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?