Author:
Joseph Murphy
Six months ago, I decided to learn how to program in iOS. I have a relationship with my iPhone that psychologists would probably want to study, and I couldn’t handle the curiosity anymore—I wanted to know how it worked. A friend recommended the Big Nerd Ranch guides, but I was skeptical of the playful company name.…
Author:
Jeff Heaton
My interview at Big Nerd Ranch was intense. I was in a room with glass on two sides, and anybody could look in. It quickly became crowded, with eight people in a room that fits four comfortably—and all focus was on me.…
Author:
Tasha Schroeder
We recently held our second annual Clash of the Coders, a 72-hour app-building marathon where we test our technical prowess and compete for glory. “The winners are dangerously capable,” as Chief Learning Officer Aaron Hillegass says.
It was a very tough call, but Raisin’ Elevens was the top team, with a project they named Krëndler.…
Author:
TJ Usiyan
I started my internship at Big Nerd Ranch in January of this year. By my second week, I had settled into a spot next to Galvin Butler and Paul Turner, and I had a project.
Perhaps I should say that the project had me.…
Author:
Bill Phllips
Editor’s note: Each spring, Big Nerd Ranch hosts an epic 72-hour app-building competition, suitably named Clash of the Coders. We sharpen our technical skills and vie for the Clash trophy to earn ultimate bragging rights. This year the competition kicks off at the end of day on Wednesday, May 1, and runs through Saturday, May 4.…
Author:
Aubrey Rhodes
We’re running full steam ahead as we build our team of the best teachers, developers and all-around Nerds we can find. To help us do that, we have added culture checks to our interview process.
The purpose of these checks isn’t to figure out whether a candidate can do the job, but rather to ascertain that he or she will work well with us.…
Author:
Brian Harper
2012 was a great year for Big Nerd Ranch. Here’s our take on the year, in numbers.
After hiring several smart, kind folks and our merger in the fall, we grew to 77 employees in 2012. We’re continuing the trend this year.…
Author:
Charlie Tanksley
The humanities scholar in me rebels when I hear the word “experiment.” To me, an experiment is a big, formal thing with a hypothesis and a control group and reproducibilty. Not really my thing. Yet I love when we conduct experiments at Big Nerd Ranch.…
Author:
Aubrey Rhodes
I recently became our Developer Evangelist. In this role, my goal is to make the best developers in the world want to work with us. I constantly encourage developers to come out to the many events that we host.
In fact, we’ve got a lot of great things coming up:…
This Wednesday, Jan.
Author:
Dan Rice
Since joining Big Nerd Ranch in April 2011, I have grown by leaps and bounds as a software developer and consultant, and I’m surrounded by the best team I’ve ever worked with. But despite this, my personal career goals and aspirations include giving up coding altogether.…