Интервью с Гошей
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lauerzНу и вот заключительное интервью из нашей короткой серии интервью с подростками-инструкторами Питона. Наташа взяла это интервью у Гоши, большое ей за это спасибо. Вы знаете, я Гошу никогда не видела, только по зуму. Но мне кажется, что я знаю его сто лет, причём лично. Впервые я услышала про Гошу осенью 2017 года, потому что его мама нашла меня на дриме и спросила – это ваш ребёнок преподавал Питон в Маусленде? (А Верик как известно действительно преподавал Питон в Маусленде в возрасте 12 лет, причём сам, по собственной инициативе, я к этому решению не имела никакого отношения). Так мы познакомились с Люсей, взаимно зафрендились и я стала читать Люсин лытдыбр и в нём стала читать про Гошу. Гоше в это время было 12 лет и уже тогда было понятно, что он гений. Но особенно близко я познакомилась с Гошей летом 2019 года. Тем летом я искала стажировку для девушки А., писала об этом посты в фейсбуке, в фейсбук стали приходить разные люди это прокомментировать и пришла Люся, и сказала, что хорошо бы тоже найти стажировку Гоше. Я сказала, что хочу помочь, и запросила Гошино резюме. Как только я прочла Гошино резюме, я позвонила Аркадию Мушегяну и Гоша получил стажировку с Аркадием и с Ириной Сорокиной, в ходе которого они решали биологическую задачу, которая требовала программирования, и Гоша как раз отвечал за программирование. То есть уже летом 2019 года я совершенно точно знала, что Гоша хорошо программирует и эта информация лежала в моей голове тихо, пока не наступил июнь 2020 года, и я не стала думать про Питоновый клуб. Когда я стала рыться в своей памяти на тему кто бы мне мог помочь с преподаванием в Питоновом клубе, я нашла там только одного очевидного кандидата, и этот кандидат был Гоша. Я спросила его маму, и она сказала: Нет, он занят, но я у него на всякий случай спрошу. И она спросила Гошу на всякий случай, и Гоша сказал: Да. Так начался Питоновый клуб.
Всё, что мы хотели: демонстрационные уроки, предварительные обсуждения программы, peer review, домашки, их проверка и обратная связь для учащихся, использование Google classroom, всё обкатывалось в первый раз тогда, в июле-августе 2020 года. Гоша был единственный инструктор-подросток, и я тогда ещё понятия не имела, что через год у нас будет тридцать подростков-инструкторов. В учебном году Гоша учился и работал на полставки программистом, для Питонового клуба он мог работать как Curriculum coordinator и помогать с сайтом. И вот теперь, в июле 2021, Гоша опять будет преподавать, на этот раз Python 3 на английском языке и опять по выходным (ну, по будним дням он работает на взрослой работе программистом и не может у нас преподавать). Так что если вы хотите изучить Python 3, ещё не поздно записаться, начало занятий 10 июля, в субботу. Записаться можно здесь: https://www.thepythonclub.com/book-online
Q: How old are you and where do you live?
A: I am 16 years old and I live in Arlington, Massachusetts.
Q: You have been programming for 9 years, is it true?
A: It sounds about right, I started with Scratch when I was 7 years old.
Q: Wow, I cannot imagine a 7 year old writing a code, what made you interested to continue programming?
A: I really like it because it is like solving a puzzle. When your program works, it is almost like magic, especially when it does something you can do or it does something better than you can do it. I enjoy that and it gives me a great sense of satisfaction.
Q: You have been programming for 9 years and hold a part-time programming job, tell me a little bit more about that.
A: Actually, in the summer it’s a full-time programming job, last summer I also had a full-time programming job. It’s in Java, I code a better API for modeling software.
Q: What type of product is it?
A: It’s systems modeling software which works with systems modeling languages like UML (unified modeling language) and SysML. It has a really rough application interface which is hard to use. Our team works on improving the application interface which will be more convenient to use.
Q: That’s great! With so much experience in coding and spending a lot of time doing that, do you think coding will be a big part of your professional life?
A: Yes, it is most likely. When I go to college, I plan to major in computer science. This is really fun! In addition to coding I love mathematics and physics as well. It is not the only option I can see but when I grow up I always hoped to be a Computer Science teacher at school.
Q: You were the first teen instructor in the Python Club in the summer of 2020. What brought you to become an instructor in the Python Club?
A: Last summer my mom told me about the Python Club looking for instructors but she thought I won’t have time for that because I held a full-time job. But I really love teaching, so I figured out that I could do that over the weekends. And I just love teaching, it is a lot of fun, I enjoy it!
Q: Tell me about the work on the Python Club website.
A: We tried to organize it in the most logical way for easy use. We got the registration system to work and it should be up and running seamlessly now.
Q: It’s great! I think it is very helpful for those who sign up to learn programming. What do you think?
A: Yes, the Python Club is growing at an enormous rate right now. They started out last summer with three classes and three teachers in the US and Israel. Now we have students and teachers from 12 different countries and ten times more instructors we had a year ago! It is amazing how fast it is growing!
Q: It is amazing! What other programming languages do you use, and why do you like them?
A: A few years ago, I would have said that I like Python the most for sure, but now I like different programming languages for different things. Python is extremely flexible and allows you to do a lot of cool things. At the same time this flexibility may have some drawbacks by not enforcing rigidity. Java and some other programming languages got more rigidity. I think all programming languages have their own strengths and weaknesses. For example, in C one can do some stuff which is harder to do in other languages like Python or Java and vice versa. Python allows you to do some things really neatly and elegantly which other languages don’t. It's a really fun programming language but there is more than this in the world of coding. It really depends on what you are doing and how you want to do the project.
Q: It makes sense. What about school? You have taken 6 AP subjects during 2020-2021, what subjects are your favorite?
A: I took AP Computer Science, AP Biology, AP Physics mechanics through my school, self-studied for AP Physics E and M and took two university classes in economics and linear algebra which did not have AP exams but are AP weighted at my school.
Q: Wow! It’s a lot to juggle: 6 AP classes, part-time job, teaching and other responsibilities. How did you manage that?
A: It was a tough year but I made it (smiling)!
Q: I guess you don’t have much free time but I will still ask you. If you have free time, what do you like to do in your free time?
A: I really love reading and programming, I have a bunch of programming projects for fun. I like reading science fiction and fantasy.
Q: You love programming in your free time and you work as a programmer, it’s a dream job and dream life combination!
A: Exactly!
Q: What are your plans for college?
A: My dream college would be MIT. I am a sophomore going into junior year, I work really hard and do everything I can towards this dream. I want to major in computer science but I think it would also be fun to combine physics and computer science or mathematics and computer science. I am open to possibilities.
Q: I wish you the best of luck and I think you will be a great fit for MIT!
A: Thank you!
Всё, что мы хотели: демонстрационные уроки, предварительные обсуждения программы, peer review, домашки, их проверка и обратная связь для учащихся, использование Google classroom, всё обкатывалось в первый раз тогда, в июле-августе 2020 года. Гоша был единственный инструктор-подросток, и я тогда ещё понятия не имела, что через год у нас будет тридцать подростков-инструкторов. В учебном году Гоша учился и работал на полставки программистом, для Питонового клуба он мог работать как Curriculum coordinator и помогать с сайтом. И вот теперь, в июле 2021, Гоша опять будет преподавать, на этот раз Python 3 на английском языке и опять по выходным (ну, по будним дням он работает на взрослой работе программистом и не может у нас преподавать). Так что если вы хотите изучить Python 3, ещё не поздно записаться, начало занятий 10 июля, в субботу. Записаться можно здесь: https://www.thepythonclub.com/book-online
Q: How old are you and where do you live?
A: I am 16 years old and I live in Arlington, Massachusetts.
Q: You have been programming for 9 years, is it true?
A: It sounds about right, I started with Scratch when I was 7 years old.
Q: Wow, I cannot imagine a 7 year old writing a code, what made you interested to continue programming?
A: I really like it because it is like solving a puzzle. When your program works, it is almost like magic, especially when it does something you can do or it does something better than you can do it. I enjoy that and it gives me a great sense of satisfaction.
Q: You have been programming for 9 years and hold a part-time programming job, tell me a little bit more about that.
A: Actually, in the summer it’s a full-time programming job, last summer I also had a full-time programming job. It’s in Java, I code a better API for modeling software.
Q: What type of product is it?
A: It’s systems modeling software which works with systems modeling languages like UML (unified modeling language) and SysML. It has a really rough application interface which is hard to use. Our team works on improving the application interface which will be more convenient to use.
Q: That’s great! With so much experience in coding and spending a lot of time doing that, do you think coding will be a big part of your professional life?
A: Yes, it is most likely. When I go to college, I plan to major in computer science. This is really fun! In addition to coding I love mathematics and physics as well. It is not the only option I can see but when I grow up I always hoped to be a Computer Science teacher at school.
Q: You were the first teen instructor in the Python Club in the summer of 2020. What brought you to become an instructor in the Python Club?
A: Last summer my mom told me about the Python Club looking for instructors but she thought I won’t have time for that because I held a full-time job. But I really love teaching, so I figured out that I could do that over the weekends. And I just love teaching, it is a lot of fun, I enjoy it!
Q: Tell me about the work on the Python Club website.
A: We tried to organize it in the most logical way for easy use. We got the registration system to work and it should be up and running seamlessly now.
Q: It’s great! I think it is very helpful for those who sign up to learn programming. What do you think?
A: Yes, the Python Club is growing at an enormous rate right now. They started out last summer with three classes and three teachers in the US and Israel. Now we have students and teachers from 12 different countries and ten times more instructors we had a year ago! It is amazing how fast it is growing!
Q: It is amazing! What other programming languages do you use, and why do you like them?
A: A few years ago, I would have said that I like Python the most for sure, but now I like different programming languages for different things. Python is extremely flexible and allows you to do a lot of cool things. At the same time this flexibility may have some drawbacks by not enforcing rigidity. Java and some other programming languages got more rigidity. I think all programming languages have their own strengths and weaknesses. For example, in C one can do some stuff which is harder to do in other languages like Python or Java and vice versa. Python allows you to do some things really neatly and elegantly which other languages don’t. It's a really fun programming language but there is more than this in the world of coding. It really depends on what you are doing and how you want to do the project.
Q: It makes sense. What about school? You have taken 6 AP subjects during 2020-2021, what subjects are your favorite?
A: I took AP Computer Science, AP Biology, AP Physics mechanics through my school, self-studied for AP Physics E and M and took two university classes in economics and linear algebra which did not have AP exams but are AP weighted at my school.
Q: Wow! It’s a lot to juggle: 6 AP classes, part-time job, teaching and other responsibilities. How did you manage that?
A: It was a tough year but I made it (smiling)!
Q: I guess you don’t have much free time but I will still ask you. If you have free time, what do you like to do in your free time?
A: I really love reading and programming, I have a bunch of programming projects for fun. I like reading science fiction and fantasy.
Q: You love programming in your free time and you work as a programmer, it’s a dream job and dream life combination!
A: Exactly!
Q: What are your plans for college?
A: My dream college would be MIT. I am a sophomore going into junior year, I work really hard and do everything I can towards this dream. I want to major in computer science but I think it would also be fun to combine physics and computer science or mathematics and computer science. I am open to possibilities.
Q: I wish you the best of luck and I think you will be a great fit for MIT!
A: Thank you!
