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Blog spam. Here are the videos: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcefcZRL2oaA_uBNeo5UOWg/vide...

It's against card brand rules, most definitely not illegal.

0.05% + 22¢ for debit cards.

They had Watsi.org as a charity

(I work for Stripe.)

We're happy to offer very competitive discounts for businesses on track to charge over $1M/year. Simply email us at support@stripe.com

The link goes to the Heroku subdomain, which redirects to his actual domain.

This is aslo not a part of the Svbtle network, for what it's worth.

Because its not actually Svbtle.

Yeah, it's a common internet meme. Often you will see the word 'one' in there as well. e.g. !!!11!!!one!!

> Developers have very little positive to go off of

I don't know that I agree. Red, Green, Refactor. That continuous moment of hitting green. Every time you solve that problem. Every time you strike a bug off the list. There are so many measurable accomplishments programmers make.

Cmon, man. Why should a businessman be respected any less than an engineer?

Because you can't use plugins (RSS, Read More, etc)

Why yes, yes they can. I would say 95%~ of our graduates at Dev Bootcamp do not have CS degrees. We have an incredibly high placement rate, so I can say without a doubt, programmers without CS degrees can find jobs.

We teach Ruby, by the way.

If anyone got an invite and can't make it, please, please email me! lachygroom@gmail.com

If you click "Tuition" (second from right) it explains the pricing.

Jeff Dickey (http://dickey.xxx/dev-bootcamp), an engineer at TapJoy attended our hiring day. They ended up hiring 7 of our grads.

Wow! Didn't expect to see this here for a while. We've just finished redeveloping the entire Dev Bootcamp website. Still a few kinks to iron out, especially for smaller screen sizes. We'll be making it responsive.

Chris Jennings (from http://chrisjennings.com) did all the creative work.

I'm more than happy to answer any questions about Dev Bootcamp, but I think this does a good job at tackling a few of them: http://www.quora.com/Programming-Bootcamps/Other-than-locati...

I find the matter of fact tone of your comment interesting. From what are you basing "they're getting super selective about who they let in the program". Our interview structure and selection criteria has remained the same for a long time, only just now is that changing and by no means is it becoming more selective.

We also don't discriminate based on location, gender, etc.

Caveat Lectar: I'm full time at Dev Bootcamp.

Like the other commenter, I completely disagree. The reason these programs work is because they are in person with heavy accountability structures, rapid sharing of knowledge, and an amazing community building.

I honestly can't see any of these working nearly as well as the in person programs. You have to be involved, invested 9, 10, 11 hours a day. Your fellow students will pull you up if they see you slacking or not working hard enough. They'll help you when you're down.

I think you're spot on, but I definitely don't see anything wrong with it.

This is ridiculous. I'm trying to think of a practical / smart use of this. Incredibly clever, and remarkable show of skill, I'm just questioning it.

Congrats on the launch, guys!

I like this in theory, but in reality the most important thing when hiring is not how good they look on paper, but how well a developer fits in and works with a team. If they're a team player, how well they can resolve disputes, etc.

We've surveyed a LOT of employers, and that's definitely the number one thing they look for in employees. Culture fit, personality, empathy, etc.

It's not Apple doing it, it's http://www.openstreetmap.org/.

I think the main difference lies in the end goal of the student. We train people that are looking to become software engineers. People that are looking to dedicate the rest of their life to creating software. The Starter League is more suited for founders looking to build a prototype, or people of other professions looking to gain basic competency in tech.

Their classes are 96 hours, we total over 500. We also have around a minimum of an 1:8 ratio of instructor to student.

I think the last major difference is that we set up an employer day at the end and recruit companies looking to hire junior developers. Two weeks on from the graduation of the current class we've had over 13 students with offers at an average of above $83,000.

We also cost $12,000 versus their $8,000 (for the most comparable course).

I've met Neal, and some of the guys from Starter League and they're amazing. They're going to keep crushing it, now with the power of 37signals! Good job guys.

Disclaimer: I advise Dev Bootcamp.

Here are three student reflections on Dev Bootcamp:

- http://douglascalhoun.tumblr.com/post/26059106238/beautiful-...

- http://newbietoruby.wordpress.com/2012/03/30/devbootcamp-ref...

- http://mehulkar.tumblr.com/post/18897643140/devbootcamp-test...

And here is a Quora thread with a lot of relevant responses: http://www.quora.com/Ruby-on-Rails/Should-I-quit-my-job-and-....

Please feel free to ask any other questions!

And http://devbootcamp.com/, we've graduated and got jobs for 15~ programmers so far. Another 40 graduating next week.

Not nearly as impressive, but some of the students out of DevBootcamp built http://impressi.me/!

And they're looking for rockstar developers!

Junior Ruby on Rails Developers FOR HIRE:

40 talented, freshly minted junior Rails Developers will be eager to meet you and your team at DevBootCamp from 9AM to 3PM on August 17th, 2012, at 717 California Ave. SF, CA, 94108. Breakfast and Lunch will be served.

See details and sign up: http://devbootcampemployerday.eventbrite.com/

Press / Info about DevBootcamp:

- http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/10/dev-boot-camp-is-a-ruby-suc...

- http://www.readwriteweb.com/start/2012/05/developer-bootcamp...

- http://thenextweb.com/dd/2012/03/31/dev-bootcamp-in-san-fran...

Just to confirm, you're looking for marketers with basic programming chops?