Hungry Academy Panel
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LivingSocial and JumpstartLab run a five‑month intensive that picks 24 students from ~700 applicants and pushes them through six-plus Ruby/Rails projects: individual, pair, and four‑person team work that produces a multi‑tenant Rails store, a websockets‑based realtime app (Faye or Pusher), service‑oriented APIs, and open‑source contributions tied to DonorsChoose and RailsBridge. All 24 graduates are hired, the program enforces heavy hours and tight selection, and immediate outcomes look strong though long‑term integration remains the real test.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Start
- 0:45Overview of the Structure of the Program
- 2:23Chad Fowler
- 7:44Demographics
- 12:28Lessons That We Did Learn
- 20:57Working with Teams
- 24:37My Hopes for the Program
- 52:25What Was the Ratio Female Applicants
- 52:49What Do You Think Set You Apart during Your Interview Process
- 56:59Seattle Railsbridge
- 1:01:29Criteria for Success
- 1:02:20Test-Driven Development and Tdd
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