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One year of coding dojo : a retrospective

Before Christmas break, we celebrated the first anniversary of our coding dojo by throwing a global retrospective on its first year of existence. Moreover, our company  reshaped itself for the future in 2013.   In such a discomfortable way for developers that nearly 2/3 of us resigned. So it was the last time the entire core team of attendants met. Another good reason to look over our shoulder. Here is the summary of what came out of our Post-It&Pen session (red background means displeased by ) : What about my thoughts on this coding dojo I initiated one year ago ? Here it is, retrospective-style. What did I learn ? The dojo was open to everyone who wished to improve his/her coding skills; it was made clear on Day One (and repeated on multiple occasions) that no matter your level of experience, goal was to give the opportunity to learn something. Regarding the less experienced attendants, it worked far beyond my expectations: as our li...