Workwell’s first Programming Course: Ruby Basics
Two Weeks Ago Erbil Campus of Workwell program witnessed the launch of the first of its type: A course for Ruby Programming.
The selection process done earlier for all the students graduated from the Basic IT course which qualified them to enroll in the Advanced IT course!
An Assessment was made for them and approximately half of the students were accepted in the Ruby Programming Course.
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| Ruby Ninjas |
Hussain Ismaeil one of the Ruby Ninjas Tried his best in the assessment so that he get accepted in the Course, He said and I Quote “ I didn’t sleep for two days just to finish all the materials given by the instructors and I practiced on the Application”
Hussain is one of the best students in class. He watch the videos provided by Pragmatic Studio and then he tries to implement it on his own laptop. He said that it is amazing how can we implement the code and the result is right away on the output immediately.
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| Hussain Ismail Trying Ruby code lines on Mr. Rawand's Laptop |
Ahmed is having fun while coding also, He said that coding challenges him to run the code without errors and try even after errors and bugs in the code.
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| Ahmed, Ruby Programming Class Student |
Ibraheem, on the other hand, is surprised by this new world. He is writing code and take notes for each function and implementation...
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| Ibraheem, Ruby Programming class Student |
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Today, women make up only a fraction of the tech industry. But there’s change in the air. Initiatives such as Workwell are not only changing the lives of individuals but are also changing the very structure of society.
This programming class is seeking for Women Empowerment in the society and fill the gap in tech community also, Almost 50% of the class are women.
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| Ruby Class Superstars |
Zeelan (Originally from Syria, Lives at Darashakran Camp, Erbil) was hesitating about programming course even after passing the assessment, and the Interview. She said that I was afraid of Failure. But then she made a risk as she said and enrolled in the Ruby programming class. Now she is one of the superstars in the class, she is now more than happy that she made this risk and change her path towards programming.
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| Zeelan, Ruby Programming Student |
Lureen, is feeling impressed also by coding,” discovering each day new functions and implementing new lines of code is something worth trying and making an effort for it And most importantly being outside of my comfort zone!” as she said.
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| Lureen, Ruby Programming Class Student |
A lot of impressions by students and a lot of stories are on the way..
We hope to see these students the leaders of their Tech Communities one day..
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| Ninjas and Masters, together |
