WEB PROGRAM ORIENTATION

ACCESSIBLE

IMPACTFUL

We have thousands of grads

from coast to coast

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 x Effort = Level of Success
• The sky is the limit, so push yourself

Your DevMountain Experience

Full-stack web Development

Front-End

Back-End

"Client-side"

"Servers" & "Databases"

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

React

Node

Express

PostgreSQL

• You can expect to truly struggle
• You can expect to feel behind
• You can expect to feel overwhelmed
• You can expect to break down
• This will be incredibly challenging

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

Your DevMountain Experience

Typical Daily Schedule

9 - 10am:      

10 - 12:30pm:    

12:30pm: 

1:30pm:      

4:30pm: 

4:45pm:        

Morning Review/Toy Problem

Lecture/Mini-Project

Lunch

Afternoon Project

Daily Feedback Survey

Stand-ups

Weekly Items

• Mentor after-hours reviews (T, TH)
• Project presentations

The DevMountain

Badge

• Competencies
• Projects
  • 3/4 Stack (No-DB)
  • Personal
  • Group
• Job Prep
  • Portfolio
  • Resume
  • Networking
• Professionalism
• More info on the LMS

Requirements

What are you not paying for?

• 24/7 access to instructors/mentors
• A job
• A permanent 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
• Network + alumni
• An opportunity to earn a foundation in full-stack web development

You paid a lot of money to be here.

Don't miss out on this opportunity.

• Play music out loud (use headphones)

• Have your phone out in class

• Play games, watch random videos

• Miss class (notify if emergency)

• Interview for jobs prior to end of class

• Begin an in-class relationship

• Belittle, harass, or fight w/ others

• Make sexual or racial jokes

• 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 Discord regularly

• Be proactive!

YOUR DevMountain Success TEAM

Chris Dominguez

Director of Outcomes

Brittany Frank

Graduate Outcomes and Success Coordinator

Christian Dickerman

Graduate Outcomes and Success Coordinator

James Larsen

Graduate Outcomes and Success Coordinator

Eric Simmons

Student Experience Manager

Kayla Duong

Student Experience Manager

Jessica Swenson

Student Experience Manager

Katie Schooling

Student Experience Manager

Web PRogram Instructors

Matt Bodily

Instructor

Andrew Westenskow

Instructor

Adam Kent

Instructor

Rob Knowles

Mentor

Nitin Misra

Mentor

Aaron Manwill

Mentor

Web PRogram Mentors

Tips for Learning

• Try not to take struggling personally, don't "should" on yourself
• Try not to compare yourself to others
• Stay organized! Have a system, whatever works for you
• Put in more effort than you think you need
• Keep doing CodeWars
• Rewatch the videos
• Redo the projects
• Complete every bit of suggested content
• Get exercise
• Get sleep
• Take breaks