{"id":44123,"date":"2013-12-23T15:19:08","date_gmt":"2013-12-23T20:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=44123"},"modified":"2013-12-24T00:45:59","modified_gmt":"2013-12-24T05:45:59","slug":"how-a-homeless-man-learned-to-code-money-cnn-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2013\/12\/23\/how-a-homeless-man-learned-to-code-money-cnn-com\/","title":{"rendered":"How a homeless man learned to code [money.cnn.com]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/video\/technology\/2013\/12\/04\/t-homeless-computer-coder.cnnmoney\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44125\" alt=\"LeoLearnsToCode2Dec2013\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/LeoLearnsToCode2Dec2013.jpg\" width=\"521\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/LeoLearnsToCode2Dec2013.jpg 521w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/LeoLearnsToCode2Dec2013-150x136.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 521px) 100vw, 521px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Also, from <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/architecting-a-life\/fee8f3ee97a0\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>UPDATED: Finding the unjustly homeless, and teaching them to code (Part I).<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The idea is simple. Without disrespecting him, I will offer two options:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em>I will come back tomorrow and give you $100 in cash.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>I will come back tomorrow and give you three JavaScript books, (beginner-advanced-expert) and a super cheap basic laptop. I will then come an hour early from work each day\u2014when he feels prepared\u2014and teach him to code.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/architecting-a-life\/ae059ddffd2e\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Part II: UPDATED: Money &lt; Education<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/architecting-a-life\/ae059ddffd2e\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Leo (left) Patrick(RIGHT)?\u2014?NYC\" src=\"https:\/\/d262ilb51hltx0.cloudfront.net\/max\/700\/0*tATpOYi4aC8XxiwJ.jpeg\" width=\"50%\" height=\"50%\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<em>\u201c\u2019Leo\u2019 rejects the money for an opportunity to learn to code.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>From DSC:<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">Several people and things were <em><strong>extremely impressive<\/strong><\/em> to me about this piece:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Patrick McConlogue &#8212; the young software engineer <em><strong>who took the time to teach this homeless man<\/strong> <\/em>how to get started with coding and continued to assist\/teach him<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Leo Grand&#8217;s incredible drive, determination, hard work,<\/strong> and his love of &#8212; and fascination with &#8212; the environment<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Logan<\/strong>, the young woman from Google <strong>who flew across the country to help Leo out<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">The power of faith and prayer<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>My thanks to Mr. Joseph Byerwalter<br \/>\nfor the initial resource on this.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Also, from UPDATED: Finding the unjustly homeless, and teaching them to code (Part I). The idea is simple. Without disrespecting him, I will offer two options: I will come back tomorrow and give you $100 in cash. I will come back tomorrow and give you three JavaScript books, (beginner-advanced-expert) and a super cheap basic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[425,500,226,204,480,66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faith","category-hearts-matters-of-the-heart","category-passions","category-programming","category-society","category-student-related"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44123"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44153,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44123\/revisions\/44153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}