Author: bluemonkeydev

Mentorship For Developers

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Building a strong foundation for new developers

When Josh Stroschein and I first started our discussions around launching Code Bootcamp, we both felt very passionate that every student needs to be paired with a senior developer as a mentor. Why did we both feel so strongly about this? One simple reason: it is hard getting started out as an entry level developer! And why doesn’t everyone, regardless of their career, have a mentor to help build their craft? We can fix that for our students, so we made it part of our core goals for Code Bootcamp.

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Community-based Projects

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Let us build that for you

One of our three goals for Code Bootcamp is to provide students with an active portfolio of real-world work that they can use to demonstrate their skills to prospective employers upon graduation. Even though we don’t think anyone graduating is going to have a difficult time finding a job, we want to give them every advantage possible with which to impress their future employer and increase their negotiation power. Plus, our graduates will be in a better position to pick which company that they want to join.

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Lifestyle Skills

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Writing code is only half of the skills you need to succeed

At Code Bootcamp we are all about building a well rounded experience and education. In addition to learning to write code, we will teach the lifestyle skills necessary to spend a healthy career as a developer. Our students are exposed to all the right lifestyle skills necessary to experience a lifelong passion of writing code in a way that does not harm their health or mental well being. Let’s be honest — developers are not known for their great life choices.

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Initial Syllabus

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How we build developers from scratch

By now you are probably wondering about Code Bootcamp’s syllabus! We have met with a number of businesses throughout our community and have strategically settled on the following technology platforms for our first Code Bootcamp session. The curriculum will primarily focus on the programming language PHP and on the content management system (CMS) WordPress due to its popularity. Our community does have a very diverse CMS usage.

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Typical Day at Code Bootcamp

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The nine-to-five experience that will change your life

Our classroom setting will be located in the vibrant downtown Sioux Falls, SD with an open-door policy so our community can be part of our experience. Today we are going to cover a typical day at Code Bootcamp. Each day is meticulously prepared to build on your knowledge and experience.

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