Post by Steve CarrollPost by DavidI recently discovered that the coding guru I tried to introduce here,
John Elder, also has a mention here:-
https://www.udemy.com/user/johnelder3/?kw=John&src=sac
Interestingly, my friend Snit /also/ has detailed information published
about him at Udemy, confirming many of the things which he has told me
in the past.
You're trying to 'argue' that Glasser has credibility related to coding
because of some marketing crap (that he probably wrote) on Udemy?
Mr Glasser *IS* a credible entity. Read about him here:-
https://www.udemy.com/course/beginning-dreamweaver-creative-cloud/?couponCode=LEARNNOWPLANSGB#instructor-1
In 1987 I started working toward my psychology degree in Las Vegas
(UNLV). While doing so, I wanted a job which would pay well, be flexible
around my college classes, and not require me to travel far from school.
The college computer labs were looking for people who could help other
students. I applied and, somehow, got the job. The lab had about 50 PCs,
50 Macs, and 20 machines that were neither - something called "UNIX". I
was told it was my job to answer questions when people asked them -
great, I had only one question: where was the "on" button? I had never
used any of those computers before!
I know what it is like to struggle to learn a computer system.
Within two years I was teaching classes to high school students on
weekends (through Upward Bound, a program for at-risk high school
students) where I continued to teach for the next six years.
I also ran the three education labs at UNLV where I managed all of the
hardware, software, and training needs.
After college I worked for a small non-profit organization as a system
administrator; we developed a communication and information sharing
system for over 200 schools and 100 United Way agencies. I did that for
a few years until I moved to Tucson where I worked for Intuit (the folks
who make Quicken and TurboTax). I started as a support representative
and then became a trainer for the support folks and designed and
maintained the internal training website.
Now in Prescott for several years, I have been working at an online
college and other online universities teaching computer classes:
everything from introductory classes, image editing software, web
surfing, and web design. I have also managed the technology and taught
at K-12 schools, both public and private, small businesses, and I work
with many individuals where I help them to make the best of their
computers and other technology.
I have a passion for teaching and thoroughly enjoy watching folks learn.
When I teach, no matter the age of the student, I have never forgotten
how overwhelming and frustrating it can be to learn how to use computers
or learn a new program. It truly is like learning a new language and I
try to teach with that in mind, using words and terminology that my
students can understand and with examples that my students can relate.
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I have no doubt that Michael wrote this himself. I have no reason to
think that anything claimed is untrue.
Post by Steve CarrollYou know you're talking about the guy who looked at some Swift code I
wrote (where it literally "showed" it at the top of the file) and
thought it was JavaScript, right? ;)
He's a busy guy nowadays and reads and answers posts on his iPhone most
of the time. That in itself is a recipe for disaster.
Post by Steve CarrollPost by DavidI can find NOTHING concrete on-line about the Steve Carroll Troll.
You've been looking at it for over 5 years (not that you had clue 1 of
what you looked at).
Just sayin'!
And if this ng wasn't enough for you, in other groups, there are many
years worth of posts where I've "shown" Glasser all sorts of things
about web dev for which he had almost as little knowledge as you have.
The idea that someone isn't 'credible' because you can't find any of
their work online isn't based in reality. It's as goofy as trying to
'sell' the idea that someone has credibility because they made
screencasts of 'a web dev crutch' app.
AGAIN: You can't rebrand him, in *any* context. Deal with it!
Most problems here would be resolved if you were to post your CV.
Think about it!
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David