ORIENTATION
DevMountain: @ngularn0de
ACCESSIBLE
IMPACTFUL
More than 1400 applications
nearly 400 graduated
#DM1
Your DevMountain Experience
Passive vs. Active Education
Important things you should expect
- You should expect to struggle
- You should expect to feel dumber than others
- You should expect to feel overwhelmed
We have 13 weeks to turn you into a web developer.
Dealing with adversity
- Give up
- Get depressed
- Blame others
- Work hard, stay positive
Students who work the hardest and stay positive often surpass their "more experienced" peers.
Your DevMountain Experience
Daily Schedule
9am: Toy Problem
9:30am: Review
10am: Lecture/Guided Practice
11:30am: Mini Project
12:30pm: Lunch
1:30pm: Project
Your DevMountain Experience
Weekly Items
- Mentor reviews
- Friday breakfast
- Optional activities (fun)
- Cohort activities (fun)
Events
- Hackathon
- Meet + Hire Lunch
Other
- Interim Week
Your DevMountain Experience
What are you not paying for?
24/7 access to teachers, mentors
Job
A static skillset
A personalized, 1:1 experience
Your DevMountain Experience
What are you paying for?
Expert teachers
Excellent mentors
Modern, project-based, refined curriculum
24/7 hack space
Network + alumni
Do's
- Respect peers, students, mentors
- Go "all in"
- Have fun
- Build relationships
- Every single repo, mini project, toy problem
Don'ts
- Miss class (email in case of emergency)
- Interview for jobs prior to end of class
- In-class relationships
- Make fun, harass, fight w/ others
- Drugs/alcohol
- Download copyrighted material
LEAD INSTRUCTOR
Cahlan Sharp
LEAD MENTOR
Jason Turner
STUDENT SUCCESS
Matt Hopkins