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. :) 

 

 

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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

 

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Your Instructional Team

Joseph Mecham

Web Program Director

Matt Bodily

Instructor

Andrew Westenskow

Instructor

Adam Kent

Instructor

Eric Sellors

Assistant Instructor

Cole Finlayson

Assistant Instructor

Scott Sutherland

Assistant Instructor

Your Mentors

Rob Knowles

Mentor

Nitin Misra

Mentor

Aaron Manwill

Mentor

Daily Schedule

Typical Daily Schedule

9:00 am:      

10:00 am:    

12:30 pm: 

1:30 pm:

4:45 pm

5:00 pm:

Online lecture starts

Lecture/Mini-Project

Lunch

Afternoon Project (Paired)

Stand-ups

Pre-Class work for next day

Weekly Items

  • Mentor after-hours reviews ( T, TH) 
  • One-on-one Check-ins
  • Project presentations
 

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  

 

 

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  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
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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
 
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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

"Client- Side"

Servers & Databases

  • 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

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

Be able to communicate through writing or over the internet.

Be thorough in reading the course content and class communications.

Be active. Break up your schoolwork with walks and exercise. It will make a difference.

Be self-motivated and self-disciplined. You are in charge of your success.

Be willing to "speak-up". We don't know if you need help unless you tell us. You are not alone. Reach out.

Be aware that high-quality learning can take place without going to a traditional classroom.

Be aware of your motivations and make sure to keep them up.

Be committed to making it work.

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

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