I won’t go as far as to tell everything since the last post. Challenges went by, I continued pairing with Armando, working at my strange company that just ended up closing, and then the closer I got to my 8000 miles travel, the busier I got…
Plus, I just ended up taking all the time I could get to see my fiance. And let me tell you guys : That was worth it, and a very good idea !
Then, 3 days ago I arrived in SF. I just had time to discover simple things here and there, get an account at the bank, a mobile line, and all the things you need for a simple life nowadays.
Now, up to the main topic :
The program started
So, yesterday, we were expected at Dev Bootcamp, just at the entrance of Chinatown, for 9AM. We met the last remaining people of the cohort that we had not met before, and waited there, anxiously waiting. At 9AM sharp, shouts and claps started right behind that little door we had not passed yet…
They opened the doors, and things went wild. I won’t go as far as to explain everything in details, but for this first post in a while I’ll just sum it up as :
- People are awesome. Teachers, Coaches, other students, other cohorts, everybody!
- We should be expecting 60-80 hours weeks, and even there we probably won’t get over everything anyway.
- Sherif, one of our teachers, is really eloquent… You can hear pure knowledge come out of his mouth… That’s insane
- Sherif told us repeatedly : We are insane for thinking it is doable. But the common insanity is what bounds us and may end up making it possible.
- We are guinea pigs. The program we will be living will be a bit different than the others, but then I’ll explain that later.
All in all, I can say that we are joining a program that shows us how to work and let us do the job and find about what to do and how, assess our learning,… We are basically the ones making it possible. Teachers guide us, but that is all.
Now, time to head up to DBC again, cheers!