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In Bootcamp podcast is about Matthew Petschl's experience at a local coding bootcamp and journey to software engineer, featuring Ryan Rampersad with industry commentary.

Beginning Node

Episode #10The Fringe #531

Matt learns Node, reflects on Group Project 1 and follows up from Interview Day, a chat on Open Source North!
  • Learning...
    • Node right now!
      • Mostly everyone had it installed
      • No “server” stuff right now, but little scripts
      • Be sure to ignore `node_modules`
      • Some people really struggled
  • Follow up from Interview Day
    • A response from the company
    • How to write a thank you letter
      • How to follow up and state continued interest anyway
  • Group Project 1
    • People management
      • What do with contributors with little contribution?
      • What counts and what’s worth it?
    • Code management
      • Handling merge conflicts
      • Observation skills are a challenge across the team
      • Look’n’feel
      • Broken code and poor quality working code in places
    • Presentation
      • Single member wanted to own presentation
      • Rejected offer to collaborate on Google Slides
      • What team members participated
    • Final Grade
      • A......... what?
  • Saturday profressor on news http://www.fox9.com/good-day/learning-to-code-at-the-university-of-minnesota
  • Open Source North
    • We have tickets!

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