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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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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.

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

#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 HN meetup in Chicago last week and they were raving about it. From what I understand, the 35 folks in their current batch are going to have multiple job offers, and DHH is a huge supporter, so much so that he's taught a class.

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

#68

Sorry, just out of curiosity how much (in average) a Junior Rail Developer can make in San Francisco or in New York. Thanks

Depends on many factors. US-wide it's 75k on average. In SF and NY quite a bit higher.

http://www.simplyhired.com/a/salary/search/q-junior+ruby+on+...

http://www.indeed.com/salary/q-Ruby-On-Rails-Web-Developer-l...

http://www.quora.com/Ruby-on-Rails/What-is-the-salary-range-...

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

#70
This sounds great, and exactly what I'm looking for. I'm currently in the Bay Area doing analytics at a services company and want to transition more into tech. I started teaching myself Python a few weeks ago, but would love a crash course in Ruby.

If there's still room, I'd love to be in this. I'll email you my contact info.

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