Community-based Projects

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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Initial Syllabus

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

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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Weekly Off-Site Meetings

Connecting one-on-one with your staff

Since February 2014 I have been attending the Sioux Falls, South Dakota 1 Million Cups weekly event with a coworker. Each week I take one of my coworkers with me, we attend the event, network for a few minutes afterwards, and then head over to a coffee shop to talk work strategy. Each week I take a different colleague.

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Work Like a Nomad

Everything does not need to be done at your desk

Technically I can work from anywhere. Everything I need has been digitized and is accessible by me from anyplace with an internet connection. If my office was quarantined tomorrow, I would not miss a beat — nor would I miss my office. Because I’m a nomad, I often work outside of the office. And by “work”, I don’t mean checking email with my cell phone.

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Optimizing Your Daily Schedule

Focus on when you are the most productive

There are two types of people — morning people and night people. As best as I can tell, you are born this way and will never change, so why do we fight it? I’m a morning person— it takes me about one minute to wake up in the morning and I am at full power, starting the countdown spiral until I am zapped of energy at 5pm.

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