look at how Holberton School is rethinking tech education with project-based learning and no traditional lectures.
Next Generation of Software Engineers Need Training, Not Retraining
The tech industry needs to invest in training new engineers from the ground up rather than constantly retraining existing workers.
International Botathon Finalists Selected to Present at MobileBeat 2016
Finalists from the international botathon competition are selected to showcase their work at VentureBeat's MobileBeat 2016 conference.
DevOps Students Learn the Value of Uptime With 3 a.m. Calls
Teaching DevOps through real-world on-call rotations — how students learn the value of monitoring, alerting, and system reliability the hard way.
Schools Are Recording Students' Results on the Blockchain
How blockchain technology is being used to create tamper-proof, verifiable academic records for students.
Des Frenchies lancent une école dans la Silicon Valley
Des entrepreneurs français fondent une école d'ingénieurs d'un nouveau genre au cœur de la Silicon Valley.