it definitely is helpful. I worked in a different industry for 25 years so I need to learn all the buzzwords etc
very nice @ccziriak
ccz
@ccziriak
@Seaner71 Thanks
Sean Smyth
@Seaner71
@ccziriak how did you learn your skills?
Randy Reitz
@NotTheDBA
back
@Seaner71 I'm doing the Penn sponsored program.
ccz
@ccziriak
@Seaner71 Used a variety of ways - online searches/tutorials, school, FCC, projects. I had a side business for several years a while back, and have done websites since the early days of the web. For my own personal interests and volunteer for church. non-profits.
Randy Reitz
@NotTheDBA
HI @zeeatwork
Sean Smyth
@Seaner71
@NotTheDBA willl you be in the first class?
Randy Reitz
@NotTheDBA
@Seaner71 No, I missed the cut-off, so I'm in the second one.
Sean Smyth
@Seaner71
cool -i would recommend it for anyone who has the time and resources to do it. I tried a little FCC and Codeacademy on my own but it would have taken me years on my own
Randy Reitz
@NotTheDBA
Yeah - that's kind of where I am with it. I have a lot of background, but I missed a lot of the front end and web technologies that companies want for full stack these days, which has been limiting the job junt options.
I've played around with things on my own, but I need a focused approach.
Sean Smyth
@Seaner71
I was what I would call a power Excel user prior to starting but I had some pretty big knowledge gaps. i.e . I had never used the command line
Randy Reitz
@NotTheDBA
That's a big jump in a short period. Definitely worth it!
Sean Smyth
@Seaner71
and yea the focused approach thing is very helpful
@NotTheDBA good luck to you. it's a lot of work but it should open a lot of doors
Randy Reitz
@NotTheDBA
Much appreciated, thanks!
Zenzi Ali
@zeeatwork
Hi @NotTheDBA. Sorry, I haven't looked at the chat screen in a bit.
Randy Reitz
@NotTheDBA
No worries @zeeatwork - we all get busy here. :-)
Sean Smyth
@Seaner71
@NotTheDBA looks like @ Penn they will be teaching React and Node which from my early job search results seem to be a lot more popular these days over Rails
Randy Reitz
@NotTheDBA
That's good to know. I've heard a lot of asks for Node and Angular and vanilla JavaScript in my searching.
Sean Smyth
@Seaner71
Im gonna drop off . good talking to everyone
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Randy Reitz
@NotTheDBA
Have a good night @Seaner71 .
Zenzi Ali
@zeeatwork
Bye everyone. I'll see you next time.
Randy Reitz
@NotTheDBA
good night @zeeatwork .
Randy Reitz
@NotTheDBA
OK - I'm closing down for the night. Have a good week all.
Adeline Johnson
@Addie27
Hi all! I feel like I log on way too late haha! @Seaner71 I am attending the Penn bootcamp in the same cohort as @NotTheDBA . I am interested to hear how your job search goes because that is the biggest thing I am worried about (well that and actually learning the content!). I want to hear about the interviewing process and stuff - would it be alright if I checked in with you from time to time?
G7470
@G7470
Hello all!
Zenzi Ali
@zeeatwork
Good Evening, all!!
G7470
@G7470
Sorry for being late - had to make sure there was food at the house. Lol
Zenzi Ali
@zeeatwork
One of the bootcamp's advertising states that you don't have to pay for your education until you're employed. I'm curious about how that offer works.
I'm concerned about the investment and employment, too, @Addie27 .
G7470
@G7470
I'm not really sure. Haven't done a boot camp before. Maybe someone who has can enlighten us on it
Zenzi Ali
@zeeatwork
Thanks. I thought I'd put that question out early, just in case anyone knows anything.
G7470
@G7470
I'm curious too
G7470
@G7470
Anybody working on any projects?
ccz
@ccziriak
Hi all
G7470
@G7470
Hi @ccziriak
ccz
@ccziriak
hey @G7470
G7470
@G7470
How's the business going?
ccz
@ccziriak
It's going...slow to pick up steam. I'm working on finishing up a site to demo to my accountant this week
@G7470 how are things going with you?
G7470
@G7470
Ahhh, well that's good that you've got a site to work on
Things are going alright here. Got a couple projects to work on, so they are keeping me busy
ccz
@ccziriak
what kind of projects?
G7470
@G7470
Web projects - building a couple of php gaming sites for people. Hoping to help generate some passive income this year off of them