I confess I blocked all posts from GA a while back because they also hit the ruby and RoR mailing lists too, so I only saw this when you commented. Personally I think it's overkill and I'd rather it wasn't on this list, but I'm also entirely comfortable with blocking it myself.
Tom Allen t...@jugglethis.net +61 412 335 425 http://www.drtomallen.com On 5 June 2013 13:59, Elias Bizannes <elias.bizan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is everyone ok with GA spamming this list with their courses? > > Once or twice, sure. But more than that is why I'm raising this. > > My view is that this list should be about promoting Australian associated > businesses ("hey, we launched!") or discussion about the industry. > > Given the competition going on in Silicon Valley such as between Dev boot > camp and GA and every man and his dog doing entrepreneur startup training > courses -- I just don't want this list to turn into a advertorial for a > profit company at the expense of our inboxes just like how we previously > had everyone promoting their open positions when it belonged in a jobs > board (ie, you can opt in) > — > Sent from Mailbox <https://bit.ly/SZvoJe> for iPhone > > > On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 8:13 PM, Stacey Jacobs <sta...@generalassemb.ly>wrote: > >> If you are having trouble trying to find a tech co-founder, have you >> considered learning to code yourself? >> >> Check out >> this<http://www.startupsmart.com.au/planning/business-planning/stop-looking-for-a-tech-co-founder-and-learn-how-to-do-it-yourself/201306049893.html>article >> that Startup Smart wrote about General >> Assembly <https://generalassemb.ly/> yesterday. >> >> As Riley Batchelor, our GM said: >> >> *“Coding is not as mysterious and difficult as people think. You just >> need to start small and get your feet wet,” says Batchelor. “A lot of >> students are quite surprised at their ability once they’ve jumped in, got >> hands on and started practising."* >> * >> * >> We have a few of upcoming courses in >> Front-End<https://generalassemb.ly/education/front-end-web-development>, >> Back-End <https://generalassemb.ly/education/back-end-web-development>and >> Immersive >> Development<https://generalassemb.ly/education/web-development-immersive> >> . >> >> If you have any questions at all, drop me an email on stacey @ ga.co >> >> Remember that there are no silly questions too... our courses are >> designed for beginners, so if you don't know the difference between front >> and back end.... don't worry! >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach >> Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more >> >> Forum rules >> 1) No lurkers! 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