ORIENTATION
Wifi: DevMountain
Wifi password : ES6javascript
Skilling Up
The Space
EXPECTATIONS
- You should expect to struggle
- You should expect to feel behind others
- You should expect to feel overwhelmed
- You should expect to work harder than you ever have before
We only have 16 weeks!
What you are paying for
- Direct instruction from industry professionals
- Modern, project-based, refined curriculum
- 24/7 hack space
- Network + alumni
What you are not paying for
24/7 access to instructors
Job
A static skillset
A personalized, 1:1 experience
Do's 👍
- Respect peers, students, mentors
- Go "all in"
- Have fun
- Build relationships, not a competition
- Work with your mentor
- Every single project
Don'ts 👎
- Miss class (email/slack in case of emergency)
- Leave early
- Mess with the learning environment
- Compare yourself to others
- In-class relationships
- Drugs/alcohol
3 Days
Work hard, be nice to people.
Daily Schedule
Preclass: 🚀 Watch Video
6:00pm: 🖥 Guided Project
7:00pm -
9:00pm: 🙋🏼 Individual Project
Class time is not enough.
A Week at DevMountain
Tues 6-9: 🖥 Class
Wed 6-9: 🙋🏼 Climb Night (optional)
Thurs 6-9: 🖥 Class
Sat 9-2: 🖥 Class
Badging
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Earn a 3rd party certificate vetting your skills.
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Show your mastery of core skills
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HTML/CSS
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Basic Javascript
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Intermediate Javascript
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Angular
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Node
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SQL
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One personal project, one collaborative project
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No time in this course for this
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Working With Your Mentors
- 5-10 minute rule
- The Queue
- Pair Programming
- Code review
- Mentor Checkin
Come Up With the Question
Flipped
Why Flipped?
Follow video. Write down questions. Add questions to Queue or slack.
Review and extend during class.
Ready for The First day of class
Slack. Github. IDE / Environment. Preclass Resources.
Watch the first lecture video on git.
Two Types of Discomfort
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Legitimate mistake or issue on DevMountain's part
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Designed discomfort
Provo After Hours Lead
Luis Hernandez
FEEDBACK
Web Dev Director
Jeremy Robertson