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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 bira » Wed, Nov 23, 2011, 1:20 AM UTC

wallawe wrote: post #60

ntulip wrote: post #57

This is awesome. Too bad I am on the east coast. Can you maybe video tape the whole thing and make each day available online?

I would be willing to pay for something like this.

Mee too, I'm from Europe though.

Maybe the OP or somebody in the class could share what they do with as much details as possible on a blog as they go?

Would be interesting.

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

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Post by smileycynic » Wed, Nov 23, 2011, 1:20 AM UTC

I'm interested! How many/what hours/day would this be, and when would it start? -Shannon shannon at starrynightcoaching dot com.

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

#83

Post by smileycynic » Wed, Nov 23, 2011, 1:20 AM UTC

I'm interested! How many/what hours/day would this be, and when would it start? -Shannon shannon at starrynightcoaching dot com.

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

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Post by rudeegraap » Wed, Nov 23, 2011, 1:22 AM UTC

Can I pay you to attend?

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

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Post by moe » Wed, Nov 23, 2011, 1:40 AM UTC

moe wrote: post #80

Sorry, I'm sure you have the best intentions but it's not possible to go in 8 weeks from "no computer science background required" to a rails junior.

I'd be curious to hear the rationale behind my downvote.

Is anyone seriously suggesting you can turn a programming illiterate into a rails hire in 8 weeks?

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

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Post by kabuks » Wed, Nov 23, 2011, 1:41 AM UTC

wiscoDude wrote: post #59

I discussed this very idea with @bendycode this past summer. Kudos to you kicking it off and best of luck! Here are some things we discussed are important for RoR devs to know. ymmv. Effective pairing skills Mastery of the CLI Experience deploying to Heroku & non-heroku hosts Git knowledge Spec tests Feature tests Haml/SASS Ajax UX/Jquery Configuration Management Twitter Oauth Twitter API Facebook Oauth Devise & User…

Great list! If you get a chance, I would love to connect and hear more about you guys have thought about. Maybe we can work together.

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

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Post by kabuks » Wed, Nov 23, 2011, 1:44 AM UTC

rudeegraap wrote: post #84

Can I pay you to attend?

Sure. shereef@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 petermarks » Wed, Nov 23, 2011, 1:46 AM UTC

joebadmo wrote: post #77

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 updat…

Regarding learning Ruby in Portland, make it out to a PDX Ruby Brigade meeting if you haven't already. They have meetings focused on learning Ruby: http://calagator.org/events/1250461371

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

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Post by kabuks » Wed, Nov 23, 2011, 1:47 AM UTC

eLobato wrote: post #74

Just wondering, what's your experience besides Classparrot? It's great but I'd like to see more before getting in a bigger commitment.

Ofcourse. I built http://bettermeans.com Worked for MS for 4 years as lead dev. Taught workshops in high schools around the country for 4 years. I also really enjoy public speaking: http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/TEDxSF-Shereef-Bishay-Open-En...

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

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Post by coreyhaines » Wed, Nov 23, 2011, 1:53 AM UTC

pitdesi wrote: post #64

This is an interesting business model. I like it, but am interested to see how you will commit people to paying you $100/month for the next 5 years unless structuring it as a loan (which has it's own headaches) For those interested in something similar, my understanding is that Code Academy (Different than YC startup codecademy) http://codeacademy.org in Chicago is phenomenal. I met a bunch of their students at the H…

With the rise and popularity of 'teach to code' services, it remains to be seen which model works best. Taking a person from 0 (or very, very little) knowledge and experience to the point where they can be at all effective as a software developer is difficult. Expecting a matter of weeks to turn someone such as this into hireable material is a dangerous attitude to have. I'm very curious to see the graduates of these courses and even more curious to see how their skills are represented to possible hiring companies.