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
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:
4:30pm:
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
Don't
You paid a lot of money to be here.
Don't miss out on this opportunity.
Do
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Play music out loud (use headphones)
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Have your phone out in class
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Play games, watch random videos
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Miss class (notify if emergency)
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Interview for jobs prior to end of class
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Begin an in-class relationship
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Belittle, harass, or fight w/ others
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Make sexual or racial jokes
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Plan on a normal social life
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Work a part-time/full-time job
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Respect peers, students, staff
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Go all in, plan on 10-12 hours of work per day
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Have fun!
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Build friendships and connections
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Treat this like you would your job
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Complete every single repo, mini project, toy problem
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Use your monitor (dongle it up!)
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Check Discord regularly
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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
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
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