Emergence Of Code Schools
- 1. EMERGENCE OF CODE SHOOLSNICK MARUCCI Montana Code School Big Sky Dev Con 2016
- 3. WHY SHOULD WE HIRE BOOTCAMP GRADS?➤ Why should we hire code school grads? ➤ What about the CS grads? ➤ They have no higher level understanding. ➤ Code school grads only have 3 months of experience after all. ➤ I’ll get back to this…
- 4. A LITTLE ABOUT ME ➤ NICK MARUCCI ➤ Lead Instructor - Montana Code School ➤ Student/Mentor/Teacher - DevMountain Code School ➤ Owner - Sol Innovations Ltd. ➤ Product Development Engineer - Parker Hannifin ➤ BSME - University at Buffalo ➤ Supply Chain Management - USMC ➤ Love the outdoors, climbing, painting, traveling
- 5. COST TO ATTEND ➤ Financial ➤ Time Credit - LifeHacker - Carnegie Mellon University
- 6. EDUCATION VS. LEARNING ➤ EDUCATION ➤ High Level ➤ Theoretical ➤ We hear and see and ponder ➤ LEARNING ➤ Mid to Detail Level ➤ Understand hard skills ➤ We do and apply
- 7. ➤ I quit my job ➤ I had no income ➤ I was scared ➤ It was a leap of faith ➤ I learned A LOT of hard skills ➤ I built A LOT of functional apps ➤ I helped other students learn ➤ Now I teach students MY EXPERIENCE
- 8. WHY SHOULD WE HIRE BOOTCAMP GRADS?➤ Why should we hire code school grads? ➤ What about the CS grads? ➤ They have no higher level understanding. ➤ Code school grads only have 3 months of experience after all.
- 9. VALUE OF A BOOTCAMP GRAD ➤ Has the ability to learn quickly and want to learn ➤ Necessary in ever changing industry ➤ They are driven and engaged ➤ They can dig straight into the code upon arrival ➤ They have the ability to debug and can understand unit testing ➤ Many are college educated (71%) ➤ https://www.coursereport.com/reports/2015-coding-bootcamp-job-placement-demographics-report#Table2
- 10. JOB PLACEMENT ➤ These grads are being hired at high placement rates. ➤ At formidable companies ➤ With solid full-stack coding skills ➤ And will have gained 3 years of experience before their college bond peers have graduated ➤ https://www.coursereport.com/reports/2015-coding-bootcamp-job-placement-demographics-report#Table2
- 11. TECH GROWTH IN MONTANA ➤ As the local areas continue to grow, and Bozeman becomes a tech hub, we will need skilled programmers. ➤ These bootcamps will allow for central access to well developed and skilled programmers. ➤ Bootcamps are tending to a more diverse workforce. ➤ Grows the local community ➤ Bootcamps are a real thing and are becoming more prevalent. ➤ Let’s get on board in Montana.