EMERGENCE OF CODE SHOOLS NICK MARUCCI Montana Code School Big Sky Dev Con 2016
EMERGENCE OF
CODE SHOOLSNICK MARUCCI
Montana Code SchoolBig Sky Dev Con 2016
THE ANNUAL REVIEW
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…
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
COST TO ATTEND➤ Financial➤ Time
Credit - LifeHacker - Carnegie Mellon University
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
➤ 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
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.
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-repor
t#Table2
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
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.
THANK YOU➤ QUESTIONS?