LEHI WEB IMMERSIVE ORIENTATION
WIFI: Devmountain-internal / PW: ES6javascript
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
Kendell Bushman
Housing/Operations
Jordan Isbell
Student Success
Your instructional team
Steven Isbell
Director - Web
Bryan Smith
Instructor
Mark McIver
Instructor
Spencer Smith
Senior Mentor
Your Mentors
Josh McCann
Mattias Perez Ferrero
THE DEVMOUNTAIN HACK SPACE
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