WizardAmigos
Coding Camps
THE FUTURE IS NOW
PROBLEM
Decline in sales from industrial hardware =>
Taiwan needs to shift to service oriented software industry
PROBLEM
BUT there is huge shortage of
computer scientists relative to
the demand for them from the
technology sector
GLOBAL TREND
IN TAIWAN
SOLUTION
Network of Coding Bootcamps
Teaching JavaScript - fastest growing universal programming language (hardware, mobile, web, desktop etc.)
BUSINESS MODEL
Coding Camps: 138% market growth in USA + CAN
- from 6,7k graduates (2014) to 16k (2015)
- 91 full time bootcamps
- $17 million in loans or grants for students to study with nontraditional training providers, including coding bootcamps
- average tuition of $11,451 for average 12.9 weeks
UNDERLYING MAGIC
Our code bootcamps are teaching JavaScript
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it's simple
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it's universal
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more than 360.000 modules programmers share and combine
MARKETING AND SALES
- free workshops (in communities like Mozilla, G0v.tw)
- job hunt (we help people find jobs)
- hiring partners
- training in presentation skills in IT
COMPETITION
- time flexibility (in the evenings, next to the job)
- hands-on training
Coding bootcamps are replacing computer science degrees
TEAM
Alexander Praetorius
Nina Breznik
JavaScript Expert
International Outreach Expert
- startup & online marketing for 10+ years
- organizing tech events in Berlin for 3+ years
- establishing learning communities internationally
(youth, refugees, students - Germany, Serbia, Taiwan)
- working in the industry in Germany for 10+ years
- teaching/mentoring for 3+ years
- active contributor to open source community
TIMELINE
1. Developing curriculum in Berlin to teach refugees
2. Succesfully finished prototype of an online learning app that supports teaching in Serbia (to reduce youth unemployment) - impressive swith of careers
3. Organized free test code camp in Taipei, so many people, we needed additional locations => partering up with Mozilla, organising 4x a week