Originally created April 7th, 2016 to help aspiring bootcamp students become better prepared to start at full-time coding bootcamps.

1. BootcampMe
FVCproductions
Preparing
You
Before
They
Do.

2. 1st
Session
1. Your Goals & Where
You Stand
2. Virtual Presence
3. Staying Cool &
Keeping Busy

3. 1
Your Goals
&
Where You Stand

4. “What are your short-term and
long-term goals for your career?
What do you hope to learn from this?
How much do you know about your
bootcamp?

5. “Do you have a GitHub? What about
LinkedIn? Do you keep it updated?
Do you have your own website?
Do you feel comfortable with basic
programming concepts?

6. 2
Virtual Presence

7. 3
Staying Cool
&
Keeping Busy

8. Funsies Fun things to do
in your free time.
AKA
What do I do on the
weekends if I have energy
left?

9. Attend tech Meetups.
Join groups such as Code Crew, Fullstack JavaScript,
Google NYC Tech Talks, NY Tech Meetup, Women Who
Code NYC, etc. in the NYC.

10. Earn honor and rank up on Codewars.
If you get to 4 kyu, you get a free t-shirt from Fullstack. :P

11. Participate in Hackathons.
Check out Hackathon IO for upcoming local hackathons.

12. Become a warrior through CodeCombat.
If you’re into gaming, then you can learn JavaScript as you
defeat ogres, solve mazes, and level up.

13. Start writing technical posts or just blogging in
general. Reflecting is always nice.
There’s plenty of options out there: Ghost, Tumblr, Wordpress,
Jekyll, Medium, etc.

14. github.com/fvcproductions
GitHub
linkedin.com/in/fvcproductions
LinkedIn
fvcproductions.com
Website

15. Schedule
Another
Session
Use my Calendly link.
And then make your own Calendly!
http://calendly.com/fvcproductions

16. THANKS!
Any questions?
Reach out to me via email!