Programming school 42 Heilbronn
A motivated and interested group (introduction at the end of the article) met on Friday evening on November 6, 2020 in a joint video meeting to discuss the topics "42 Heilbronn" (programming school), innovation factory, connect.IT and Heilbronn in general.
The reason for this was a discussion in the WhatsApp group "connect.IT Live", where questions arose about the goals and ambitions of the "School" 42 in Heilbronn. This lively discussion gave rise to the idea of continuing this in a virtual character workshop.
At the beginning of the discussion round, Thomas briefly talked about himself, his previous work at Google and why he took the option of becoming CEO of 42 Heilbronn. At the same time, the first questions were collected on a virtual Miro Board.
Thomas worked at Google for 14 years and has now been living in Heilbronn for 3 months. He studied literature and describes himself as an IT autodidact. At some point, Oliver Hanisch from Campus Founders came along and convinced Oliver of the idea of "42 Heilbronn". And Thomas fell in love with the concept.
The aim of 42 Heilbronn is to create a place that offers freedom and opportunities. Thomas is extremely optimistic that 42 Heilbronn will strengthen and reinforce the students' mindsets from the outset, bring like-minded people together and create a network and an atmosphere to reinforce their own skills. Even though the school has not yet started, a code of conduct has already been defined. 1) Don't panic 2) be good and 3) create something awesome.
And so the motto of 42 Heilbronn is also the motto of those responsible for Heilbronn and the surrounding area - "create something awesome" with 42 Heilbronn.
Ideas for joint projects and future collaborations will now be discussed at the next meeting. However, getting to know each other and building a network is just as important.
At a later date, there will also be a panel discussion for all interested parties on the topic of "How do we move Heilbronn forward in the next 5 - 10 years".
All interested parties are of course welcome to attend both events and to join our active WhatsApp group "connect.IT Live". To stay up to date with conneect.IT, we also recommend following our newsletter and our social media channels.
Participants in the discussion
Detlef Stern, who is part of the Business Informatics group at Heilbronn University. His heart beats for agile software development, knowledge management and project management. For him, a month without programming is a month lost.
Adam Rohn, now UX Designer at Schwarz IT. He studied software engineering at HHN and wrote his thesis on gamification design. He loves everything that has to do with visualization and cognitive processes.
Wolfram Herzog, is co-founder of SIC! Software GmbH. He studied at Heilbronn University and has now been advancing IT solutions for digitalization and system integration for 10 years.
Thomas Bornheim, is CEO of 42 Heilbronn and has been in Heilbronn for 3 months. Before that, he worked at Google in California and India for 14 years. Thomas loves Excel and wants to create a place with 42 Heilbronn that creates freedom, strengthens and reinforces existing skills and thus offers further opportunities in addition to already established educational paths.
Mirko Hufnagel, works as a team coach in IT at a medium-sized company in Hohenlohe. He is passionate about agile software development, open source and home automation. He is also self-employed in eCommerce and server management.
Nicola Marsden, teaches Software Engineering, Applied Computer Science and in the Master's program Software Engineering and Management at Heilbronn University. Professionally and voluntarily, the topic of women and IT is close to her heart. She is involved in the Competence Center for Technology Diversity and Equal Opportunities.
Joni is a trained software developer and now works in the Maker Space at experimenta. He is particularly enthusiastic about open source and open hardware projects. He has also been involved in various associations for several years and particularly enjoys teaching the basics of software development.
Nicole Ondrusch teaches at Heilbronn University - mainly in methodological topics. She likes to try out all kinds of teaching and learning formats. Nicole is a mentor in various programs and is committed to promoting young talent.
Frank Oschmann describes technology and IT as his passion. From administration, infrastructure and service management to the digitalization of business processes in small and very large family businesses. Teamwork and networking are essential and that is his passion, also at connect.IT.
Oliver Hanisch is CEO of Campus Founders, the entrepreneurship and innovation center on the educational campus in Heilbronn. Oliver himself is a founder and entrepreneur who has spent many years building a bridge between Silicon Valley and Germany. With a mission to educate the next generation of responsible founders and innovators, he also sees Campus Founders as a mindset incubator and believes in the success of collaboration, co-innovation and ecosystems.
Steffen Jung is Managing Director of gravima GmbH and Education Future GmbH. In his daily work, he deals with the latest trends and developments in the fields of digitalization, the Internet and online marketing. In the Heilbronn region, he has been working for many years to improve networking between the players in the digital scene. He organizes the Barcamp Heilbronn, is Chairman of the Board of the IT network connect.IT Heilbronn-Franken e.V. and Chairman of Coworking Heilbronn e.V.
Wolfgang Kraus says in his original voice: "Nobody needs to know me.".
Note: Quite the opposite. We hardly know anyone who hasn't had the unforgettable opportunity to get to know Wolfgang 😉
Sketchnote for the discussion Quo Vadis Heilbronn
Many thanks to Adam @adamskiHNX who "translated" the discussion into a great sketchnote.
