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application:
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one:
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q: Do I need to be able to program before applying?
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In short: at least a little.
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Since you will spend 8 solid weeks programming, with the intent of making it your carreer,
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you should know what you're getting into.
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Not being able to program and wanting to start a bootcamp may be comparable to not having run
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5 kilometers, but wanting to train for marathon. The step is too big, and we don't want
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you to break down half way anymore than you do.
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Basic online tutorials, and lots of meetups are a good way to learn some programming and
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get a feel of whether it is right for you. (also see the next question)
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two:
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q: How can I best prepare for the course?
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Get familiar with the tools. Most work is done with an editor, the command-line and a browser
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developer tool, so get to know each. We suggest
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<a href="https://atom.io/" , target: :blank> Atom </a>,
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<a href="https://www.iterm2.com/" , target: :blank> Iterm </a>
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and either safari or chrome developer tool. Fiddle around, get familiar, do some tutorials,
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read up.
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Whatever editor you choose, practice keyboard shortcuts. Most of the work is typing,
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getting better at that will speed you up, once here.
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Do some programming tutorials online to prepare. We recommend
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<a href="http://tryruby.org/" , target: :blank> Try Ruby</a>
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<a href=https://www.codeschool.com/learn/ruby" , target: :blank>CodeSchool</a>
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and
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<a href=https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-programming/html-css" , target: :blank>Khan Academy</a>
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three:
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q: How long in advance do I need to apply for the program?
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You should finish your application at least 4 weeks before your first starting date (see below).
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You can take as much time as you need to fill out your personal information,
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and when you finish the application you can specify up to three starting dates.
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Once we have your application, we will review it and possibly ask you for more information
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or clarification. Then we will schedule a Skype interview, and once that is done, there is
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typically a one to two week waiting period before we make a final decision about your application.
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Upon receiving an invitation to join, you will have two weeks to transfer initial funds,
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unless you have chosen the super-flex plan.
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With good preparation and the super-flex plan, you can complete the process within one month,
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though we encourage two or more months to plan successfully.
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four:
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q: I already know how to program XXX, but don't know web technologies, can I still join?
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Ultimately, it is your choice, of course, and the decision depends a lot on you and your motivation.
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If, for example, you have coded c for less than 2 years and have never done any web, then
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yes, it will be a very good idea to join. The head-start you have is quite small and will only
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mean that you have more time to deepen your knowledge of Web technologies.
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Say you have taught yourself JavaScript and done several web sites for friends. You know
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about HTML, the DOM maybe even node.js. In that case it is better to aim for an internship
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directly and read a few of the books we recommend.
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five:
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q: What are you testing for in the interview?
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The best thing to do is familiarize yourself with the course and be very clear on your
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motivation.
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We do not test programming skill at all, rather we try to evaluate your analytical thinking.
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Also we are very interested in your motivation, what has lead you to apply, what you think
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you will do after, how do you justify the spending to yourself, how indeed you will fund
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yourself.
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Lastly we try to evaluate your communication and emotional skills to see how you will deal
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with the inescapability of co-living while doing intense work.
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career:
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one:
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q: Will I get a job after this course?
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This course provides you all the fundamentals that you would need to succeed in the web
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development world. A lot is dependent on your abilities and strengths as a coder.
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We have a network of companies we know and can help you get a suitable placement.
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We also review the work you did during the course and help you find the right kind of job.
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You can also stay on at the school, either if you want to or feel you have to, see below.
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two:
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q: What kind of job can I get after finishing this course?
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This depends a lot on your previous experience and what parts of the course suits you best.
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Broadly speaking:
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If you are very analytical, you could become a backend programmer. If you are more visually
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inclined, you could become front end designer. Also, if you like the front end you may become
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a front end application programmer. Or you may even train yourself to become a mobile platform
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developer.
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If you have strong people skills you may also go straight into management.
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Larger teams have dedicated technical project managers who really need to know what is being
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done.
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Also, support and testing roles typically have very similar requirements. What job you get is
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really dependent on which ways you excel, which is usually linked to the areas that you enjoy.
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three:
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q: Can I be a tutor after the course?
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If you feel you want to spend some more time learning, teaching is a good way to do that.
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We accept tutors for two or four weeks, but you must apply at least two weeks before the
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end of your course.
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Junior tutors get free board, but no money. For the second two weeks, or any stay beyond,
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compensation is negotiable.
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Tutors are expected to work for 6 hours, 6 days a week and may receive help with their own
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project beyond that, time permitting.
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four:
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q: Can I do an internship at Web Dev Camp?
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We typically have a number of open source projects that we maintain or augment.
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These require work in many areas and if we find a match between your skills and
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our projects, then yes.
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Internships are expected to work for 6 hours, 6 days a week, and in exceptional cases
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act as tutors during that time.
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Compensation is the same as for tutors, i.e two to 4 week increments, where we provide room
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and board. All else is negotiable.
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five:
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q: Should I take an internship if I can't find a job?
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We suggest you look for a paying job for one or two months first. If you start with the
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application process early and have grasped the content, you should be able to get at least a
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junior development position. Or at the minimum a (short) trial period with a guarantee of a
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job if you prove competent.
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But, in case you don't find a job soon, then yes, we do recommend taking internships.
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An internship will give you experience of real world job situations, teach you new tools,
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languages, and allow you to add a relevant entry to your CV.
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course:
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one:
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q: Why do you use Ruby as the main language?
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Ruby is fun, easy to understand, well structured and has a strong community.
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Ruby has very good tools, especially for web application development. Ruby on Rails
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is over 10 years old. Rails invented and further developed application standards that have
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been copied into many other languages.
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Learning Ruby as a first language removes much of the difficulties found in other
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languages and gives you a solid understanding of programming. Other languages will
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be easy to pick up after having learned good practices in Ruby.
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two:
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q: Do you teach languages other than Ruby, like JavaScript?
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The assumption is that what we teach will be your first (serious) programming
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language. Ruby is easy to understand, well structured, clean, very object-oriented
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and has a very strong web community. In short it is a very good first language to learn.
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We also teach front-end application development and some JavaScript. You will be able
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to become proficient in JavaScript very easily after this course, but we focus on
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its abilities and cross compilation (CofeeScript and Opal.rb).
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You will also be able to focus on one other language if you choose, eg. Go, Python,
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Erlang or C.
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three:
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q: How many hours do you teach?
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The official part of the course is 9 hours a day.
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This means that for those nine hours you will either have lectures, be involved in group work
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or work on your assignments. During these hours you can always ask and someone will be
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present to answer your question.
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But the course is short, and you may choose to work after hours. If you don't you are free to
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do with your time as you please, as long as you don't disturb others.
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q: Can I just come and learn JavaScript?
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In short no.
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We try to give our students a broad view of software development, from server programming,
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testing, application deployment to client technologies like HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
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Just learning JavaScript tends to leave people with not enough background skills, leading
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to low quality code and an enthusiasm to repeat known mistakes and reinvent the wheel as
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square.
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We are by no means of the opinion that JavaScript is bad, its uniqueness is a great
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opportunity and many good things are being done in js. It is just not a good
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language and maybe best seen as a platform.
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q: What computer should i bring?
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A unix based, Mac or any Linux distribution.
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We recommend a Mac, for it's ease of use. It is also the platform of choice for most
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developers nowadays and has excellent support because of that.
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For more experienced users, a Linux system will probably work just as well. Just when
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something that should work doesn't , you are more on your own.
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While ruby and rails itself will work on a windows machine, many ruby packages (especially
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javascript related ones) are known to have strange problems. We strongly advise against
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using windows.
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payment:
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one:
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q: Do I need to pay the whole fee before the course starts?
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That depends. For the basic fee, yes. We require at least 2100€ after your acceptance
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to the course, to be transferred at least 2 weeks prior to starting.
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The full fee of €8400 needs to be transferred before you start the course. The basic fee
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is not refundable if you change your mind, but if you have proven medical issues you can get
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full unused weeks returned.
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Like with plane tickets you can acquire more flexibility for a comparatively small extra cost.
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In short, the flex fee (1200€ extra) lets you stop the course at any full week, while still
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paying the full price up front.
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With the super flex fee you only have to pay for the next 2 weeks ahead, and you can stop
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any time you like. Super flex costs 2900€ for every 2 week module.
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See full details in our <a href="/payments">Payment page</a>
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q: Where can I get a loan if I don't have the money?
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suggestion. If they hear you are investing in your own future and should be able to
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pay back within a year they may be glad to help.
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Depending on your country banks are geared towards student loans. If you explain the situation
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they could easily help.
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Unfortunately we can not help directly as the legal implications are just too complicated for
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a small company like us. We do offer ways for you to earn some of the money back if you don't
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find a job immediately, see below.
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q: Can I do work for my course fee?
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Unfortunately this is a chicken and egg problem. Before the course, you will not have the
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skills we need.
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After the course we offer tutor positions or internship, see the career section.
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Both of which will not help in a major way though, and you will still need the money
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beforehand.
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q: Can I pay after I obtain a job?
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We are looking into this possibility, as we would like everyone to be able to participate,
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regardless of financial status.
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But at the moment, we must insist on the pre-payment.
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flying in from America makes sense, as you only have to do it once.
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Pickup from the airport is included on the day before the course starts, though you may have
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to wait a little for others. Otherwise you can take public transport, which sometimes stops
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right in front of the house, or we pick you up from 5 minutes away.
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Another option is a shared taxi, or a private bus, both of which we'll organize if need be.
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In any case, we will either pick you up, or organize transport with you.
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q: I see your place is remote, what about transport during the course?
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We arrange all transport that is needed for the course.
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Otherwise there are buses, cars or taxis. We have a bus stop right in front of our house,
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though buses are infrequent. Our day off is Friday partly for the reason that buses run.
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Some people may come with their car and you may be able to share. Also ride sharing is quite
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common here and many people come and go, so you can easily get a ride.
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If you share a taxi it is actually fairly priced. If you do not choose that option,
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the bus will get you to Karjaa, from where the trains leave to Helsinki or Turku,
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a 1 hour trip either way.
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Last, but not least, you can ask us to organize transport.
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We are happy to help, particularly for group activities.
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q: I have food allergies / restrictions , can I still participate?
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Please note your allergies early on in the application process.
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Certainly vegetarian and even vegan food is no problem. Gluten-free can be arranged on request.
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For other allergies you may have to give us very specific instructions, or do self-catering.
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See next question.
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four:
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q: Can I opt out of the food?
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Yes, though we do not encourage it. Shared meals, like shared accommodation, provide valuable
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bonding that you will need. The course is intense and it certainly helps to get to know
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your co-students outside the technical frame you interact in during the course.
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So if you have good reason, you can opt out of the lunches for 10€ a day and breakfast and
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evening meal for another 10€ a day.
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five:
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q: Can I opt out of accommodation?
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If you really want to, yes. It will change your experience of the course quite a lot, and we
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don't think necessarily for the better.
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You will need a car to make this work as it is almost impossible to find accommodation among
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the 40 houses of this village.
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We refund 15€ per day.
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q: How big are the shared rooms, can I have my own room?
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Our rooms are between 15 and 40 square meter big and you will be sharing with one to three
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others of your same gender.
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We have normal single beds, no bunk beds or double beds. Two rooms share a toilet, the other
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five have their own. We have a total of five showers.
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There are no single rooms and there is no way to "upgrade".
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You can choose to live off site, though it is discouraged.
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q: What can I do in my free time?
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We encourage you to do something relaxing, possibly physical, to relieve the mental
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concentration that occurs.
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Off course you can read, rest, go hiking swimming or cycling. We also have a weekly
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traditional Finnish sauna. There are also nice local restaurants and bars.
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