It's been years and I'm still friends with a few of the people I went through the course with.
It was a good experience.
To all my brehs making under 60k a year and wanting to get into IT, check out per scholas
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It was a good experience.
Rembrandt
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I'm genuinely excited. Seems like my class is all black too so definitely gonna make sure to make some connections up there.
I really appreciate you dropping in with your experience. Hopefully that encourages more ppl here to check this out. Seems to be a great opportunity
did you get your current job/related due to the program?
I have an admissions overview scheduled for tomorrow since I'm back in the states for a while, I want to upskill as much as possible. I'm interested in the software engineering track since I already know HTML CSS JS. It would be great if this could make me job ready full stack developer by the end. I also hope I get remote classes since the campus where they teach in my state in 4 - 5 hours away.
Rembrandt
the artist
Props bro! How'd it go?
Had my orientation today which was great. A lot of black teachers, leaders, etc running the course. The IT track is definitely fast tracked but I'm seemingly good on the hardware side but networking like my usual life might be a pain.
But the genuine impression part is really how much and far they go for their students. This is their second one in Indiana and we had some of the recent grads in. One is a young black guy who catches 3 buses to get here and back. Who did it when his water/lights were cut off. They paid for that. He graduated but didn't get his certificates but bc of how hard he was trying and showing his dedication, he actually got hired as support help for Goodwill making more than he's made in his life.
Another black guy done both of his TIA+ courses in 5 weeks and recently got invited to visit and help them improve and modernize their courses.
Hooked an older black lady up at a job at Eli Lilly.
But like he told us, his job isn't to find us a job. He told us about the amount of people that still haven't visited him to work on career development or ones that did but ignored the Wednesday courses and didn't work on their resume/mock interviews.
They stress their network and the importance of networking. They made it clear, which k thought was great, that the graduation ceremony is also kind of like a recruiting fair with not only your family but recruiters and whatnot from companies around Indiana and ones that they know. Some guy got introduced into someone working at Comcast and is moving to Chicago soon to work for them.
It's definitely something where you get out what you put in. Ask questions, take this as something valuable, stay after and ask questions, make friends with the people in the class with you, etc.
It reminds me a lot of when I got the job at American Airlines and their interview process. People are watching and taking notes of everything, not just how you work. Because theyre tryna sell you. You're a representation of not only yourself but this program and they REALLY mean that and want you to do well.
I wish you luck if you get in and decide to follow through. I'm very excited for this.
Rembrandt
the artist
First week over and it is absolutely a lot lol. I'm enjoying at least the 1101 part of the TIA+ and might be able to finish a lil bit quicker, but genuinely only because of a little bit more familiarity with this part.
With this being 12 weeks. There's a lot of info at once but you're given a lot of material to work with and a good support system of teachers and whatnot willing to answer questions and run shyt through with you.
It seems to be a lot of over studying and preparation, which is kind of a good thing. It encourages you to understand a lot more, makes it seem more comprehensive than just running through objectives without trying to understand anything.
It's learning the speeds of different versions of thunderbolt or learning how to quickly recognize voltage off pins. Becoming familiar with the differences between Intel and AMD CPUs by layout etc.
Buts it's been enjoyable and I might be lucky with this only being the second one that I got great classmates that make all this a lot easier to run through. So if you do this, I'll definitely recommend being personable - ya'll all in there for a reason, no need to be standoffish or shy
With this being 12 weeks. There's a lot of info at once but you're given a lot of material to work with and a good support system of teachers and whatnot willing to answer questions and run shyt through with you.
It seems to be a lot of over studying and preparation, which is kind of a good thing. It encourages you to understand a lot more, makes it seem more comprehensive than just running through objectives without trying to understand anything.
It's learning the speeds of different versions of thunderbolt or learning how to quickly recognize voltage off pins. Becoming familiar with the differences between Intel and AMD CPUs by layout etc.
Buts it's been enjoyable and I might be lucky with this only being the second one that I got great classmates that make all this a lot easier to run through. So if you do this, I'll definitely recommend being personable - ya'll all in there for a reason, no need to be standoffish or shy
I thought this was well known. It's legit but you can't have a college degree, at least that's how it was when I looked into it years back. A friend was military and went thru and he's over 6 figs today as a scrum master
Rembrandt
the artist
You can. Just can't make over a certain amount yearly. There's a certain threshold because of who this program is targeting. It's under 60k a year which is over $20+ an hour.
It's a great opportunity but I appreciate you adding some validity to this.
I just wanna spread the word on this opportunity for a lot of people. Don't overlook this if you're interested and willing, seriously. But you can have a college degree and still do it. Some of the people in my class have masters and one just graduated for his bachelors recently in computer science to show how beneficial this program is, even to people that have that knowledge. It's free
It's a great opportunity and can only benefit us as a community. Let your nephews, cousins, sisters, nieces, etc know. Especially nieces, sisters and any other black women in your family. They just linked up with blackgirlscode and are going above and beyond to secure positions for women in tech, especially black women.
i was just looking at the site and what courses they have available now. i'm considering it
Rembrandt
the artist
i was just looking at the site and what courses they have available now. i'm considering it
Definitely hop into it if you can! It's a great opportunity if you're down to put the work in.
Update:
Definitely seems like a solid opportunity, but unfortunately doesn't line up with my time line. If I were to wait it would be a full 4 months before classes started and since I'm already moving on to advanced react in my own personal studies I didn't see the point in waiting. I'll be full stack on my own my the time class started. I am however gonna take a blockchain development course after I finish react. And I'll probably pick up next.js too.
Any bruhs that can wait for a class to start, I definitely would suggest it.
Definitely seems like a solid opportunity, but unfortunately doesn't line up with my time line. If I were to wait it would be a full 4 months before classes started and since I'm already moving on to advanced react in my own personal studies I didn't see the point in waiting. I'll be full stack on my own my the time class started. I am however gonna take a blockchain development course after I finish react. And I'll probably pick up next.js too.
Any bruhs that can wait for a class to start, I definitely would suggest it.
Rembrandt
the artist
Almost half way.
It's solid but a lot of work/studying. Should have my 1101 certification by early next month. Just studying port numbers and more of the networking til I'm confident
Like I said earlier, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone not interested or willing to actually put a lot of time and effort into it. Even with classes, it requires you be willing to take in the responsibility of studying after, before and on weekends to make sure you you're good.
Landed a great teacher and the team has been fantastic so far with support. It's hard to beat this for free
Rembrandt
the artist
Keep an eye out because they do have online ones. Just don't when/how often