Woh, hey! I'm Ryan - the lead trainer and one of your friends here at SymfonyCasts. Look, I love being a developer, but the road to becoming a productive programmer is not easy. When I started, good information was buried by theory and real-world examples were non-existent. There's a great developer stuck inside each of us! And in 2011, I started SymfonyCasts (formerly: KnpUniversity) to help more people discover and unlock that potential by using better methods of learning. Being the documentation lead for a massive open source project (Symfony), a frequent speaker and an in-person trainer for 5 years has helped us craft our strict philosophy for real, significant learning. Build real-world projects from end-to-end, via beautiful video tutorials NEVER use slides (gross!) Have some fun! We promise energy, space-ship animations, and embarrassing (I mean intelligent) jokes Practice, practice, practice using our realistic coding challenges. Then enjoy a sandwich! Keep things simple and save the heroically difficult details for later (or never!) Now, it's your turn. So suit up (pajamas are the official uniform), get ready to work hard, and finally awaken the amazing developer that's hiding inside of you!