Since we're talking about misleading I am also concerned their course for backend development is advertised as "backend development", not a RoR course as it actually is. I'm guessing they don't have skills in house to teach django or node.js or any of the many other equally good technology choices but it doesn't look good to make out that is the only real option for backend development. The 60+ people turning up to the sydney python meetup 6pm tonight at Atlassian tells you there are many other options out there. (sorry couldn't help the plug).
--- Dylan Jay Technical Solutions Manager PretaWeb: Multisite Performance Support P: +612 80819071 | M: +61421477460 | twitter.com/pretaweb | linkedin.com/in/djay75 On 06/06/2013, at 3:40 PM, riley batchelor <rileybatc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, The way we talk about our courses in this instance is not meant to > offend any developers or technical founders. And its definitely not our > intention to simplify your skills set as developers. Please don't take it > that way :) > > It takes years and years of hard work to become a great web developer. We > know that, our teachers know that and our students all know that. Our courses > (which are a minimum of 10 weeks not a couple of weeks as stated) are > designed to teach beginners how to get started, to learn some coding, to > empower them to want to learn more and to be able to communicate better with > experienced developers. > > Every day we speak to students from a non-technical background that want to > build and launch their ideas. Some of them are lucky to find great developers > to work with and others not so much, so our courses give them an option to > get started. This also allows them to develop skills that offer value to > everyone in the startup community and to help it grow. I think we all want > that. > > We are trying to help them navigate through what can be a very confusing > world by providing them with access to highly skilled developers, something > that many developers that we work with say would have been a huge asset when > they were teaching themselves to code. > > We realise that our post wasn't communicated correctly. We are sorry to > anyone this list we have annoyed. We will continue to strive to work together > to create a healthy startup ecosystem in Sydney , sometime we make mistakes. > > > > -- > -- > 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! It is expected that you introduce yourself. > 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs > > > To post to this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Silicon Beach Australia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- 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! It is expected that you introduce yourself. 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Silicon Beach Australia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
