LEHI WEB IMMERSIVE ORIENTATION
WIFI: Devmountain / PW: D3vmtnsl
ACCESSIBLE
IMPACTFUL
TONS OF GRADS
FROM COAST TO COAST
YOUR DEVMOUNTAIN EXPERIENCE
Passive vs. Active Education
OWN YOUR Learning
- Education vs Learning
- It's how this industry works
- Hands on, Videos, Reading
- Just scratching surface
- You should expect to struggle
- You should expect to feel behind others
- You should expect to feel overwhelmed
We have only 13 weeks.
YOU SHOULD EXPECT
Dealing with ADVERSITY
- Give up
- Get depressed
- Blame others
- Work hard, stay positive
Students who work the hardest and stay positive often surpass their "more experienced" peers.
Your DevMountain Experience
Daily Schedule
9-10am: Mentor guided time
10am: Lecture/Guided Practice
&: Mini Project
12:30pm: Lunch
1:30pm: Project (Paired)
4:50 Stand-ups
Weekly Items
- Mentor reviews
- Friday breakfast
- Optional activities (fun)
- Cohort activities (fun)
Events
- Hackathon
- Employment Assistance
- Meet and Hire
Your DevMountain Experience
What are you not paying for?
- 24/7 access to teachers, mentors
- Job
- A static skillset
- A personalized, 1:1 experience
What are you paying for?
- Expert teachers
- Excellent mentors
- Modern, project-based, refined curriculum
- 24/7 hack space
- Network + alumni
Do's
- Respect peers, students, mentors
- Go "all in"
- Have fun
- Build relationships
- Treat this like a job
- Every single repo, mini project, toy problem
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Check Slack regularly!
- Join #lehi-campus #web
- Maximize time and effort
- Be on time
Don'ts
- Play music out loud (headphones)
- Miss class (email in case of emergency)
- Interview for jobs prior to end of class
- In-class relationships
- Make fun, harass, fight w/ others
- Drugs/alcohol/underage drinking
- Download copyrighted material
- Move monitors
- Remove any equipment (Cords, monitors, keyboards, mice)
- Get bored
Consider this a pre-job job
other tidbits
- Help Us Help You
Surveys
The DevMountain Badge
- Competencies
- Projects
- 3/4 Stack
- Personal
- Group
- Job Preparation
- Portfolio
- Resume
- GitHub
- Networking
- Professionalism
YOUR student Success team
Eric Simmons
Campus Manager
Chris Dominguez
Student Success
Jessica Swenson
Campus Sherpa
Your instructional team
Joseph Mecham
Web Program Director
Matt Bodily
Instructor
Jonathan McDonald
Instructor
Andrew Westenskow
Assistant Instructor
Matias Perez Ferrero
Assistant Instructor
Your Assistant Instructors
YOUR MENTOR Team
Spencer Smith
Jeordin Callister
Lucas Schaat
Aaron Manwill
The WLH14 Team
Jonathan McDonald
Instructor
Andrew Westenskow
Assistant Instructor
Josh McCann
Assistant Instructor
THE DEVMOUNTAIN HACK SPACE
GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER
Lehi Orientation
By jonmcd
