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Welcome toHolberton School!
A survival guide
What it’s going to be like• hard and frustrating
• failure creates memories; fast early-experience-builder
• “Ask you peers!”
• hands-on and increasingly feeling like real-life projects
• but keep focused on the learning!
• learn how to learn, and pick up on things quickly
• full-stack = not just back-end + front-end
• two “breeds” of engineers in the industry
• tools restrictions
The natural path of peer-learning
• intranet concepts to get you started
• search, try (learn how to learn)
• peers, forum, Slack (learn by teaching, learn from a peer)
• Mentors (learn through community)
• Meetups, LinkedIn (extended community)
Chronological organization
• 9-month high-intensity training —> fast-learning generalists…
• 6-month internship —> … with a professional experience in tech…
• 9-month specialization —> … specialized in X, and with a plan.
Thematic organization
• Lower-level programming
• Higher-level programming
• System administration
• Soft skills
“Your own product” block• In ~ two months, but start thinking about it
• Promise of infinite features. Rule of thumb: try to name 10/15 (smart or dumb) features for it on top of MVP
• User management
• There will be teams, so not all ideas will make it —> learning > product!
• Technology? —> Discovery workshops
Lifecycle of a project• Find it on the intranet (you get notified)
• Work on it, ask for help, help others out
• Start date + end date
• QA review
• automatic: at end date
• manual: after end date
• Sometimes, live demo / solution by student or founder
• Sometimes, a “Reefinery” on the week-end
Manual QA review• Sometimes after project’s deadline, sometimes
when you’re done
• By: a founder, a mentor, or a peer who was already reviewed
• In presence of the reviewer and the reviewee
• Remote: shared screen like in a remote interview
• Two QA review TODO lists in the intranet
Grading rules
Mandatory tasks (100%)
Optional tasks (100%)
(Some automatic, some manual)
Grading rules
Mandatory tasks (100%)
Optional tasks (100%)
100% 25%
125%
Grading rules
Mandatory tasks (100%)
Optional tasks (100%)
75% 25%
75%
Grading rules
Mandatory tasks (100%)
Optional tasks (100%)
80% 25%
105%
Captain’s log• Write down about your week, to reflect on it.
• For now, everyone sends to a Google Form, between Friday morning and Saturday morning.
• Answers four questions:
• Global feeling about this week: :), :|, or :( ?
• What new things did I learn?
• What did I most struggle with?
• What was my biggest breakthrough / aha moment?
• Each question: 2 to 5 lines max. (You are very welcome to write more for your own reflection, but don’t share it.)
Stand-up meeting• Every weekday at 11.30am sharp, at meetup area
• Announcements of the day + feedback of the day
• “Keep in touch”
• someone introduces a meaningful current press article of yesterday/today
• 5 minutes maximum (timed) —> break room
Mindset• Resilience to frustration
• Growth mindset rather than fixed mindset
• Resilience to confusion
• Feeling stupid = opportunity
• Flee your comfort zone - learn how to learn
• Humility and open mind as a developer’s enlightenment and credibility
• Help with open proposals, not negativity
• Never ever mind haters
Building a career, not a job
• polish your professional social presence TODAY (are you already a software engineer on LinkedIn?)
• beware the job offer from the banker/lawyer who has a genius idea and is about to raise funding
• come talk with us for ANY job offer you might get (career-building first job, or one-shot job?)
• what kinds of job in the end? —> anything in the industry
Disclaimers• Report to us immediately if:
• you’ve witnessed non-inclusive behavior —> solving through communication
• you’re feeling burn-out creeping up, or are feeling depressed
• Golden rule: the inclusion rule
• no secret about your project, people may learn from it
• English-only in the school
• …
Slack• Always make sure to post on the right channel
before posting.
• One channel per specialty, for questions to the community.
• Create your own channels as needed.
• Mentors are watching you.
• Don’t post on #general, except never! (or almost)
Volunteers for the remote students?
The intranet