Student Orientation

Topic Summary

1. Welcome

   ・Today’s Schedule

2. Your Devmountain Team

3. Daily Class Summary

4. Expectations

5. Assignments and Badging

6. Learning Tips

Your Devmountain Success Team

Chris Dominguez

Director of Outcomes

Christian Dickerman

Graduate Outcomes

and Success Coordinator

Jessica Swenson

Student Experience Manager

Katie Schooling

Student Experience Manager

Student Support

Being a student at DevMountain can sometimes feel like drinking from a firehose.

• @Jessica Swenson and @Eric Simmons are here to help manage the water pressure. :) 

Student Outcomes

We are committed to you succeeding in your new career.

• The Student Outcomes team is here to help. 
  • Chris Dominguez - @Outcomes
  • Christian Dickerman - @Christian Dickerman
  • James Larsen - @James Larsen
  • Brittany Frank - @Brittany Frank

Your Instructional Team

Matt Bodily

Instructor

Andrew Westenskow

Instructor

Adam Kent

Instructor

Your Mentors

Rob Knowles

Mentor

Nitin Misra

Mentor

Aaron Manwill

Mentor

Daily Schedule

Expectations

What you should expect and what we expect

Do's

• Respect peers, students, staff
• Go all in, plan on 11-14 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 Canvas and Discord regularly
• Be proactive!

Don'ts

• Disrespect an instructor or interrupt class
• Have your phone out in class
• Play games or watch random videos
• Miss class (email in case of emergency)
• Interview for jobs prior to the end of class
• Begin an in-class relationship
• Make fun of, harass, or fight with others
• Consume drugs or alcohol
• Download copyrighted material
• Plan on a normal social life
• Work a part-time or full-time job

During Class

1. Holistic attendance
   • Cameras on, be presentable
2. Participation is a must
3. In need? Got a question?  Want to chat?
   • Reach out with Discord
4. Check Canvas often so you don't get lost
5. Time management and surveys  

1. A quality education
2. A commitment to see you succeed
3. Lecture every day (unless we tell you otherwise)
4. We will be there for you. Confused? Reach out
5. Weekly one-on-ones

What to expect from us:

Your Learning

• Day 1 Prep
• Owning Your Learning
• Bootcamp Experience
• Dealing with Adversity

1. Find or make a place where you can attend class
   • Distraction-free, clean, comfortable, and focus inducing
2. Manage your time wisely
3. Live a balanced life
4. Be sure you are set up in Canvas and Discord
   1. Join Canvas
   2. Join Discord

Prepared to Learn

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 Experience Here

Full-stack web Development

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

React

Node

Express

PostgreSQL

Front-end

Back-end

• 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

Dealing with Adversity

• Don't give up
• Don't blame others
• Don't beat yourself up

• Do work hard
• Do stay positive
• Do help one another

GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER

Lecture Break

• Competencies
• Projects
  • 3/4 Stack (No-DB)
  • Personal
  • Group
• Job Prep from Outcomes Team
  • Portfolio, Resume, etc. 
• Professionalism
• To learn more, check Canvas

Requirements

The Devmountain Badge

Learning Tips

Tips for E-Learning

General Tips for Learning

Try not to take struggling personally, don't "should" on yourself.

Try not to compare yourself to others.

Do what keeps you mentally engaged. 

Stay organized! Have a system, whatever works for you.

Focus on just our curriculum.

Collaborate with your peers via the breakout rooms. Teaching others improves your understanding.  

Keep doing CodeWars.

Rewatch the videos.

Redo the projects.

Complete every bit of suggested content.

We have thousands of grads

from coast to coast

The End