davj

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   by davj 14y ago

   Thanks for your message and the kind words. This is our second batch. We trained 12 students in our first class, and 16 in the second (graduated on Friday). Our students do have the qualities you mentioned: ambition, drive, strong work e
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   by davj 14y ago

   Thanks, Doug!
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   by davj 14y ago

   Thanks, Dan!
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   by davj 14y ago

   Larry Page
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   by davj 14y ago

   This is awesome, looking forward to seeing the full project!
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   by davj 14y ago

   this changes everything
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   Get an engineering job without the "chest-thumping"(women2.com)

   2 points by davj 14y ago|1 comments
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   Startup School 2012 in one picture(facebook.com)

   2 points by davj 14y ago|0 comments
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   by davj 14y ago

   lol thanks... how'd your campaign go?
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    Ask HN: My Facebook fan page has 700k likes. What should I do with it?

    3 points by davj 14y ago|5 comments
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    by davj 14y ago

    Awesome, congrats to Tony and Shawn for launching. Wishing you the best! Feel free to check out http://www.hackbrightacademy.com for a software dev training program for women.
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    Ask HN: My fb fan page has over 700k likes, what should I do with it?

    5 points by davj 14y ago|5 comments
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    After 10-Week Python Training Program, Women Engineers Get Job Offers in SV(forbes.com)

    18 points by davj 14y ago|1 comments
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    by davj 14y ago

    Kickstarter
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    From novice to programmer in 10 weeks at Hackbright(gigaom.com)

    1 points by davj 14y ago|0 comments
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    Becoming a Hacker, “A Python Ate Me” & More(women2.com)

    2 points by davj 14y ago|0 comments
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    Debugging the Problem Of Women In Tech(forbes.com)

    9 points by davj 14y ago|1 comments
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    by davj 14y ago

    This is an awesome opportunity!
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    On learning to code (and Hackstar Academy)(hackstaracademy.tumblr.com)

    3 points by davj 14y ago|0 comments
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    by davj 14y ago

    thanks, we'd love to get more of everyone who's excited about it into software development. if you have any other feedback would love to hear your opinion d@hackstaracademy.com
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    by davj 14y ago

    Thanks Kris, these are the scenarios that should change. Would love to chat more about your interest/experience with what we're doing - you can reach me at d@hackstaracademy.com
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    by davj 14y ago

    The program runs for June 4 - August 3
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    by davj 14y ago

    Thanks Doug. I am a former student and Christian helped teach the first cohort of Dev Bootcamp. It is an incredible program and inspiration to us. There are more and more options out there to help train people to become developers, it is
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    by davj 14y ago

    You're right, it doesn't matter what gender you are. The imbalance of the genders in engineering is pretty skewed and we want to improve that. We think a women exclusive fellowship is a great start.
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    We want to increase the number of women in software development.(hackstaracademy.com)

    23 points by davj 14y ago|40 comments
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    Show HN: 90 hour project to learn Rails: Roomiies - 'OKCupid for Roommates'(roomiies.com)

    11 points by davj 14y ago|1 comments
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    by davj 15y ago

    Absolutely incredible!
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    by davj 15y ago

    yeah, I've checked them out - what's ur site?
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    by davj 15y ago

    thanks man, PhantomJS is looking pretty promising.
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    by davj 15y ago

    I spent a ton of time on stackoverflow, quora, w3schools, api.jquery.com, and google. I also bugged my developer friends when I got really stuck. i also used bootstrap from twitter ( http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/ ).