https://deploy-preview-705--carpentries-website.netlify.app/blog/tag/helpers/Recent content in Helpers on The CarpentriesHugoen-usMon, 18 Nov 2024 23:02:38 -0500https://deploy-preview-705--carpentries-website.netlify.app/blog/2017/07/helper/Sat, 01 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://deploy-preview-705--carpentries-website.netlify.app/blog/2017/07/helper/<p><b>This post originally appeared on the <a href="https://software-carpentry.org/">Software Carpentry website.</a></b></p> <p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not an expert on R&rdquo;, &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know any Python&rdquo;, &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve never used Git&rdquo; - these may be true statements but they should never stop you from helping out at a Software Carpentry workshop.</p> <p>Even the workshop instructors themselves may not be &ldquo;experts&rdquo; - and all the better if they are not!</p> <p>Experts don&rsquo;t necessarily make the best teachers. Many have lost sight of - or, worse, patience with - the beginner mindset.</p>