On 03/26/2014 12:27 PM, Stacie Farmer wrote: > > I was wondering what your opinions were on the type of programs, ours and > those similar, that provide non-traditional tech training? Specifically, I’m > looking for where you think these programs fail or succeed and what > specifically we should be teaching our members who want to become developers. >
Project management, data structures, and algorithms. As has been mentioned in other posts the syntax is easy to look up online. I've never had a class on php, sql, perl, java, or javascript, yet I use all of them frequently. So when offering classes it's good to offer thing they can't learn from a manual. An introduction to getting started programming is of course useful, but once you get to a certain point you should be able to turn them loose to learn the language on their own. One of the most useful takeaways for me from groups (like UPHPU) is tools. I can't look at them all so it's great that I can show up and a meeting and see what someone else likes and dislikes about a specific tool. Thinking of your specific objective(hopefully this doesn't come across as arrogant since you know more about your objectives then I do) Most companies can not afford full time developers and often hire contractors because they know them(or they are family), think of really small companies. This is a great place to get started. If I was doing a boot camp to help people get started in the industry I would do a LAMP work shop. Maybe using openshift or google app engine. Train them on php,html,css,javascript,and mysql. I'd probably avoid a frame work when starting out. Get them to find a project for a friend, family member, or interest group. Once they have a couple of projects in their portfolio they can start charging for contract work. So a workshop on running your own business and doing bids, etc could be really useful. This is a workable route for anyone whether they are going to college, or not. I mention this route specifically to your group because I know women tend to look for more flexible careers then men. This gives them the ability to set their own hours and work from home. This sort of path can be very low paying at first, but it will build depending on both technical and marketing skills. Kyle _______________________________________________ UPHPU mailing list [email protected] http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net
