DALLAS WEB IMMERSIVE ORIENTATION
WIFI: DevMtn-Student / PW: @ngularn0de
ACCESSIBLE
IMPACTFUL
More than 6300 applications
nearly 2000 graduated
YOUR DEVMOUNTAIN TEAM
Campus Director
Matt Hopkins
Office Manager
Katie Schooling
Student Success
Shanelle Webster
YOUR DEVMOUNTAIN Instructor TEAM
Lead Instructor
Lead Mentor
Steven Isbell
Erik Golden
Instructor
Shea Close
DM-17 MENTOR
Logan Mace
DM-18 MENTOR
Jonathan Waller
DM-19 MENTORS
Spencer Smith
Timothy Biles
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
9am: Toy Problem
9:30am: Review
10am: Lecture/Guided Practice
&: Mini Project
12:30pm: Lunch
1:30pm: Project
Weekly Items
- Mentor reviews
- Friday breakfast
- Optional activities (fun)
- Cohort activities (fun)
Events
- Hackathon
- Meet & Hire (3 events annually)
- Interim Week
Ammenities
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 #dallas #dallas-campus
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
- Download copyrighted material
- Move monitors
- Remove any equipment (Cords, monitors, keyboards, mice)
Consider this a pre-job job
THE DEVMOUNTAIN HACK SPACE
GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER
Student Success Activity
Orientation: Immersive
By Shea Close