sharksforcheap

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   by sharksforcheap 9y ago

   :)
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   by sharksforcheap 9y ago

   Woops. Sorry John. :) The graduation of your cohort was pretty amazing, though I'll say you being a mixologist during the event would be a welcome improvement. :)
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   by sharksforcheap 9y ago

   Shawn was actually the person who sent me that link and said "some guy wants to teach people to code in a coffee shop or something, you should check it out." Back then, I had been hacking things together and had an engineering job
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   by sharksforcheap 14y ago

   Nice app mark. How long did this take you?
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   by sharksforcheap 14y ago

   Would love to chat and help out if I can. I helped found Hack Reactor(www.hackreactor.com) and have a bunch of take-aways from the experience. Either way good luck in your learning!
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   by sharksforcheap 14y ago

   I have coded with and learned with michael before and I think he is one of the most patient and thoughtful teachers I know. I wish you the best of luck and congrats to Sacramento for getting an awesome program.
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   What did you cover in your undergrad CS degree?(catalystclass.com)

   34 points by sharksforcheap 14y ago|53 comments
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   by sharksforcheap 14y ago

   Thanks for the suggestion, but actually I totally disagree. Spending time coding Javascript and spending time teaching or preparing to teach Javascript are two different things. If I were a student, I would want a group of guys to get a wo
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   by sharksforcheap 14y ago

   Thanks for the thoughtful response. I'm Tony, a co-founder at Catalyst. There are a couple of interesting points to address here. One is that having an intense program could have a negative effect. In my experience teaching programming in
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    by sharksforcheap 14y ago

    Thanks a bunch. I've been reading good things about the new class in blogs. Keep up the good work!
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    by sharksforcheap 14y ago

    It's true that a good majority of these programs focus around tech centers in the country, but there are some other options for people for whatever reason cannot move. The guys at Bloc.io are really great and offer an online version.
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    by sharksforcheap 14y ago

    Thanks so much for the kind wishes. We haven't decided on a client-side framework yet (though I do like backbone), so we were holding off until we had decided what we wanted to include in the curriculum.
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    by sharksforcheap 14y ago

    We are still figuring out the details of our pricing scheme, but one thing we are committed to is not letting finance problems stop us from accepting a good applicant. If you are at all worried about the price, I would suggest applying and
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    by sharksforcheap 15y ago

    I am also a student at Devbootcamp. The intensity of the program combined with the amazing dedication of the other students has realistically quadrupled my learning speed. The program as a whole (starting 2 months before the first day of
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    by sharksforcheap 15y ago

    I have been curating a bunch of really handy links that helped me to learn. they are at newbietoruby.com in the resources section. I was in your situation a little while ago and moved to SF to be where just about every other person on a bi