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Tell HN: I want to teach you web development. In 8 weeks. For free (sort of)

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Re: Tell HN: I want to teach you web development. In 8 weeks. For free (sort of)

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Post by dkokelley »

It seems that there is significant interest in what you are offering. How do you plan on selecting the six students (apprentices)?

I think the real value in what you are proposing is in the pathway to a job. In fact, I would like to possibly take you up on this offer. I've done some Ruby, Python, and server admin stuff, but not enough to make me "employable" by my standards.

I'm currently in grad school, and I would be taking a semester off (which I am fine with) if I took your offer. When more details become available please contact me. My information is in my profile.

Re: Tell HN: I want to teach you web development. In 8 weeks. For free (sort of)

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Post by nimblegorilla »

palyekar wrote: post #65
bennesvig wrote: post #3

If there was a way to do this from Minnesota, I might be interested.

There's One more here, again from Minnesota interested in this course.

I've been doing rails work in the Twin Cities for 5 years. If either of you are interested in something locally let me know.

Re: Tell HN: I want to teach you web development. In 8 weeks. For free (sort of)

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Post by svmegatron »

kabuks wrote: post #17
ghurlman wrote: post #11

So, you're a rails guy that decided to become a recruiter?

Sort of. I'm a rails guy, who really enjoys being around people. And I'm asking companies to pay me to train devs, instead of find devs.

That sounds like an awesome way to carve out a niche. Best of luck to you!

Re: Tell HN: I want to teach you web development. In 8 weeks. For free (sort of)

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Post by zallarak »

This is awesome. I'd take you up on this. I've worked at a YC startup as a first non-tech employee and have self taught myself a good amount of Python/Django/HTML/CSS. If there's any add'tl info you need to make your decision, feel free to contact. Email is zain.allarakhia@gmail.com

Re: Tell HN: I want to teach you web development. In 8 weeks. For free (sort of)

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Post by joebadmo »

Sounds like an amazing opportunity! If you were in Portland, I'd seriously consider quitting my job to dive in.

I'm a non-programmer slowly trying to teach myself in my off time, but it's slow, lonely, hard-to-stay-motivated going. I've contacted a few local web dev companies to try to come in as an unpaid intern to at least try to get into a more conducive environment, but haven't had much luck.

Please keep us updated on how this goes! And if anyone knows of a similar opportunity in Portland, I'd love to hear about it.

Re: Tell HN: I want to teach you web development. In 8 weeks. For free (sort of)

#78

Post by 2mur »

angelbob wrote: post #63
vijayr wrote: post #25

Is there really that much demand for Rails devs, compared to iphone/android etc? (genuine question, not trolling or anything)

Honestly, it's also slightly easier to train a good junior Rails dev than a good junior iPhone dev, given things like tracking allocated memory. Not sure about Android.

Maybe not anymore with storyboarding and ARC in iOS5 ;)

Re: Tell HN: I want to teach you web development. In 8 weeks. For free (sort of)

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Post by hammock »

kabuks wrote: post #48
bigohms wrote: post #42

Are the companies you working with going to actively short the comp of a junior rails dev hired through this program (treating the 6K as a training incentive) or will graduates theoretically get market rates (treating the 6K as a hiring/headhunting bonus)?

Great question. I would sincerely hope it's the latter. Companies pay up to 25% of first year salary to head hunters (or as a referral bonus), that's the budget we are after. But you raise a very good point. We need to spell that out. Not sure how to enforce it though. Any ideas?

Self-enforcing, assuming you have assembled a decent list of companies you are recruiting for. You have created Joe, a new valuable job candidate, and if there was just one company looking for a guy like Joe, then they would make him eat the cost of tuition (reduce his comp), but since he is a great guy that five or six companies are competing for, the offers they each give him have to be competitive.
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