Bloc's Full Stack Web Development Info Session, April 2015
- 2. Your Presenters Ben Neely Director of Web Development Programs Prasid Pathak Director of Marketing
- 3. Build Real Apps Use a real dev environment to deploy live apps. No in-browser fluff Flexible and Online Full or part time from your own home. No need to quit your job and relocate Learn from a Professional Pair program with your mentor, learn how real developers architect apps Bloc is an online education company that makes Developers and Designers
- 4. Mentors (bloc.io/mentors) Experts who: ● hold you accountable ● pair program ● review code ● answer questions ● mark assignments complete ● provide motivation ● help you explore your specific interests ● teach best practices
- 5. 1:20-30 teacher/student1:1 with mentorratio format experience career services Choose your pace and tailored to your goals Study anywhere, with flexible hours Job prep + placement Rigid requirements re: location & hours Pre-set curriculum regardless of experience and interests Job prep Bloc Bootcamps How does Bloc compare to an in- person bootcamp?
- 6. We Make Web Developers MEET JOANNE DAUDIER BEFORE BLOC Marketing Manager TODAY Frontend Developer at ValTech PROJECTS CoderMatch.me MEET HARRY LEVINE BEFORE BLOC Director of Training TODAY Full Stack Developer at a FirePoint PROJECTS Blocitoff Mind on Rails MEET AARON LINN BEFORE BLOC Web Designer at eBaggs TODAY Application Developer at Starbucks PROJECTS Bloc Jams 2.0
- 8. We have hundreds of kick- ass alumni now working as developers and designers! Have a look at: https://www.bloc.io/alumni
- 9. Courses Full Stack Web Development Ruby, Rails, PostgreSQL Frontend Web Development HTML, CSS/SASS, Javascript, AngularJS 12 weeks | 40 hours / week 18 weeks | 25 hours / week Pace Options 36 weeks | 15 hours / week Career Tracks Web Developer Career Track Frontend + Backend. JQuery, Ruby, Rails, HTML, CSS, Javascript, SQL Include Group Projects, Job Prep, Placement Support 24 weeks | 40 hours / week 36 weeks | 25 hours / week 72 weeks | 15 hours / week Web Development Programs
- 10. Full Stack Web Development Track ● Match with your Ruby on Rails Mentor ● Rails, Ruby, SQL ● Projects (e.g., reddit Replica) ● Pair program with three to five other students ● Scope, design and build a new product or service ● Transition to your Frontend Mentor ● HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AngularJS, jQuery ● Projects (e.g., Spotify Replica) ● Career counseling ● Technical interview practice ● Network with Bloc Job Placement Network
- 11. RUBY ON RAILS + PROJECTS ● Match with your Ruby on Rails Mentor whose experience fits with your goals and schedule ● Learn how to use command line, industry-standard tools like Sublime Text, Git and GitHub, and Heroku ● Get familiar with the backend programming in Ruby ● Test Drive Development — reading and coding to RSpec Tests ● Build your own version of Reddit. com as you learn the core concepts of web development with Rails ● Tackle three to four open-ended Bloc projects from scratch Blocipedia by Brandon Smith Reddit Replica
- 12. FRONTEND + PROJECTS ● Transition to your Frontend Mentor ● Start learning the core set of frontend languages: HTML, CSS, and JavaScript ● Learn and practice with jQuery ● Build your own version of Spotify designed to hit the need-to-knows of frontend web development ● Learn and practice with AngularJS ● Tackle three to four open-ended Bloc projects from scratch ● Work with your mentor to define and build a project of your choice and project-manage an app from beginning to end EverVoice By Abdullah Alger Spotify Replica
- 13. GROUP PROJECT ● Your Program Coordinator will pair you with three to five students from our three Tracks (Full Stack Web Dev, Design, Mobile) ● Your team will define a new product or service to bring to life ● Working on a shared codebase, you will scope, design, build, test, and launch a new product or service, combining everything you've learned so far Bloc’s Cloud 9 Team Completes Hackathon
- 14. JOB PREP + PLACEMENT ● Conduct practice technical interviews with one-on-one coaching and feedback ● Practice real interview questions used by the most prestigious companies in tech ● Establish a professional online presence with Stack Overflow, GitHub, and Quora ● Learn what employers are looking for, what to expect from the technical recruiting process, and how to handle objections, rejection, and salary negotiations ● Get introduced to Bloc’s hiring partners in our Job Placement Network Brandon Smith’s Portfolio
- 15. Our Results Guarantee: ● If you’re not fully satisfied, you can request a refund at any time ○ If you have a change of heart during your first week, you can get a full refund ○ Anytime after, get a pro-rata refund, minus a $500 non-refundable deposit TUITION Program Tuition (upfront) Need Payment Plan? Full Stack Web Developer Track $9,500 $10,000: ten monthly installments of $1,000 Frontend Web Development Course $4,999 $5,500: $1,333 upon enrollment, then five monthly installments of $833 Ruby on Rails Web Development Course $4,999
- 16. Meet over eighty satisfied students at www.bloc.io/alumni Questions? Email our Student Advisor Juline at juline@bloc.io