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Developer Bootcamps are Expensive. Learn Python Online with a Mentor for $99.

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Re: Developer Bootcamps are Expensive. Learn Python Online with a Mentor for $99.

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Post by Karunamon »

bjpless wrote: post #15
Karunamon wrote: post #11

I would love to have something like this, but for Ruby and Rails. The price is right, too. Seriously. I will be first in line. The dev bootcamps are really enticing to me, but I don't have any realistic way of leaving my job for two weeks and fronting the thousands of dollars.

Hey Karunamon. I was thinking about adding a registration form for rails as well but I decided to keep things simple (maybe a mistake in retrospect...). If you're interested, sign up and I'll put it together.

Done, address is at tkware.info

Thanks!

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Post by raj564 »

oflannabhra wrote: post #19
matt_ wrote: post #13

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gotealeaf.com you can take it online and pay as you go. I took this and got a job 1 month after completing it.

I see the value of a lot of these programs/courses as connecting you with your first job. What did that look like for you? Did you move? Find something local? Did Tealeaf help you? Anyway, I'm very interested in your experience.

i am a graduate of tealeaf academy. i took all 3 courses, which took about 4 months to complete. I got my 1st dev job about 2 mo. later. They did help find a job by introducing me to their rails/ruby contacts in the city i was living in. I didn't have any OOP experience prior to the course. I totally recommend this if you want to learn rails to bootstrap your own product or change careers and become a dev. I did this for both.

Re: Developer Bootcamps are Expensive. Learn Python Online with a Mentor for $99.

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Post by MartinCron »

throwaway1979 wrote: post #10
bjpless wrote: post #9

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Right now newbies. But the same principle applies. I want to broaden a bunch of programming skills (especially algorithms) largely on my own time but I'd like a human voice to guide and motivate me from time to time. If this works out, we'll keep expanding.

Cool ... best of luck. As an intermediate/expert programmer in one language, it would be great to get access to an expert in language B. Certainly worth $100!

That's exactly what I was thinking.

Re: Developer Bootcamps are Expensive. Learn Python Online with a Mentor for $99.

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Post by matt_ »

oflannabhra wrote: post #19
matt_ wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

gotealeaf.com you can take it online and pay as you go. I took this and got a job 1 month after completing it.

I see the value of a lot of these programs/courses as connecting you with your first job. What did that look like for you? Did you move? Find something local? Did Tealeaf help you? Anyway, I'm very interested in your experience.

This course doesn't have the direct matching that the in person courses do. It's mostly on you. They do encourage you to attend local meetups to network.

I live in the same city as one of the instructors and he offered to connect me with local people for a job, but I ended up not needing it as I got a job with the person who ran my local meetup.

You can read other people's stories at: http://community.gotealeaf.com/t/share-your-experience-of-le...

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Post by matt_ »

ejstronge wrote: post #20
matt_ wrote: post #13

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gotealeaf.com you can take it online and pay as you go. I took this and got a job 1 month after completing it.

Like the other commenter, I'd like to hear more - what did your employer think about you having taken this course?

You know, I never asked him directly what he thought about it. He was just happy I knew rails, and knew programming enough to work in other languages as well.

You can read other people's stories at: http://community.gotealeaf.com/t/share-your-experience-of-le...

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Post by jonathandeamer »

Karunamon wrote: post #11

I would love to have something like this, but for Ruby and Rails. The price is right, too. Seriously. I will be first in line. The dev bootcamps are really enticing to me, but I don't have any realistic way of leaving my job for two weeks and fronting the thousands of dollars.

This looks like a good online Rails course with the option of mentorship http://learn.thoughtbot.com I keep seeing promoted tweets advertising it.

Re: Developer Bootcamps are Expensive. Learn Python Online with a Mentor for $99.

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Post by markcmyers »

lem72 wrote: post #14
Karunamon wrote: post #11

I would love to have something like this, but for Ruby and Rails. The price is right, too. Seriously. I will be first in line. The dev bootcamps are really enticing to me, but I don't have any realistic way of leaving my job for two weeks and fronting the thousands of dollars.

I'd like a Javascript mentor as well.

lem72, here's a thought. I just released my JavaScript course, "A Smarter Way to Learn JavaScript: The Tech-Assisted Approach that Requires Half the Effort." I'm looking for learner feedback. If you purchase the Kindle book for the course, I'll be happy to work with you by email on any problems or questions you have. Here's the link: http://www.asmarterwaytolearn.com
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