{"id":1873,"date":"2015-11-24T21:53:05","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T21:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=1873"},"modified":"2015-11-24T12:14:35","modified_gmt":"2015-11-24T12:14:35","slug":"new-online-community-for-young-it-passionates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=1873","title":{"rendered":"New online community for young IT passionates"},"content":{"rendered":"

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DEGENERATION IT, a collaborative community created for IT passionates (in education or not)\u00a0has been launched by Goldsmiths Computing student Sharon Profita.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sharon, a third-year BSc Creative Computing<\/a> student, says: “I know there’s quite a lot out there that could be considered similar, but I want this to be accessible to ‘newbies’ too, most of the forums or websites I visit are very advanced and sometimes I feel too ‘green’ to ask a question. I want everybody to feel welcome and safe.”<\/p>\n

Designed\u00a0to strengthen the young developer community, the site comprises four sections:<\/p>\n

Projects<\/strong>
\n“Post what you’ve done for an assignment or on your spare time. Games, software, cool data visualizations, a particuar algorithm, anything you’d like to share.<\/p>\n

“Every year across the UK, hundreds of aspiring programmers complete a ton of coursework and create projects. When they leave university, this work largely disappears. Degeneration IT is a hub for this kind of work, that values ideas even more than execution. All the projects posted end up in your profile, so you have a mini-portfolio where you can also share links to your actual portfolio or linkedin, github, behance.”\u00a0Go to Projects<\/a><\/p>\n

News<\/strong>
\n“This section can range from the latest indie game\/software or hardware, to your attendance to an event, a tutorial you made, or whatever you want to share with other ‘degenerates’.”\u00a0Go to\u00a0News<\/a><\/p>\n

Events<\/strong>
\n“A searchable calendar with events (like hackathons and conferences) around Europe. Not only you can browse, but if you’re organising\/attending or heard of an event that’s not listed you’re more than welcome to post it.”\u00a0Go to\u00a0Events<\/a><\/p>\n

Ask a question<\/strong>
\n“A place where you can ask questions or post requests for specific issues or needs you might have.”\u00a0Go to\u00a0Ask<\/a><\/p>\n

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