LEHI WEB IMMERSIVE ORIENTATION
WIFI: Devmountain / Password: D3vmtnsl
Please sit in the front two rows
if seats are available
ACCESSIBLE
IMPACTFUL
We have thousands of grads
from coast to coast
Full-stack web Development
AKA What will you learn?
Front-End
Back-End
"Client-side"
"Servers" & "Databases"
HTML
CSS
JavaScript
React
Node
Express
PostgreSQL
YOUR DEVMOUNTAIN EXPERIENCE
Conventional Passive vs. Active Education
OWN YOUR Learning
- Self-learning is how the industry works
- You'll have hands-on projects, videos, and reading
- What you put in is what you get out
- Focus and effort are on you
- time + focused effort = success
- The sky is the limit, so push yourself
Your DevMountain Experience
- You can expect to truly struggle
- You can expect to feel behind
- You can expect to feel overwhelmed
- You can expect this to be incredibly challenging
- You can expect to break down
A Bootcamp Experience
you have only 90 days remaining
Dealing with ADVERSITY
- Don't give up
- Don't blame others
- Don't beat yourself up
Students who work the hardest and stay positive can often surpass their more experienced peers.
- Do work hard
- Do stay positive
- Do help one another
Your DevMountain Experience
Typical Daily Schedule
9-10am:
10-12:30pm:
12:30pm:
1:30pm:
4:50 pm
Morning Review/Toy Problem
Lecture/Mini-Project
Lunch
Afternoon Project (Paired)
Stand-ups
Weekly Items
- Mentor after-hours reviews
- Friday breakfasts
- Project presentations
The DevMountain
Badge
- Competencies
- Projects
- 3/4 Stack (No-DB)
- Personal
- Group
- Job Prep
- Portfolio
- Resume
- More info coming...
- Professionalism
- More info on the LMS
Requirements
What are you not paying for?
- 24/7 access to instructors/mentors
- A job
- A static skillset
- Constant, 1-to-1 support
- An individually personalized learning environment
What are you paying for?
- Curriculum expert teachers
- Excellent mentors
- Modern, project-based, refined curriculum
- 24/7 hack space
- Network + alumni
- An opportunity to earn a foundation in full-stack web development
You will have 24/7 access to the Devmountain campus to study and work on projects.
The building will require key access 6pm-8am M-F,
as well as on weekends
Don'ts
You paid a lot of money to be here.
Don't miss out on this opportunity.
Do's
- Play music out loud (headphones)
- Have your phone out in class
- Play games, watch random videos
- Miss class (contact us in case of emergency)
- Interview for jobs prior to end of class
- Begin an in-class relationship
- Make fun of, harass, or fight w/ others
- Consume drugs/alcohol
- Download copyrighted material
- Remove any equipment(Cords, monitors, keyboards, mice)
- Plan on a normal social life
- Work a part-time/full-time job
- Respect peers, students, staff
- Go all in, plan on 10-12 hours of work per day
- Have fun!
- Build friendships and connections
- Treat this like you would your job
- Complete every single repo, mini project, toy problem
- Use your monitor (dongle it up!)
- Check Slack regularly
- Be proactive!
YOUR DevMountain Success TEAM
Chris Dominquez
Director of Outcomes
Eric Simmons
Campus Manager
Jessica Swenson
Student Coordinator
Natalie Lewis
Graduate Outcomes and Success Coordinator
YOUR Instructional TEAM
Lucas Schaat
Assistant Instructor
Joseph Mecham
Director of Web
Matt Bodily
Instructor
Andrew Westenskow
Instructor
Scott Sutherland
Assistant Instructor
Your Mentors
John Redd
Mentor
Rob Knowles
Mentor
Aaron Manwill
Mentor
Cole Finlayson
Mentor
GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER
Tips for Learning
- Try not to take struggling personally, don't "should" on yourself
- Try not to compare yourself to others
- Jot down questions, and bring them up in review
- Come in on weekends, and work together
- Put in more effort than you think you need
- Come in early
- Rewatch/redo everything
- Complete every bit of suggested content
- Get exercise
- Get sleep
- Take breaks
Lehi Web Immersive Orientation
By awestenskow
