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App Academy: Free nine week iOS course

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Re: App Academy: Free nine week iOS course

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Post by rflrob »

eggbrain wrote: post #6

Looks interesting, but there are a few lingering questions remain: 1) Where will the academy be located at? Do you already have the logistics covered? If so, could you share some of these details? (Location/Photos of area/etc) 2) You mention that the Summer program is free to build up excitement for the fall session, but later you mention you will try to help find the developer a position. Are you acting as a recruit…

I teach an intensive "Programming for Bioinformatics" course that, in just about a week, goes from "here's the terminal" to having people comfortable (if not completely proficient) with programming. From there, it's possible to dive into deeper stuff.

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Post by jaysonelliot »

I'm interested to know why age is one of the required fields. Will there be any preference given to people who are either "old enough" or "young enough?"

Making something like that required without disclosing why it's being asked seems like an invitation for people to supply false information in hopes of not being passed over for an arbitrary reason like their age.

Re: App Academy: Free nine week iOS course

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Post by ruggeri »

jaysonelliot wrote: post #12

I'm interested to know why age is one of the required fields. Will there be any preference given to people who are either "old enough" or "young enough?" Making something like that required without disclosing why it's being asked seems like an invitation for people to supply false information in hopes of not being passed over for an arbitrary reason like their age.

Hmm; good point. We put it in there pro forma. Age isn't very important to us; feel free to put 0 in. We'll take the field off when we get a chance :-)

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Post by TylerE »

ruggeri wrote: post #13
jaysonelliot wrote: post #12

I'm interested to know why age is one of the required fields. Will there be any preference given to people who are either "old enough" or "young enough?" Making something like that required without disclosing why it's being asked seems like an invitation for people to supply false information in hopes of not being passed over for an arbitrary reason like their age.

Hmm; good point. We put it in there pro forma. Age isn't very important to us; feel free to put 0 in. We'll take the field off when we get a chance :-)

It might still be relevant. Aren't there still some issues with collecting personal information from minors, given some of the absurd "think of the children" internet laws that were pushed though?

Re: App Academy: Free nine week iOS course

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Post by lachyg »

Aftershock21 wrote: post #17

If no programming experience required, What are the other prerequisites for this course? Can anyone without a collage degree join ? Do you think person with zero programming experience with just 9 weeks of study get $80k salary ?

http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/10/dev-boot-camp-is-a-ruby-suc... - "Startups Court Dev Bootcamp’s Ruby Grads: 88% Have Offers At Average Of $79K"
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