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This document provides an overview of Thinkful, a program that trains developers and data scientists through 1-on-1 mentorship and project-based learning. It discusses how technology has permeated every industry, the different roles in tech like front-end developer and back-end developer, and how Thinkful students learn skills rather than credentials, with 80% of graduates placed as full-time web developers and 92% placed in tech careers overall. The document promotes Thinkful's free online course in HTML, CSS and JavaScript and asks for feedback on the event.

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Getting Started in Tech!
December 2017
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About us
Mayank Mishra
Software Developer
Thinkful Program Manager
Shannon Gallagher
Thinkful Community Manager
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About you!
What's your name?
What brought you here today?
What is your programming experience?
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About Thinkful
We train developers and data scientists
through 1x1 mentorship and project-based
learning.
Guaranteed.Guaranteed.
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Thinkful's Free Resource
HTML, CSS and JavaScript
Unlimited mentor-led Q&A sessions
Personal Program Manager
bit.ly/tf-free-coursebit.ly/tf-free-course
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What is "tech"?
Tech isn’t just one industry anymore — it’s the new business
model. Every company is now a tech company.
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Nary a Software Company to be Found
Retail
Public Transportation
Social Media
Advertising
Entertainment
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Traditional Career Trajectory
Junior sales
Account
executive
Sales
Manager
VP Sales
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Tech Really Don't Care
Front End Developer
Back End Developer
Full Stack Developer
QA Developer
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QA Developer
Write software tests and conduct manual tests to catch bugs
before they’re shipped
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Next Step: Senior Developer
Everything that came before with the ability to estimate your
work accurately, handle challenging problems with less
support, and add support for junior colleagues
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Coding plus Roles
Coding + Product = Product Manager
Coding + Marketing = Growth Hacker
Coding + Sales = Sales Engineer
Coding + Data = Data Scientist
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Skills, not Credentials
Companies are desperate and coding is a skill that can be
objectively veriﬁed through portfolios and technical interviews.
This levels the playing ﬁelds making it possible for manyThis levels the playing ﬁelds making it possible for many
paths to learning.paths to learning.
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Many Firms Recruit from Coding Challenge Sites
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How to get in the door?
Learn the skills
Build a portfolio of high quality work
Develop a relevant network
Prep for technical interviews
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Our Results
80%80%as Full-time Web Developers
Link for the third party audit jobs report:
https://www.thinkful.com/bootcamp-jobs-https://www.thinkful.com/bootcamp-jobs-
statsstats
92%92%placed in tech careers
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Feedback
Give us your feedback on
tonight's event!
bit.ly/feedback-phxbit.ly/feedback-phx
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