Web Program Orientation
Orientation Summary
1. Your Devmountain teams
2. About Devmountain
3. What to expect
4. The Devmountain Badge
5. Tips for Success
6. Installing your tools
Your Devmountain Teams
1. Student Experience Team
2. Student Outcomes Team
3. Your Instructional Team
Jessica Swenson
Student Experience Manager
Katie Schooling
Student Experience Manager
Your Student Experience Team
Being a student at DevMountain can sometimes feel like drinking from a firehose.
Your Student Experience team is here to manage the water pressure :)
Your Student Outcomes Team
Chris Dominguez
Director of Outcomes
Hayley Hoosan
Outcomes and Success Coordinator
Christian Dickerman
Outcomes and Success Coordinator
Cindy Hazelton
Outcomes and Success Coordinator
Your Student Outcomes team is committed to you helping you succeed in your new career.
Karl Pfister
Programs Director
Matias Perez Ferrero
Instructor
Sam Jeet
Mentor
Your Instructional Team
Mykenzie Rogers Instructor
Garrett Yaworski
Instructor
Brent Whitehead
Mentor
About Devmountain
1. Our mission
2. Our network
3. Our curriculum
BE ACCESSIBLE
MAKE AN IMPACT
Our Mission
Our Network
We have thousands of grads from coast to coast
Our Curriculum
Front-End
Back-End
"Client-side"
"Servers" & "Databases"
"Full Stack" Web Development
Node.js
Express
PostgreSQL
HTML
CSS
JavaScript
React
What to expect
1. A bootcamp experience
2. A typical schedule
3. What we expect from you
4. What you can expect from us
- You will struggle
- You will feel behind
- You will feel overwhelmed
- You will break down
A Bootcamp Experience
Chances are...
Dealing with a bootcamp experience
- Don't give up
- Don't blame others
- Don't beat yourself up
Students who work the hardest and stay positive often surpass their more experienced peers.
- Keep working hard
- Help one another
- Stay positive
A Typical Schedule
T/Th Schedule
6:00pm:
6:30pm:
9:15pm:
Mentor Review
Lecture/Project
Stand ups & Feedback
Weekly Items
Saturday Schedule
9:00am:
9:30am:
12:30pm:
1:30pm:
4:45pm:
Mentor Review
Lecture
Lunch
Lecture/Project
Stand ups & Feedback
- Mentor reviews M/W 5:30-7:00pm
- Sync up with Student Experience
Own Your Learning!
- Self-learning is how the industry works
- What you put in is what you get out
- Focus and effort are on you
- Time x Effort = Level of Success
What we expect from you
You paid a lot of money to be here. Don't miss out on the opportunity.
Do's:
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Respect peers, students, staff
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Go all in plan and work hard
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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 a second monitor (dongle it up!)
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Check Discord regularly
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Be proactive!
What we expect from you
What we expect from you
Don'ts:
- Disrespect an instructor or interrupt class
- Have your phone out in class
- Play games or watch random videos
- Miss class (contact in case of emergency)
- Interview for jobs prior to the end of class
- Make fun of, harass, or fight with others
- Consume drugs or alcohol
- Plan on a normal social life (after hours, maybe)
- Get lulled into a false sense of security
What we expect from you
- Complete attendance & participation
- Cameras on, be presentable
- Manage your time wisely
- Distraction-free, focused environment
- Need something? Got a question? Want to chat? Reach out!
- Check Canvas and Discord often
- Complete feedback surveys (this helps us help you!)
Online Etiquette
What we can't provide
- 24/7 access to instructors or mentors
- A job
- A permanent skillset
- Constant, 1-to-1 support
- An individually personalized learning environment
What we will provide
- A high quality education
- Curriculum expert teachers
- Excellent mentors
- Modern, project-based curriculum
- Network + alumni
- Job search support
- Student experience team
- A commitment to helping you succeed
What you can expect from us
Tips for success
- Try not to take struggling personally.
- Try to avoid "shoulding" on yourself.
- Try not to compare yourself to others.
- Focus only on our curriculum.
- Help each other out.
- Do whatever helps you stay engaged. Ex: take notes, or don't!
- Remember your goals. Why are you here?
- Complete all Skills Checks and Verbal Competencies
- Complete all Afternoon Projects
- Completed NoDB project
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Two hosted projects
- Personal
- Group or second Personal
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Job Prep from Outcomes Team
- Portfolio, Resume, etc.
- Professionalism
- To learn more, check Canvas
Requirements
The Devmountain Badge
Orientation Recap
1. Your Devmountain teams
2. About Devmountain
3. What to expect
4. The Devmountain Badge
5. Tips for success
6. Installing your tools
What's left?
After Hours Web Program Orientation
By Karl Pfister
After Hours Web Program Orientation
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