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As a London-based startup employee (Marketing, Business Dev) it makes me proud to point to these kinds of initiatives in my city.
If you need any additional teachers for marketing/pitching/sales/lean then drop me a line. I already volunteer at Coder Dojo and am a mentor at a few others.
Curriculum looks similar to Coursera's Startup Engineering, which I am doing (although it isn't currently officially offered). I think this is an interesting initiative, would like to try something like this in Toronto.
This is outstanding; Providing for free what some startups are attempting to charge >$15K for. As a London-based startup employee (Marketing, Business Dev) it makes me proud to point to these kinds of initiatives in my city. If you need any additional teachers for marketing/pitching/sales/lean then drop me a line. I already volunteer at Coder Dojo and am a mentor at a few others.
What have previous cohorts gone on to do?
Of the others, one has got a job with a tech startup, one is working as a business analyst, one is freelancing with Google, some have returned to their own startups from which they took a sabbatical to do the course--but none of them are in pure developer roles.
We are not in the business of pretending we can turn people into software developers in a few weeks. I am re-orienting the course away from the unrealistic goal of turning out market-ready software developers and instead I am aiming to jump-start people who want to work on their own projects.
This might kibosh my funding sources, but it seems to be a more interesting and worthwhile direction to go in.
This is excellent, a friend of mine based in London was specifically looking for a way to learn programming on the cheap. I've sent him the link. One thing - you should probably add a loads more prominent link to the foundersandcoders.org/intro page on the entry page - my friend isn't a sceptical HN reader, and he would've missed that link (and loads of useful information) very easily.
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It is, but this is a little light on information. The course : What's the ciriculum. What's the structure. Will it be focused on building a project? Is this one-on-one instruction, classroom based, mentorship based, mostly self taught? What's the target/prerequisite level of student experience? The Free : How is it free? Donors? Volunteers? Is this the pilot for a for profit project?
Here's another useful link http://camdencollective.co.uk/academy/ There's a video in there and some other current info. The main website should incorporate more of this information though. Right now details are scattered around twitter feeds, multiple websites, semi updated pages and this thread (hn is probably the best source of info right now).
What have previous cohorts gone on to do?
The first cohort graduated in February. One is interning as a developer at Hogarth Worldwide--after only six weeks and from a standing start--but he was an outlier. Of the others, one has got a job with a tech startup, one is working as a business analyst, one is freelancing with Google, some have returned to their own startups from which they took a sabbatical to do the course--but none of them are in pure developer…
Is this restricted to London residents?
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It is, but this is a little light on information. The course : What's the ciriculum. What's the structure. Will it be focused on building a project? Is this one-on-one instruction, classroom based, mentorship based, mostly self taught? What's the target/prerequisite level of student experience? The Free : How is it free? Donors? Volunteers? Is this the pilot for a for profit project?
Here's another useful link http://camdencollective.co.uk/academy/ There's a video in there and some other current info. The main website should incorporate more of this information though. Right now details are scattered around twitter feeds, multiple websites, semi updated pages and this thread (hn is probably the best source of info right now).