Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Finished: Free Code Camp - Front End Development Certificate!

Now that is a milestone.


Current FCCamp stats and info from their website:

Total FCC Certificates Earned by Campers
Front End: 3,314
Data Viz: 375
Back End: 243
All three: 132
(Doesn't say how many "campers" have begun since it was started in Oct 2014, only how many have gotten this far. Or current usage level: 350,000 unique visitors per month.)
"How long does freeCodeCamp take? It takes about 2,080 hours [1200 coursework + 800 internship] to complete our Full Stack Developer certificate. This translates into one year of full-time coding. We’re completely self-paced though, so take as long as you need."
I started FFCamp on May 8, 2015. Finished the first certificate on Feb 8, 2017.
21 months.

Their time estimate back then (when the curric was shorter. No Data Viz, I think.)
"It takes about 1,600 hours of coding [800 coursework + 800 internship] to develop the skills you'll need to get an entry level software engineering job. Most coding bootcamps try to jam all this into 3 or 4 months of intensive study. Here are some example coding schedules:
Time budgeted --- Hours per week --- Weeks to complete
Weekends --- 10 hours/week --- 160 weeks (36 months)
Nights and Weekends --- 20 hours/week --- 80 weeks (18 months)
Full time --- 40 hours/week --- 40 weeks (9 months)
Traditional Bootcamp Pacing --- 80 hours/week --- 20 weeks (5 months)"
So... If I call myself a "weekends" student, maybe I still have 15 months to "catch up with my class" and graduate on time??