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- douglascalhoun 14y agoAwesome Sauce, Michael! Best of luck in bringing hacker schooling to the Sacramento area! The revolution is spreading...
- michaelrkn 14y agothanks doug!
- douglasisshiny 14y agoWhile a bunch of this material is review for me, I still would love to have an experience like this. I live in Washington, D.C., however, and I'm unable to find active programs.
- michaelrkn 14y agoi'm putting all of our course materials online at www.learnhowtoprogram.com. only the first chapter (which is probably review for you) is publicly available now, but after the first class is over and we've hammered out the kinks, i'll make the entire curriculum available. that said, i really think most people learn best with others, in person, so i'd really encourage you to take a trip for a couple months to join a class like epicodus or one of the other "hacker schools". (or convince someone to start one in dc!)
- douglasisshiny 14y agoI agree. I've been spending a handful of months learning Ruby (done, but I need to do a lot of small exercises in the language to get used to solving problems in it) and Rails. I've made a small application which I know could be made better (and which didn't have testing). I've since learned much more (comfortable with RSpec + Capybara, associations between models, etc.). And I'm taking the edX SaaS courses, which should help supplement all of this. All that said, I'd love the opportunity to pair program in an environment like the one offered by epicodus.
- austinwang1 14y agoI love the curriculum for this program! Go get em Michael!
- michaelrkn 14y agothanks for the support, austin!
- zug 14y agoI would absolutely kill to be in this class. Unfortunately, I'm out of the US until March 1st. Sigh.
- michaelrkn 14y agoyou can sign up to be notified of future classes: http://www.epicodus.com/future-classes.html http://www.epicodus.com/future-classes.html
- zug 14y agoI had planned on it, but $2800 is barely doable, let alone $8000. Looks fantastic, though.
- michaelrkn 14y agoi'm hoping to be able to offer student loans at some point down the road. with a developer's salary, it shouldn't take more than a year to pay back the loans. it will require partnering with a bank or other lender, though, so it will be a bit of work to get off the ground.
- midibite 14y agoHi Michael, Have you every tried the Workforce Investment Act? Since this is retraining people for new careers I am pretty sure this qualifies. Local place in Sacramento is http://sacramentoworks.org/event/wia-training-information-orientation-10/ http://sacramentoworks.org/event/wia-training-information-or... Give them a call or go into the location on Sylvan Road.
- michaelrkn 14y agothanks for the tip! i will check it out.
- Vinnyard 14y agoI've missed course like this 6 years ago. Glad people can have it now. Great job Michel !
- realdlee 14y agoLooks great Michael!
- sharksforcheap 14y agoI have coded with and learned with michael before and I think he is one of the most patient and thoughtful teachers I know. I wish you the best of luck and congrats to Sacramento for getting an awesome program.