LEHI WEB IMMERSIVE ORIENTATION

WIFI: Devmountain  /  Password: D3vmtnsl

 

Please sit in the front two rows

if seats are available

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 + focused effort = 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 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

Your DevMountain Experience

Typical Daily Schedule

9-10am:      

10-12:30pm:    

12:30pm: 

1:30pm:      

4:45 pm        

Morning Review/Toy Problem

Lecture/Mini-Project

Lunch

Afternoon Project (Paired)

Stand-ups

Weekly Items

  • Mentor after-hours reviews
  • Friday breakfasts
  • Project presentations
 

The DevMountain

Badge

  • Competencies
  • Projects
    • 3/4 Stack (No-DB)
    • Personal
    • Group
  • Job Prep
    • Portfolio
    • Resume
    • More info coming...
  • 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
  • 24/7 hack space
  • Network + alumni
  • An opportunity to earn a foundation in full-stack web development

You will have 24/7 access to the Devmountain campus to study and work on projects.

 

The building will require key access 6pm-8am M-F,

as well as on weekends
 

Don'ts

You paid a lot of money to be here.

Don't miss out on this opportunity.

Do's

  • Play music out loud (headphones)
  • Have your phone out in class
  • Play games, watch random videos
  • Miss class (email in case of emergency)
  • Interview for jobs prior to end of class
  • Begin an in-class relationship
  • Make fun of, harass, or fight w/ others
  • Consume drugs/alcohol
  • Download copyrighted material
  • Remove any equipment(Cords, monitors, keyboards, mice)
  • Plan on a normal social life
  • Work a part-time/full-time job

 

  • 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 Slack regularly
  • Be proactive!

 

YOUR DevMountain Success TEAM

Chris Dominquez

Director of Outcomes

Eric Simmons

Campus Manager

Jessica Swenson

Student Coordinator

Colleen Weathers
Graduate Outcomes and Success Coordinator

Natalie Lewis

Graduate Outcomes and Success Coordinator

YOUR Instructional TEAM

Lucas Schaat

Assistant Instructor

Joseph Mecham

Director of Web

Matt Bodily

Instructor

Matias Perez Ferrero

 Instructor

Andrew Westenskow

Assistant Instructor

Your Mentors

Spencer Smith

Senior Mentor

Scott Sutherland

 Mentor

Rob Knowles

Mentor

Aaron Manwill
Mentor

Cole Finlayson

Mentor

Coming soon....

GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER

Tips for Learning

  • Try not to take struggling personally, don't "should" on yourself
  • Try not to compare yourself to others
  • Take notes, or don't: do whatever helps keep you engaged
  • Stay organized! Have a system, whatever works for you
  • Jot down questions, and bring them up in review
  • Focus on just our curriculum
  • Come in on weekends, and work together
  • Put in more effort than you think you need
  • Come in early
  • Keep doing CodeWars
  • Rewatch the videos
  • Redo the projects
  • Complete every bit of suggested content
  • Get exercise
  • Get sleep
  • Take breaks

 

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