[The Firehose Project has been acquired by Trilogy Education.] The Firehose Project is a full-time, 22-week and part-time, 42-week online coding bootcamp that combines expert one-on-one training with a customized, robust curriculum and a worldwide student support community. Students start coding on day one and are paired with a senior software engineer mentor to build their coding skills. Students also have access to a proprietary Q&A forum and technical office hours. Graduates will develop algorithms, design complex data structures, and learn fundamental computer science principles while building a portfolio of advanced web applications that work with APIs, user authentication, advanced database relationships, video streaming, and more.
Firehose has also launched a new job track designed to prepare students with everything they need to optimize their job search as a new developer and make their transition from bootcamp graduate to employed developer as smooth and swift as possible. Firehose worked with technical recruiters, alumni, senior developers, and partnered with BrandYourself, the leader in online reputation management as seen on Shark Tank, to engineer a track that provides students with optimal job preparation resources.
22-week program designed to help you become a professional software engineer.
The course material of The Firehose Project has a good flow that it holds your hands in the beginning and slowly make you do stuff on your own. Then enforces it with repetition with the creation of full-fledged applications.
The support team reaches out often. Code reviews, feedbacks in an instant. You get it in 15 - 30 minutes in the forum aside from having a 1-on-1 mentor access.
At least, if you've got one near you.
Thankfully, I attended the Firehose Project back when it didn't cost $6.5k (it was $4k then), but I still sorely wish I could get my money back on something that gave no discernible ROI. While I was not expecting a job guarantee, their job assistance program was poor at best in 2015-2016. I put in my own work, applying to web development jobs and going through at least a handful of interviews never to get my foot in the door after completing the program.
I currently work in retail instead.
Marco and Ken were personable enough, and the initial code reviews were thoughtful and you felt like they were truly cheering you on (I remember Matt was the main person getting back to me on my code for Fizzbuzz, etc.). Looking back, the coursework wasn't in the best format -- it felt more like following along in an online workbook, instead of actively learning and building your own web pages and applications (until the chess app, but my group never even finished ours, and that was apparently okay with the people at Firehose -- but how does that look on interviews?? I couldn't adequately talk about an app that was never completed).
The depth of the work wasn't good enough to warrant the price of the program, and while I had a pretty good mentor (albeit we typically had some technical issues connecting for sessions), the only real job assistance was a quick look-over of my résumé and giving a few tips as to how to polish it up a bit. And overall, the group project they hyped up was a waste.
For all it's worth, enrolling in the FHP was definitely not one of my best decisions, and if I could go back, I wouldn't enroll in the program. I would urge prospective students to thoroughly consider what they're looking to get out of a coding bootcamp, and if it's actually worth the money. I'd definitely suggest doing everything you can for free first (I'm sure by now there are even more free resources out there than two+ years ago), or at least under one hundred dollars.
Just wanted to drop in and leave a quick review about my experience with the Firehose Project.
Honestly, I'm typically a skeptic, as there are a TON of "online experts" out there with a lot of promises. This was not the first online course that I had gone through, although it was certainly the most costly and the most in-depth.
I joined Firehose with a single goal in mind - I had started a business that was build on third party software and I wanted to bring it in-house. I wasn't here to learn how to make "pretty code" or to "try something new" - I was laser focused on making my business succeed.
Before I joined, I spoke with Marco (Firehose CEO) about my goals, and he was able to give me very specific guidance as to what the course would and would not cover, along with how he thought it would help.
If you don't put yourself out there, you'll never grow...so I slapped down a credit card and went for it.
At first, you'll feel like you're just "going through the motions" without a ton of context, but you need to trust the process. After the first few lessons, it'll all fall into place.
Long story short, not only did my time going through FHP allow me to complete the goal that I set out to do, I brought one of my classmates into the business as a co-owner and we're crushing it. We even flew to SF and met Marco, Ken, and the rest of the team - super great people.
If you want to lear RoR, just get on board. Work hard, learn the material, and see where life takes you. If I was able to learn it on my own, I would have done it already. FHP made it happen, and I'm super grateful to these guys for putting together such a killer program.
I am working through week #10 of 42 in the Firehose program and am happy to report that it's going very well and that it is overall a great experience. The lessons are now becoming less "hand-holdy" and require more thought to work out, but there is still plenty of guidance to help you through the material. The material is set up and written in a very understandable and user-friendly fashion and the projects that you build are not only useful, but entertaining as well. The challenges are indeed challenging and are highly rewarding to struggle through and complete. The community is great and the resources to help learn are abundant. The mentor sessions are absolutley critical and one of the most helpful aspects of Firehose. Working with a live real person and talking out problems and concepts that you haven't quite grasped with an experienced pro is incredibly valuable and will often make the "light go off". You'll receive encouraging emails and phone calls from staff to ask about your progress and if there is anything that can be done to make your experience better. You'll soon realize that everything that is being taught all ties in and works together to form a good foundation for developing. I truly believe and feel that everyone at Firehose, mentors included, are really focused on my success and really do care about my future during and after the program. Super stoked to keep going and can't wait for the Agile Team Project!
I've taken 20 lessons so far in the Intro to Software Engineering course, which is a prep course for deciding on whether or not a bootcamp is the direction you'd want to go in. So far, the videos have been very high quality, easy to follow along with and descriptive. Some of the definitions have been a little lacking in my honest opinion because they tend to be less metaphor based (don't always have the novice in mind) but overall it's very high quality. This is not really an issue because you can google a term and another website like ruby for beginners at Ruby Monstas gave me some really in-depth and clear explanations for terms that weren't quite clicking with me the first time I read them on Firehose. Very good program structure overall.
I am having a nice time learning to code, I started with prep and finding it interesting and motivating. I am learning it at my own phase (taking few steps at a time due other personel commitments). Now, have a idea what coding is all about. Hoping to learn more.
Thanks to ken mazaika and his team.
The Firehose Project is a fantastic course - I could not recommend it more.
The style of learning (written and video lessons backed up by mentor sessions) is a great fit for the aim of the curriculum: turning you into a self-sufficient developer. If you want to be able to build webapps, whether that be for yourself or for a company, this is the course for you.
When I was deciding between the vast array of options for coding bootcamps, I consulted the reviews on this board extensively, so I feel it only fair that I give a detailed and honest appraisal of my experience, split into a 'what you learn' and 'how you learn it'.
For avoidance of doubt: I am not affiliated with the Firehose Project in any way, and have nothing to gain from bigging it up.
You're building apps from day 1. You're still building apps in week 22. The whole time, you're building apps and this, for me, works. It's a 'learn by doing' approach. If you're determined to absorb as much as possible, it's a really effective method.
A warning: it would be possible to go through the course without taking much in. The code is all there for you on the page, and you could build the apps without really understanding anything. If you have an inclination to coast or free-ride, you need to be conscious of this.
In other reviews, I've seen people make a big deal about algorithms. I have to say, I'm yet to find a use for these skills, but I suppose there's no harm in having done them.
The language, Ruby on Rails, is brilliant. You'll learn to love it, but this shouldn't be a factor in choosing your course. Ruby is often intuitive and easy to read, but it's more about learning the principles of a coding language (methods, arrays, loops, properties etc.) than the actual language itself. Any would do, really.
Solo project vs. group project. I, foolishly, did both. I built my own app (which was the reason I took the course) with the help of my mentor. It went really well, and now has 1000+ users. However, I also signed up for the group project, and this ended up taking up too much of my time. DO NOT DO BOTH, no matter how well you think you're progressing.
Speaking of time, the course takes 30-40 hours a week. It is full-time, as promised.
What's missing? Front-end (making things pretty and intuitive for the user) is light touch throughout. There's nothing on UX design, and nothing more than basic Bootstrap usage and CSS. It's enough to get things to look alright, but you soon realise that there's plenty more that could have been covered.
My mentor was simply excellent. He's an experienced Rails developer, who's worked for some of the big names in tech as well as being on a founding team of a successful company. As far as I can tell, he was mentoring because he enjoyed teaching people.
You have a 1 hour session each week, and you'd be amazed what you can fit into it. Send an email in advance of your session, detailing what you want to cover, and you'll get through it. The rate at which you can solidify or accelerate your learning during these sessions is impressive.
On top of this, there's a forum for each lesson on the website. If you have any questions, a moderator will get back to you typically within an hour. This ensures that you don't spend forever wondering what you've done wrong when you've got a colon instead of a semi-colon. Code is unforgiving sometimes, and having someone permanently present to help you out is necessary.
What's missing? I would have hoped for more videos and fewer written lessons. Watching seasoned developers code is a great way to improve - I think you can take more in about the thought process when watching and listening than when reading.
I also would have hoped for more of a 'hackers' vibe about it. It does seem angled towards those aiming to get dev jobs, rather than build an MVP.
I skyped Marco (one of the co-founders) before I signed up, and ran him through the app that I wanted to build. "Would I be able to build it by the end of the course", I asked. He gave a fair appraisal and said that it should be possible. I was unconvinced - he would say that, right?
In my first mentor session, I did the same. "Yes, absolutely, we'll build that", said my mentor. More convincing. By week 5, I'd started building Seed Music - you'd be amazed how simple some seemingly complex things can be with Rails - and by mid-way through, I had the fully functioning app.
It's now got 1000+ users, having just graduated, and I'm hoping to grow it further by rolling it out across unis in the UK. You can check it out at www.seedmusic.co.uk.
Some aspects of the build were fairly complex (multi-tenancy, worker servers etc.), and are not included in the course. That's fine, because FHP teaches you to be self-sufficient. You get to the stage where you can explain the problem or task to the internet (google), and Stack Overflow or an equivalent will have the answer. Becuase of the way FHP is taught, you'll understand the answer and be able to solve the problem. To butcher an analogy, it teaches you to code a fishing-rod rather than a fish.
This really is the one thing I'd stress. You become self-sufficient, and with that you can achieve a hell of a lot.
Overall, it's a great course, and the founders seem intent on continuing to improve it. It's not cheap, but it is worth it.
The program was great because I got to build several apps that all got increasingly complex over time. I also liked how i can ask any questions to the instrcutors or mentors or even students in the program if i get stuck on a code and they would be as helpful as they can.
The group project is awesome because it allows you to apply all of what you learned and beyond as well as working in a team of 4-5 students to build it which gives sense on how web developers work in their daily lives. The office hours were fun to attend and learn about things that are outside the material as well as getting to speak and ask the instructors any questions on your mind, even if you don't understand most of what happen in those hours you still get something out of it.
I would recommend this program to other people who want to not only learn how to code, but how to be a web developer.
Firehose was an easy choice after reviewing the schedule and curriculum with Brita and completing the pre requisite materials. It was clear to see this program could be completed working full time. Other bootcamps I looked into made me question my ability to focus on them with a less structured or more demanding lesson plan. I completed a few other structured study programs for other bootcamps before selecting The Firehose Project.
I really enjoyed how the lessons progressed and how the material you learned continued to evolve through each project. It was also great to have the material lead you into an error before revealing how to resolve said error. it really helped grasp and understanding on how it all worked. Resist trying to copy and paste material from the lesson plan into your editor, you will find yourself just trying to check off the lesson and not focusing on immersing yourself in the material.
The mentors are an incredible contribution to this program, that are not just students recruited to mentor after completing the course. I saw this in a lot of other bootcamps. They are actually working professionals that bring tremendous insight into your journey to becoming a developer. My mentor in particular assigned homework and those lessons really help enforce the bootcamp material. I still have some I work on to this day. It was great to speak to a seasoned developer about how the snippet or project you were working on would apply in the "real world", that perspective was much appreciated.
The group project should you chose to do it was a great challenge and really does emulate an agile development environment. Those challenges with Git and pair programming will really be valuable once you are introduced into a production environment.
Could not recommend The Firehose Project enough and look forward to continuing to grow with the materials they have available after the initial program is completed. The job prep material is very thoughout and I still am working through it, but did not feel comfortable leaving a rating for it as I have not completed it.
If you're looking for a boot camp that will help you on your journey to becoming a web developer, look no further. Firehose project has given me the initial push to enter into this new world. The team is very personable and have gone above and beyond to answer any questions I had while going through the lessons. They don't give you the answers to the homework that's assigned, but they give you pointers that will lead you to solving the problem.
The assignments aren't difficult but it takes quite a lot of thinking of how you would want to approach the solution. The forums that they provide on slack and in the lessons are very helpful as you can submit questions and either the firehose team will respond or another student will respond. Everyone is helpful and will have no problem giving you a response.
Before I joined firehose project, I was unhappy in my career choice. I've found this bootcamp to be very helpful in my pursue of web development. Marco and Ken are great guides and mentors, they are very easy to reach and approach. They have no problem with answering questions but the way they respond is completely different from each other. They provide tips and hints but enough to get you to where you need to go.
Each lesson is different and as you progress through the curriculum you'll soon realize how they all tie in together. From the first application that you create to the agile team project, you'll soon realize how all the lessons, videos, quizzes and projects combine your knowledge of what you learned and create the final project.
I seriously had a great time with Firehose project and after graduation, I still have access to the slack channel and can work on the applications that I created during this course. You'll enjoy this bootcamp and the cost of this is priced fairly compared to a lot others that are out there. So, thanks for reading this review and sign up to be a Firehose project student. Can't wait to meet you in the slack channel.
I did my research for online code camps, and tried my hand at a couple.
Firehose is by far best. It starts you off as a complete novice, and explains in detail from start to finish. Im currently in the bootcamp prep and have already learned more than at the other bootcamps I have tried.
Firehose helped me make my decision!
I had tried learning a little bit of coding on my own and was struggling to change how I think because I am a nurse, not a programmer. Firehose was the first program I found that I completely understood and was learning enough from to be able to code! I have recommended some friends to the site as well and they are enjoying learning about coding now too. So glad I found it! I am changing careers now that I feel like this is actually something I can do!
I delayed writing a review. I have been busy with our business and grad school studies.
I enrolled in The Firehose Project in May 2017 as a fulltime student.
I will keep in as brief as possible.
The TEAM is amazing. They are super repsonsive, super helpful and super knowledgeable, and it seems never sleep.
The course program: as a new programming student... I had no experience, only bravado. The coursework is challenging but fair and quite extensive. It will get anyone off and running and give them the tools to explore the Ruby and Ruby on Rails language in detail.
Overall: I highly recommend attending The Firehose Project, it is the best bang for the buck. You won't be dissappointed.
One thing: I have not explored the career advice from them, since I am still a business owner and grad student. I won't be preparing to enter the job force until next year.
I am a career switcher and I found FHP to be the perfect fit for me! Each lesson was super engaging and like a good book...I found I couldn't wait to get to the next 'chapter' after each lesson was done.
FHP also has a very supportive team that help students get over road blocks. Ken and Marco (the co-founders) are very engaged and accessible. When you can see their passion it makes you excited to accomplish any coding challenge you may have in front of you.
I am starting my journey on coding and I have taken a couple online prep courses but The Firehose Project was by far the most interactive, easy to understand and result oriented free class I have come across.
I was able to learn as i was building a real project so everything made so much more sense to me. The videos are easy and the way the lessons are make sense.
When I was finish and could see my page, it gave me a strong sense of pride and motivation.
I have moved to next chapter and I am doing the Ruby and finding even more exciting!
Can't wait to what's to come.
The best online course ever had!
2 Weeks That Changed My Identity!
I took the free 2-week "Pre-Course" offered by The Firehose Project mainly to check them out. I got more than I had bargained for!
The lessons were clear, well-structured, and fun. First I learned a bunch of html and css, then some basic Ruby, then more html and css.
But the best part was HOW I learned these things: Over the two weeks I built a portfolio page advertising myself as a software engineer and featuring code I had written myself!
By the end I realized with a shock that I no longer thought of myself as someone who MIGHT someday learn enough to be a web developer. I AM a software engineer in the process of learning more of my craft!
The Agile Team Component Puts The Firehose Project Above The Rest!
I was all set to sign up for another online boot camp when I learned about the special feature only The Firehose Project offered: experience working with a real agile team creating a chess game two people can play that implements all the usual chess rules.
It seemed obvious to me that potential employers would be more interested in a boot camp graduate with this experience working on a team than in someone with equivalent "classroom learning" but without that experience.
So I checked student reviews and found other things to like.
Yes it took pretty much full time, but if I put in 6+ hours a day I could keep up. (Like any online program, doing this successfully WILL require a good deal of self-discipline! That includes the discipline to get up and MOVE frequently throughout the day, or you'll get very STIFF as I did at first.
I'm changing careers (I've been a corporate trainer for several decades and want to stop spending all that time on the road), and found the program completely worked for me - challenging but doable, with NO prior experience with coding. (If you'd like to read about my experience, check out my blog at https://medium.com/@kalen7/a-surprising-career-change-93ad8f58d8df.
The lessons were well-structured, well-presented, clear and engaging, because they consistently taught principles of effective programming and web development along the way to creating real working apps. This both gave me a real feeling of progress and built up a portfolio I'll be able to share with potential hiring managers.
I DEFINITELY suggest following their recommendation of typing every line of code yourself. I discovered that one of my biggest sources of code that didn't work was simple typos; by the end of the program I had gotten a lot better at simply looking at code and SEEING the typos because I knew by then what the code SHOULD look like. This meant I was really understanding what the code was doing AND the syntax that made it do that. This takes longer but is very much worth it.
I discovered that I could indeed use what I'd learned to create an app for myself from scratch that I use as a dashboard every day to test goals and tap into beauty, weather reports, and inspiration (including from TED talks).
Unlike the usual situation when doing free tutorials online, the Firehose Project has full-time mentors responding to questions, so as I went through the lessons if something wasn't working for me I never stayed stuck for long. I would post a question to the mentors, get up and walk around the house to stretch, and by the time I came back I nearly always had an answer waiting for me so I could move ahead.
The Firehose Project also provided an excellent 1-on-1 mentor for me to meet with every week for an hour to ask any deeper questions I had, talk about programming in general, push me to work on complex data algorithms and help me understand WHY the stuff we were learning about developing apps worked the way it did, give job-finding advice - any way I wanted to spend the time. Invaluable!
The Firehose people reached out to me via email several times to ask how I was doing, as well as paying attention to the notes I made on my weekly meetings with my mentor. For the first few weeks I had a mentor who was "OK" but mentioned that I wasn't learning as much from him as I had hoped. I thought of asking for a different mentor but decided he was "good enough" and I was still learning a good deal, but when I expressed that they placed me with a different mentor who was FABULOUS. So if there's anything about this program that is NOT working superbly for you, I recommend making sure they KNOW that. They do seem to care a lot about student experience and will work with you to fix whatever's not working.
1) Because the toughest part of getting hired seems to be the "technical interview" where an interviewer will ask me to solve computer challenges in real time on a white board, I'd like to have had more help preparing for that. To their credit, the Firehose People DID suggest a resource that was just what I needed: "Interview Cake." (Google it!) It costs $200 and I think it's worth every penny, but I wish they had rolled it in to their program or provided something similar.
2) Some boot camps have arrangements with companies or headhunters that they claim increase the odds of newbies getting hired. Links with companies who are hiring would of course be best!
And the Agile team experience? It was everything I'd hoped for and more. The team lead, Jacob, was tremendously generous with his time - I had several Google Hangout sessions where I learned a tremendous amount about how to get complex things done through code. And working with the others folks was illuminating and occasionally exasperating and ultimately very satisfying just as a "real" team would be. I'm now in a position to talk about some REAL experience producing a product on a timetable!
In the meantime, would I recommend The Firehose Project? Without reservation! If what you're looking for is a way to get a solid foundation for a career as a software engineer QUICKLY with support from truly helpful, highly effective people, DO it!
Never been so impressed with online courses. You, guys, do the magic! Everything is super clear, easy to understand and friendly.
I started the bootcamp program in November 2015 back when it was an intensive 15-week course and I had no prior background in programming (I had previously only dabbled in some HTML & CSS courses online). I was looking for a structured program to take my coding learning experience to the next level as I have great difficultly learning from content that is not contextualized; in other words, online learning programs left me frustrated and not understanding how a piece of knowledge is applicable in reality.
The course structure is laid out very well and Ken Mazaika does a phenomenal job in explaining each concept clearly and concisely. The contrast is made even more stark when I watch content produced by similar instructors; Ken knows his stuff inside out and more importantly, is able to use the right terms and analogies to help students understand a new concept.
The course also includes lessons on algorithms but this was one area that I felt was a little lacklustre; it was intimidating to get into and did not provide much guidance in tackling the problems (students were to work through these challenges with their assigned mentors). This - combined with the fact that my assigned mentor was not too familiar with how the Firehose Project curriculum was structured - meant that the aspect of algorithms was a little glossed over, in my case. Perhaps the mentors could be more exposed to the Firehose Project coursework so that they can better prepare sessions with their students.
Also, one point to note for students not based in the US: during my time on the program, it was mildly frustrating whenever I had the opportunity to work on the program during the daytime (I'm on Singapore GMT+8 time) which meant that there weren't any available instructors online to help with troubleshooting. If there are instructors assigned to handle queries across different timezones in future, that would be really helpful.
Overall, I think TFP is an amazing option for anyone looking to get into programming. The fact that it's a remote bootcamp makes it an attractive option to individuals who need to balance this with maintaining a day job. I have recommended it to several friends and acquaintances whenever the topic of learning to code comes up, and I would continue to recommend it because I love their curriculum and the brevity of the content.
I had spend some time playing around on Wordpress but never got into HTML or CSS and didn´t really understand what was going on there. I want to be able to create my own Apps or Dapps, and tweak and improve the sites I create in Wordpress. I haven't gotten into Ruby yet but the section on HTML and CSS is going great so far.
2. The level of support and guidance is unlike anything I've seen from a free bootcamp prep course. I receive personalized feedback on my coding challenges, and the student success manager, Brita, has been able to answer all my questions quickly as well as provide encouragement! I have yet to find a student blog post about a coding problem during one of the lessons that has gone unanswered for more than a few days. The team at TFP seems to really care about their students.
The Firehose Project is an excellent easy to follow Bootcamp course on Ruby on Rails. They are also extremely accommodating, add captioned to video and mentors are very very accommodating.
They give a 'real world' hands on experience in every stage of the process. There's lots of interaction with students and mentors.
As a college sophomore, Noah came up with a great idea for a tech startup. But when he wasn't learning enough practical skills in his Computer Science degree to build his idea into a product, Noah enrolled in The Firehose Project, an online coding bootcamp. Noah tells us about the differences between CS classes and a bootcamp, how he customized the bootcamp to fit his needs, and how he learned to collaborate with other developers online. Three years later, using his tech skills and ongoing mentorship from The Firehose Project, Noah launched his startup, Considdr!
What is your pre-bootcamp story? Why study computer science and then go to a bootcamp?
At college I studied government and economics before switching to computer science. When I was a sophomore, my experience in college inspired the idea for my startup, Considdr. I wanted a place to store the information I was consuming so that I would be able to reference it later, and share it with other people. The reason I switched to computer science was because I wanted to pursue this startup idea.
I learned a lot in college about computer science theory, but applying it in a practical sense was something that I felt was missing. I wasn't able to see how the theory translated into building products or web applications. To fill that gap, in the summer before my senior year and with one year of computer science under my belt, I attended The Firehose Project.
Why did you choose The Firehose Project over other online coding bootcamps?
I chose the Firehose Project because I was looking for something practical and applicable in a very hands-on, real-world sense. The Firehose Project really spoke to me because they teach you everything you need to know to build your own applications. More than that, they give you the tools to find the resources to continue with that learning.
I read reviews, and looked at Thinkful and Bloc as well. What stood out to me about The Firehose Project were Ken Mazaika and Marco Morawec, the two co-founders. They held video introductions with me, they were really friendly, and seemed to really care about their students. That was a big deal for me – I wanted open communication with the people who ran the program.
The other big benefit was how customizable the program was at The Firehose Project. When I did the bootcamp, they had two paths: an entrepreneurial path and a job preparation path. I chose the entrepreneurial path and customized my learning along with my mentor. I knew that I really wanted a flexible bootcamp; The Firehose Project gives you a really good foundation, a mentor, all sorts of support, and flexibility.
How rigorous was The Firehose Project admission process? Was it hard to get in?
In the admissions process, they really want to know that you're serious about your learning, and that was the metric they used to judge applicants. The Firehose Project provided a free pre-bootcamp course to dip your toes in and understand if the course will work for you.
The team then asks you to complete some assignments to show that you're genuinely interested in and committed to learning. If the bootcamp is giving you their time, they want you to take it seriously.
The process worked well for me, and it didn't feel like a harsh interview or a huge application. You have to demonstrate that you're serious about it.
What was the time commitment for learning at The Firehose Project? Did you learn full-time or part-time?
You can go at your own pace. There are different units that walk you through building out different apps and it gets increasingly complex over time. I was doing the course mostly full-time, but I know that some of the other students that I worked with were doing it part-time and at night. I think it can work really well in both situations because it's so flexible. I graduated from The Firehose Project in 16 weeks. I was really obsessed and I liked going through it so I went through modules back-to-back – they're actually fun!
How did you actually learn throughout The Firehose Project? Were you paired with a mentor?
Students get one mentor session each week, and mentors are very generous with their time. I finished the modules really quickly and then was able to still learn more with the additional learning resources available.
Mentors help you work through your own projects and you can make them as complex as you want. That flexibility was huge for me. They give you a ton of course material, and if you end up being obsessed with it like I was, you still have a number of weeks left to continue your learning with a mentor.
What's an example of an application you built during the course?
When comparing your four-year college computer science experience to learning at a bootcamp, what stood out to you?
There's extreme value in both approaches, but they're different.
One big advantage of the bootcamp is it's really project-focused, super individualized. In college, we learned a lot and covered a lot, but it was mostly lecture-based. There are some projects, but you're in a class with a lot of students.
In college, you don't have a one-on-one mentor to help you. I had amazing professors in college who did great work and helped me learn a lot. But in the bootcamp model, my mentor, Matt, spent so much time with me when I had issues, and answered all of my questions. He has a lot of industry experience so he helped me think about how to scale up my product. It was helpful to work with someone who's doing this every day in a real-world setting. Firehose Project mentors have a lot of practical knowledge – I felt like that really changed the game for me.
Did you communicate or work with other Firehose Project students in the course?
I was actually placed on a team project because I finished the module quickly. Working in a team setting with my peers was really cool. I met three or four other students and we worked on a collaborative project creating a chess game app. We learned about Git, how to resolve issues with other developers when we're coding the same files, and how to coordinate with a team, which was really valuable.
Ken, The Firehose Project CTO, was in pretty much all of our group courses. It was amazing how much time he put in working with the students. We all had our own mentors, but he was really involved.
How did The Firehose Project prepare students for the workforce or help you become entrepreneurs?
The program has grown a lot since I left, but Firehose makes career prep a priority. It was a very practical course, but they made sure that students had the computer science fundamentals that they would need if they were to apply for a job. Firehose gave good advice on the technical interviews – they have really cool segments on data structures and algorithms, and I would've been well-prepared had I interviewed for web development positions at other companies.
Tell us about your company! What is Considdr?
Considdr is a crowdsourced research and reasoning platform. It gives people the tools to take notes on what they're reading, save those notes, and then use those notes to form opinions on different topics. You can also use other people's notes, so it's really collaborative research.
Did you work on Considdr, while at The Firehose Project?
No, I wasn't working on Considdr at The Firehose Project. I was thinking about it, and how I might apply the projects at Firehose when I did want to start writing the code for Considdr. I was nervous about sharing my idea with people at that stage, so I did it in secret until I was ready to build it. I actually didn't start writing the code for Considdr until about a month after The Firehose Project.
What technologies did you learn from The Firehose Project that helped you build Considdr?
It's really been a team effort, but what I took away from Firehose was pivotal. Considdr is built on Rails and we use JQuery – both of which I learned at Firehose. Our front end is different – we don't use Twitter Bootstrap, but we use another framework called Semantic-UI.
My company wouldn't exist if I hadn't done Firehose Project, because I wouldn't have learned what I needed to build the prototype, which is how I recruited my team. If I wasn't working on Considdr, I don't know what I would be doing honestly. The Firehose Project changed my life in a lot of ways.
When I first recruited my team, none of them actually knew web development (they were CS grads I had gone to college with), so I used what I learned from The Firehose Project to teach them Rails and other tools. The way the material was presented in the program was so clear that it made it easy to teach to others.
Did you ever reach out to your mentor at The Firehose Project for help with Considdr?
I did! I reached back out to my mentor Matt, and Ken, the CTO, and asked for advice. Matt actually got on the phone with me for more than an hour to discuss the prototype. It was just awesome that the program was over, but they clearly still cared about me and cared about what I was doing. The fact that my mentor wasn't getting paid to talk to me, a year after the program ended, is amazing.
To this day, I'm still in contact with Matt and Ken. I'll email them and ask for advice like, "we're trying to set up a development procedure in pipelines so that we can test our code effectively; what have you done and what's your advice?" And both of them email back on the same day, answering my questions. This kind of support makes me feel like I made good choice, because beyond the program, Firehose is willing to help you with your next endeavors. The team has built a unique culture.
Are you still coding day-to-day?
I'm coding for a third of my time. I was coding a lot more in the beginning, but our product is in a pretty stable place, so now I'm focused more on growth and raising another round of funding. We're lucky to have a team, so I don't have to do all the coding.
At first, learning to code was pretty daunting and intimidating because it felt like I was trying to do something really big, but I had the sense that I didn't really know what I was doing. And I still feel that sometimes. I think the hardest part was that it took a while to realize there's nothing magical about coding.
At first, coding feels like totally foreign language and you think, "How can people build these really cool, really crazy web applications?" But as you get through a course and get over that psychological block, you realize that learning to code gives you the fundamentals, and then you continue to learn as you go.
Have you kept in touch with any of the other alumni or current Firehose Project students?
Not yet, but they have a Slack channel where alumni and current students communicate. I just joined that because I would really like to get more involved with the fellows. I'd be happy to answer questions from students about the experience and I'm curious to hear how things are going.
What advice do you have for aspiring entrepreneurs who are thinking about attending coding bootcamp and launching their own startup?
A bootcamp can make a really big difference in getting those practical coding skills. At a coding bootcamp, they really teach what you need to accomplish a set task. You don't get that from a lot of other places.
If you want to start a company, you need to break down the development process into a lot of really small pieces. At Firehose, they taught us that you can learn everything, just a little bit at a time, and over time, you create a valuable knowledge base.
The hardest thing is just going for it and really committing yourself to learn. Commit yourself wholly, and recognize that anyone can do a bootcamp and learn how to code.
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It can be stressful to switch careers into tech after doing something completely different for a long time. In my case, it was being in the military for 12 years.
Ilya studied computer science and went into product management before deciding to make the switch to become a professional web developer. He recently completed theFirehoseProject - a mentor driven online coding bootcamp. Shortly after completing theFirehoseProject, Ilya received multiple job offers from Startups and Tech Companies, and ultimately decided to join EnerNOC, a global energy intelligence company, as a Ruby on Rails Developer. We talked to Ilya about his CS background, his experience at theFirehoseProject, and his reasons for changing tracks in his career.
Tell us what you were up to before you started at Firehose. Were you working or doing any kind of programming?
I actually studied Computer Science but I'd never programmed or touched any code before theFirehoseProject. People from the U.S. who studied computer science might be surprised by the idea that you can go through a whole specialized program in Computer Science without writing more than 20 lines of code. But that's what happened to me.
I actually hear similar things from Computer Science grads in the US!
Exactly. You learn things about the software development process and theory, but you don't actually learn how to code in a project and build real products.
During my studies, I wasn't that interested in coding. I was working with young people in the community doing everything but my studies. Nevertheless I graduated and felt the need to get back into tech. I started out as a Product Manager and joined a startup here in Munich where you can book doctors' appointments, tables at a restaurant, hairdressers; anything. They went to become the goto tool for small businesses in Germany and Europe.
Were you still working in that startup as a product manager when you were doing Firehose project?
During my two years at the startup I was working very closely with Ruby developers, but never touching any code. I got the itch and wanted to become a professional web developer as well. So I saved up a little bit of money, talked to theFirehoseProject team and quit at the end of July so I could start to drink-from-the-firehose in the last week of July.
Was your motivation for doing Firehose to get a job as a Ruby developer once you were finished or was it to create your own product?
I was pretty open-minded about what would happen. I was sure that I needed these kinds of skills no matter what I might do in the future. I imagined two paths: to continue working as a product manager but in a more technical capacity or to find work as a developer. I wasn't sure which path I would choose until the end of the program when I started my job search.
Did you figure out what you wanted to do by the end of Firehose?
Absolutely, yes! I wrote so much code and built multiple web applications that the decision was very easy: land a job as a developer!
Why did you decide to do an online program instead of an in-person one?
Mostly because there aren't as many great coding bootcamps in Europe, in Germany especially. Also the opportunity cost of moving to a new city and paying rent, on top of three times the tuition costs, made the decision to go with an online coding bootcamp relatively easy. In-person courses are really expensive from what I found. Hack Reactor is close to $20,000! Of course, coding in the same room with other people 6 days a week for 12 hours would have been amazing, but that was a bit outside my scope.
Did you look at any other online bootcamps other than Firehose? Why did you choose Firehose?
I was considering Bloc pretty seriously and looked into them closely. Ultimately I was convinced by the personal connection and mentor quality at theFirehoseProject. Bloc has a great outreach and marketing team; they sent these beautifully-designed newsletters and hosted webinars etc., but I was really missing the personal touch in their curriculum.
With Firehose, I just registered and Marco invited me to a Google Hangout and explained how their program works and what is expected of me - it was very, very personal and I liked it.
They want to hear about your goals to make sure they can help you reach them. They also require you to submit some code before you're accepted into the program. They have a coding bootcamp preparation course that people without good coding samples have to complete. From their and my own perspective it makes a lot of sense to prepare for a coding bootcamp so you can maximize your learning while having access to your coding mentors.
So once you registered, did they match you with a mentor?
Yes, since my goal was to find a job as a technical product manager or web developer, I was matched with my mentor Ken, who hired dozens of people to his own technical team before. They Firehose team is really selective about who can mentor their students, and the new mentors that they recently brought on are all senior web developers at PayPal and TechStars companies, or held senior developer positions at Flickr and bit.ly.
Were there time zone issues since your mentor was in the U.S?
Not really. Ken is based in Boston. You have to think about it and consider it, but it worked really good for us. We did our meetings during my evenings and his afternoons. I didn't have any time constraints because I was going through Firehose fulltime.
Some of their other students worked full-time jobs while going through theFirehoseProject and they had to make sure they fit all their coursework into their schedule. But obviously that worked for those students as well, since one of them landed a new tech job during the Firehose program.
How did you and Ken communicate?
Q&A forum, email and Google Hangouts for mentor sessions and office hours.
Was there a set curriculum that you were going through on your own and then asking Ken questions? How did it work logistically?
The program consists of three web applications that increase in complexity. Each web application included new technologies that you need to learn so you can ship them live.
You also learn how to write really good Ruby code by solving real world coding challenges that you can expect to be asked during any technical interview for a developer job.
During the last four weeks I worked on a group project to get the real world experience of how great software is build by teams in a collaborative coding process.
The whole program is very flexible and self-paced, while working together with your personal coding mentor. We also had weekly office hours and group project meetings.
Were those weekly office hours done with other students?
Yes, their weekly office hours is a time where all the students come together and everyone can see their code, what troubles their running into and how the mentors troubleshoot any issues. The office hours are really helpful and I really enjoyed them.
Did you feel Firehose was personalized to what you needed or wanted to learn?
For sure. Every question I had was personalized. I wanted to dig deeper into test driven development, and my mentor was really flexible and taught me a lot of additional skills outside of the core curriculum.
For example, during the last month we focused on job interview preparation; Ken helped me design my resume and optimize it for development jobs. We went through a few mock interviews where he'd ask me questions so I could really prepare for the real interviews.
I also had to complete six coding challenges that are very likely to get asked during a web developer job interview. My mentor helped me go through the code and we practiced the solutions together.
You mentioned that you did three projects throughout. Were those assigned projects or were they projects that you came up with?
It's a part of their core curriculum every student completes three web applications that increase in complexity and get pretty challenging.
During the last four weeks of the program I was also part of a group project. It's 3-4 students and one of the code mentors is the technical lead. The group project is designed to make you learn how software is built in the real world: you have somebody telling your team what to build, maybe give you some wireframes and then the group has to break apart all the features into technical steps and start implementing them.
This was a different experience than simply coding by myself. We had to use GitHub like it is used in the real world when teams work together, fix code conflicts and always make sure that nobody is blocking somebody else on the team. Besides our personal code mentor, we also had one code mentor guiding us through the whole group project.
The project I built with my team is a platform where new developers can prepare themselves for technical interviews.
How did that logistically work, to work with a group?
It's just like in the real world. We had weekly check-ins and we discussed next steps and things we need to do. We delegated tasks to be done by the next meeting.
That's nice because it's kind of like learning how to do remote work.
This taught us how to work remotely and also, to work as a team, which is really important as a developer. Teamwork is so different from working alone. You have to be in-tune with the work that your team members are doing so that you don't destroy someone else's work or stand in the way.
How many hours were you spending on Firehose each week?
Probably 30 hours a week. I wanted to finish the program strong and learn web development, but I also enjoyed a few weeks where I was going at a slower pace.
What did your mentor do in that last month to help with job preparation?
We revised my resume; it was a good "project management resume" but a pretty bad "developer resume." My mentor really coached me on what and how to talk about my experience in the interview.
Yeah. I received multiple job offers after the program and actually started my new job last Monday. I'm a Ruby Developer for EnerNOC, a global energy intelligence company. Currently I'm developing a tool for analysts and operators who manage the switching and bidding on the energy market.
Are you working in Germany?
Yes, I work out of their office in Munich. There was a startup here in Munich doing something similar and EnerNOC acquired them this February.
How large is the dev team that you work with?
There are two other developers who hand over the work to me, before they leave at the end of December. We currently looking for another developer to work together with me.
Do you feel like you are at that level? Do you feel comfortable with that?
It's pretty challenging. I think that it's the best way to learn. f you're new, then you often don't know what you don't know, but I love the challenge.
Is there anything else you wanted to add about Firehose or your experience?
I would totally recommend theFirehoseProject to everyone considering and online web development bootcamp.
Ken and Marco are running a top-notch program that attracts amazing mentors, while keeping a very personal touch. I'm sure they will continue to grow and go out of their way to help you have a great experience.
Want to learn more about theFirehoseProject? Check out their School Page on Course Report or their website here!
The Firehose Project is an immersive online apprenticeship that teaches students of varying backgrounds to be web developers or launch their own products. While the curriculum is based in Ruby on Rails, mentors identify their mentees needs immediately and customize a learning plan for each student. We chat with Marco Morawec, founder of The Firehose Project, about their team of mentors, how they're supporting students in their journey to code, and the commitment required by students of the program.
What does the team at Firehose Project look like?
We're 2 founders and about half a dozen code mentors that are helping us. Everyone on our team can code and we're hand-picking every single mentor to make sure they have the relevant combination of technical and teaching skills.
Tell us about your background and how you got involved with the Firehose project?
My background is in web development and UX product manager. Before teaching people how to code I consulted Fortune 500 companies like P&G and John Deere and won Boston's biggest Hackathon (Angelhack). Most recently I led the user experience for peerTransfer, building a 1 Billion dollar a year international tuition payment platform. Before all that, I was carrying nothing more than a backpack and travelled around the world on $25/day for an entire year.
theFirehoseProject really started after I teamed up with my good friend Ken Mazaika, who was a tech lead at Where.com before it got acquired by PayPal, and we taught hundreds of students at places like Harvard, Carnegie Mellon, Brown and the University of Hawaii how to code and use the same tools as the best startups in the country. After seeing how our different approach to teaching allowed so many students achieve amazing results in a short period of time it made sense to bring our "firehose" approach to teaching tech online, so we can reach more students.
When did the first cohort of the Firehose Project online course start?
The first students started using our online guides to build real-world web applications in August 2013 and the first 12 week cohort of theFirehoseProject started early in 2014.
The classes start every Monday, right? Do you organize people into cohorts? Are they interacting with each other online or are they only interacting with their mentor?
New students start every Monday and during the first few weeks they focus on building two fully functional web applications with the help of their mentor.
After the first few weeks of the apprenticeship, we start to custom-tailor our curriculum so students will be able to achieve their individual goals. For example, students with the goal of finding a job as a web developer, are paired with other students to collaborate and launch a real web application that solves an actual problem or need. Just like in the real world of being a web developer, students get specific wireframes and product specifications and write and review code in a team environment, guided by their individual mentor and team leader.
We found that students who can point to their collaborative coding project and understand how to thrive in a team based environment, using the same code collaboration tools as real startups, have a huge advantage in landing a job, over students who only code by themselves or together with their mentor.
So our students are treated like junior web developers very early on in our program and don't have to wait until they hold that job title to experience what it is like as a junior web developer.
Does everybody who applies get accepted? Is there an interview process at all?
Me or another code mentor talk to every single student before they're accepted into the program. We're looking for motivation to learn in our students and make sure they're a great fit to work on team projects.
After teaching hundreds of students with no prior coding experience how to build and launch web applications, we know we can teach anyone. But we really want to make sure that you're motivated to learn and have a concrete goal that you want to achieve, be it landing a job as a web developer or launching your own startup idea.
What types of students have you seen do really well in Firehose and what kind of students don't necessarily excel in that environment?
We've found all of our students are able to excel in our program. Mostly, that has to do with the fact that we're looking for students who have a particular goal that they want to achieve - like launching their own startup or getting a job as a web developer - and then custom tailor our curriculum around each student's goal.
How is the curriculum designed? Do you have unique content for your curriculum or do you pick and choose curated lessons from the web?
We developed 100% of our curriculum in house. In fact, our curriculum is constantly updated and improved. By updating our curriculum on an almost daily basis, we can make sure we consistently offer a better learning experience and keep up with the latest technology.
One place that enabled us to create the perfect core curriculum was our Q&A forum that helps students get unstuck within the hour. In the early days, our entire team was basically "why did 3 students ask the same question on lesson 31 about 5 minutes ago? Let's fix that". After hundreds of improvements and countless hours of work we finally nailed down the perfect curriculum for our students.
Are you focusing on a particular technology?
Who are your mentors? What are you looking for in a mentor and what's the process to become a mentor?
To be a mentor at theFirehoseProject you need to have teaching experience and be able to explain a complex web development concept to a classroom full of beginners. Then you also need to be a great developer, know your coding game inside out and actively help people in the Q&A forum and consistently improve theFirehoseProject curriculum.
We have a big coding event at Harvard coming up soon, so we definitely taking a group of our mentors into the classroom again.
Has anyone who's gotten a job after doing Firehose or actually launched their own product?
Yes, we have multiple students who've gotten a job after they graduated, in fact one student just received a job offer half-way through our program, accepted the job and now continues to code together with the other students on his Firehose team project in the evenings.
Another student built an on-demand marijuana delivery platform, pretty much like Uber for marijuana. He's launching this fall in several cities and is working on his delivery startup full-time.
Have you had students who are being sponsored by their companies?
Absolutely. We've had that happen before, especially for students who go through our program while holding a full-time job.
How many hours a week do you estimate that it takes students?
The minimum amount time that we require students to dedicate to coding is 15 hours per week. With 15 hours per week you'll be able to progress at a good speed and finish strong.
That said, we have many students who are putting in 40-50 hours per week into the program and obviously those students are taking more knowledge and skills out of it.
Whether you put in 15 or 50 hours, we always keep your learning curve steep and make sure we adjust our curriculum to your personal goals and what you want to get out of the program.
Is there anything else you want to add that we didn't touch on about Firehose?
One of the most common reason why people come to us, is because we're the very opposite of all the other "cookie cutter" curriculums out there.
At theFirehoseProject all of our students are part of the team and are treated like junior web developers while they go through their customized curriculum together with our mentors.
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Vision2020: Integrating the Gospel into the Community
Integrating Gospel with Community from Grace Churches on Vimeo.
Jonathan Carey, pastor of the Ellet Grace Brethren Church in Akron, Ohio, updates a story that was in the November-December 2010 issue of FGBC World. In that issue, 'Love Your Neighbor' Comes to Life in Akron, told how the Ellet congregation adopted the Ritzman Community Learning Center, a K-5 elementary school in the Akron public school district, and began to send them school supplies, sponsor pre-school-year fairs, and even cut a hole in the fence between the properties so the church parking lot could be used for after school programs or during special events at the school.
After this video, which was recorded in July 2010, was sent as part of Moderator Bob Fetterhoff's weekly e-zine last month, Pastor Carey sent an update:
This past fall all the students and staff of the school had their picture taken in front of our building and then they invited us over for a special presentation. They received their results back from the state and were one of two elementary schools in the city to receive an excellent two years in a row. The presented us with a plaque with the picture on it that read, "Your sincere kindness, support, and generosity has helped to make our school achieve 'Excellence'! Our community 'grows' because of you." They said they couldn't have achieved this wtihout the help and support of our ministry. They also made posters with the picture, which went to the city council and mayor. We continue to build the relationship with the school and just recently baptized a young mom who is thrilled to be growing in her faith and desiring to reach the rest of her family.

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Do I Have to Be Mean to Get Ahead?
This is another core belief that lies at the core of many people struggle with-when trying to get their brand-new, spanking ideas out there, going for a new job or promotion, or making a dream a reality. They feel they will have to metamorphose into someone, or something, else. Something bad. Something diabolically ....not them. That they, dear hearts, will have to learn to swim with the sharks in life, or drown, drown...drown!
Well, guess what? You don't. 150 trillion percent, you do not.
You have to remember something: You have no choice but to be who you really are.
(I know. But bear with me here, please! ;) You will never, ever be able to step all over someone if you are already this worried about doing so, or turn into a version of yourself that you hate... So...don't worry about it! Take this belief off the table. Then look a little deeper: What else is there? Do you feel you will become unlovable? Too successful for anyone to really like? Why? Do you let this type of envy get in the way of certain friendships or life goals, without even realizing it, in your real life? Or maybe you're frightened that others will automatically feel the very same way very about you, if you succeed?
However! If you feel that the promotion will make you excel, give you a better lifestyle and amplify your desires, then just go for it! No matter that every other manager you have had has been truly awful. You will be the awesome one!
Relax! You are an ultra-good person, my dear. And some job, opportunity or experience can never, ever take that away from you. Swim with the sharks, even when you feel like a tiny minnow! Be the change you want to see has no more authentic use than in a situation like this.
But you don't have to really "be the change."
You can just be little ole' you.


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Part 2. Oxford
BOSWELL Yes, we're at Oxford now. Dreaming spires and home of lost causes and all that! Johnson went there when he was 19. Ah, university days! "The best years of your life!" Everyone says that! If only they knew! Well, they may be the best years for some but for so many, they are hard, very hard. For a few, they are anguish. These are young men, and young women now of course, trying to map out their whole lives, to sink or swim in a very wide sea, to set themselves standards, to right the wrongs of the whole wide world, refusing to accept help from anyone and taking themselves so very seriously.
Johnson's father went over to Oxford with him, proud as a peacock, as the fathers of young people going up to Oxford always are. Ha!
When his father had said goodbye and had started on his journey back to Lichfield, Johnson was left alone in his room in Pembroke College. That's the college on the right, you know, as you go down the road from Carfax, the crossroads, down towards the Thames. It's near Christchurch, but then everything in Oxford is near Christchurch! Christchurch is so big! The first evening at Oxford, and it's not school anymore. No, university is not easy. It's certainly not all cakes and ale!
The light on Boswell fades, and Johnson is seen pacing his room.
JOHNSON (At the window of his room) Bye, bye. (He waves) Oh, he's not looking. (He turns away) Come on! Its bad luck to watch someone out of sight. The horse is set for home. That horse is terrible. On the outward journey it refuses to put one foot in front of the other, but the moment it turns for home, it's off in a flash!
(He looks round the room) Now the fire. Where the devil is the fireplace? I'll freeze without a fire. (He looks around.) They've given me the room in the tower! Four outside walls! And no fire! Didn't medieval masons know how to build a chimney? It's just a hole in the wall after all. How can you think great thoughts if you're freezing cold? It was all right for Aristotle. He lived in Greece! It's warm there! How many English Aristotles could there have been if our philosophers hadn't had to spend their time searching for firewood and trying to keep warm? (He goes to his trunk and opens it.) Scarf, socks, blanket. Only one blanket? Oh dear. Now where are my gloves? (Sits down) I've left my gloves in Lichfield! (shouts) Aargh!
BOSWELL The days passed into weeks, and the weeks became months. The trees in Christchurch meadow lost their leaves, and the nights drew in. The mists coming down from the River Cherwell met those coming up from the River Thames, and then they filled the streets of the city and the very quadrangles of the colleges when it grew dark in the early afternoon.
JOHNSON (In greatcoat and scarf) Yes, here I can spread my wings! Here, at last, is learning. But the place is sometimes lacking in common sense. What use is learning without common sense? What is the point of speaking five languages if you are an idiot in each one of them? Better to be a fool in English than a fool in Greek. There is nothing worse than an Athenian blockhead!
And what use is university to me? I haven't even the money to pay for my breakfast. How many sons of rich men will get their degree, in time, just by eating enough suppers here, and sitting around for a few years. They just stay until a little learning brushes off on them, like mud on a post by the road! But I shall be lucky to last one year!
I have some good friends here though. But somehow college friends are not what school friends are. School friends stay with you for life! They are part of you. If an old school friend walks through the door, however long has passed in between, you just carry on exactly where you left off years before.
Taylor's a good friend. John Taylor. He comes over from Christchurch to give me the lectures. I can't go there because of my shoes! My shoes are full of holes! The hallowed ground of Christchurch will not accept my holy shoes! Holy shoes! (He gives a hollow laugh.) Ha ha! How many mediocre men have the run of the place because their fathers can give them fine shoes! That's what you need at Oxford! New shoes!
But come on Sam. Up and meet it! If I cannot go to Christchurch, then Christchurch can come to me. Come on,Taylor!
I've translated Alexander Pope's "Messiah" into Latin. My tutor praised it. Alexander Pope praised it. Everyone praised it. But you can't live off praise. A couple of fried eggs with bacon is more use than praise. At least they fill your stomach! Praise leaves you very hungry!
(Knocking on the door.)
Come in! Come in, Taylor!
TAYLOR (Entering with papers in his hand) I've got it Sam!
JOHNSON Well, let's have it then. (Johnson finds Taylor a chair and they both sit at the table. Johnson clears papers, plates and clothes from the table to make room.)
TAYLOR Geometry. We did geometry today. It was Euclid!
JOHNSON Euclid. That's promising!
TAYLOR (Musing happily) A very fine lecture. A very fine lecture indeed! A lot of people there, you know. It was Smithson again. He has a beautiful delivery.
JOHNSON Yes, man. But what did he say?
TAYLOR Ah well. You see this figure here. (Producing his notes) This line here. No, it was this one. I think. Yes, this one. If it is parallel to that one, it is exactly half its length.
JOHNSON Why?
TAYLOR Well. The square on the … No, no. That was last week. Well, it's logically correct. It must be. (Johnson looks at him questioningly.)
I know. I should have written it all down. I'll go back to Christchurch and get him to tell me again. (Sighs) It all seemed so clear at the time. (He leaves.)
Taylor's a fine fellow, and he's good to me, but he'll never set the Thames on fire.
(He looks round his room.) My father's books. He gave me over a hundred when I came here. He has invested in me! And I will be worth it! I can do it! I know I can!
Look at Edwards. Oliver Edwards. He's happy here. He enjoys life without much effort. What did he say the other day? "I have tried too in my time to be a philosopher but, I don't know how, cheerfulness was always breaking in." That's not bad! And then we talked about eating late at night and he said, "I consider supper as a turnpike through which one must pass in order to get to bed!" Not bad! He'll get his degree and work happily in his profession. He won't excel but he'll fill his niche. He'll be content. I make every effort to be happy and I get nowhere. But if I can't be happy, at least I'll not be miserable. I'll fight it! I'll fight it!
BOSWELL And fight it he did with all the energy of youth. And so it went on. He had good memories of Pembroke though. Later when asked about poetry there, he replied, "Sir, we were a nest of singing birds!" But here's poor Taylor once more.
TAYLOR (Bursting in, rather out of breath, with more papers in his hand. Johnson at once changes his mood to friendly enthusiasm) Got it. I've got it, Sam! Crystal clear! Look!
JOHNSON (Looking at the paper) Yes, that's it! Euclid is not so hard after all! I think, John, we can crack Euclid between us! A beer on it? What about a beer?
TAYLOR The Bear Tavern?
JOHNSON The Bear Tavern.
(They go out, Johnson singing.)
Good beer does more than Milton can,
(Taylor joins in.) To justify God's ways to man!


Cape Town - South African Police commissioner, General Khehla Sitole, has called for calm in Caledon outside Cape Town after two people were killed during protest action on Thursday morning.
According to reports, the deaths occurred while police were dispersing the crowd, with allegations doing the rounds that the two people died after being shot by police.
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) has been called in to investigate the incident.
"Therefore, it is our humble appeal that the community of Caledon remain calm and allow the investigation to take its course," said General Sitole. "The Ipid is an independent institution which is mandated to conduct such investigations in an objective unbiased manner."
The National Commissioner also directed that police cooperate fully with the investigation.
Caledon police confirmed that two people died and one was injured during the skirmishes, but said the details were unknown as the matter was still under investigation.
Western Cape Community Safety MEC Alan Winde said: "I am angered by reports of two deaths and one injury as a result of protest action which took place in Caledon this morning. My thoughts are with the families of the victims in this devastating time.
"It is alleged that there are political parties who are at the forefront of these protests. These parties are willing to put lives on the line to advance their agendas. We all have a right to protest and have processes to have our voices heard. Illegal action such as this puts the community and SAPS in direct confrontation. It also takes rights away from law-abiding citizens and has a huge effect on jobs," he said.


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Q: The purpose of leg drive in the bench press (force body diagram) A common explanation I've heard for the purpose of the leg drive in the bench press is that the lateral forces generated by the quads off the floor are "converted" into a downward force into the bench, at which point, because your shoulders stay still on the bench, there is an upward normal force that is transmitted through your arms, into the barbell. Because of this, your arms uses less force (as your legs are now doing some of the work).
My physics knowledge is rudimentary, and so I was hoping anyone could shed light on this phenomenon. And if the explanation is wrong, if anyone could clarify the nomenclature for me, and if anyone could help me out with the force diagram.
I found this (incomplete) force diagram on the web that is hopefully representative of my understanding of how a lateral force from the quads helps with the press. Many thanks for the help!

A: Unfortunately, its rare that we can answer questions about the body with rudimentary physics.  We can draw free-body diagrams of humans, but it just doesn't provide the insight we hope for.  This is because the human body is an incredibly complicated system of muscles and feedback loops.  We are almost never operating at 100% of our muscular capacity -- we typically have reserves to deal with stabilizing our body.
And, in this case, it appears that is why there is the leg drive.

Leg drive is when you drive your feet into the floor as you push the barbell off the chest. Leg drive in the bench press will help you maintain your upper back position and increase the stability and stiffness of the torso, which allows for greater levels of strength.

You can read the article, which goes into far more detail than I will here.  But the gist is that the leg drive helps properly position the head and shoulders so that you can get the maximum strength out of your muscles.  It also helps with arching the back, and I won't even touch that one -- the physics of the spine is astonishingly beautiful, but painfully complex.  If the experts say you want an arch there, I really won't question them.
It doesn't look to be actually "lifting" the bar with the force of the legs.  It looks to be all about positioning muscles and ensuring they have the support needed to be stable.

A: This answer is more me having fun playing with the toy model than trying to answer the question directly, which I think Cort Ammon has already answered.
Much of the effectiveness of doing this kind of technical lift is surely in greater body stability, as Cort Ammon explained. But I think a toy model can explain why the weightlifter feels the sensation he feels, and unless I've made a reasoning error, it also highlights another reason why the technique is useful that is missed by the biomechanics approach.

Replace the human with a rigid bent rod on a pivot as shown. The pivot is the center of mass of the human-barbell system. The person's "head" is on the right, their hips are on the left, and their feet are at the bottom.
Constrain the pivot such that it cannot move left or right (it is held in place by static friction) and such that it cannot move upward unless the net force on it exceeds the combined weight of the human-barbell system.
Place an immovable barrier (the bench) under the horizontal portion of the bent rod.
Apply a force $F$ at the the "feet" end.
Note that this creates an equal and opposite force $-F$ at the "hips" end.
Note that this creates a torque $-F sin(\theta) A$ about the pivot.
Since the bench prevents the rod from rotating, there is an equal and opposite torque from the other side.
Therefore there is a force $F sin(\theta) A/B$ compressing the "shoulder" end into the bench.
This is the force felt by the weightlifter, who feels "like I am shoving my upper back 'down' into the bench when I use leg drive".
There is a direct consequence of this force that makes it easier to lift the bar: it moves what one might call the "effective center of gravity" of the system closer to the axis of the lift.
(I think it's more correct to say that it sets up a torque such that when the weightlifter and the barbell separate, the lateral shift in the position of the center of mass creates a proportionately smaller felt shift in the direction of the gravitational force vector... but that's much harder to visualize than making up something called the "effective center of gravity" and letting it move.)
We can diagram this out using the same toy model by getting rid of all the lateral forces (we know they are neutralized by static friction) and supposing that the body is made of three point masses located at the feet, hips, and head, while the barbell is another point mass.

Since the feet and shoulders are now "heavier" and the hips are now "lighter", this shifts the "effective center of gravity" closer to the head.
And, as with any heavy lift, the closer to the axis of the lift the weightlifter can get the center of gravity, the easier and safer the lift becomes.

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Question 1. What Is Lsmw All About?
LSMW is a tool provided by SAP in order to upload huge amount of data from legacy file to R/3 system. The Legacy System Migration Workbench (LSMW) is a tool to transfer data from legacy systems (Non SAP System) into an R/3 System (SAP System).
LSMW supports a step-by-step procedure; if one step is executed and saved then next step automatically follows.
Apart from creation of project/ subproject/ object and recording, there are 14 basic steps included in LSMW.
Through LSMW one can create Master data, create transactional data, modify existing master data etc. This tool is very useful when some mass changes are to be carried out and no standard SAP transactions are available for that.
There are few standard objects available in LSMW e.g. material master, vendor master, customer master, purchasing info record, purchase requisitions, purchase orders etc. Using these standard objects one can do mass data upload and mass transactions.
Apart from this LSMW provides another functionality of recording the transaction and then carrying that out many times with large data. Examples are mass deletion of purchase requisitions, mass deletion of planned orders etc.
Question 2. State The Difference Between Lsmw And Bdc?
LSMW is basically designed for functional consultants who do not do much coding but need to explore the functionality while BDC is designed for a technical consultant.
LSMW offers different technique for migrating data: Direct input, BAPI, I-Doc, Batch input recording while BDC basically uses recording.
Coding can be done flexibly in BDC when compared to LSMW.
Question 3. When Should We Prefer Using Lsmw Over Other Legacy Data Transfer Methods?
In case if you trust the data in the flat file and know there is not much coding to be done, then we can use LSMW. On the other hand if there is a lot of validations to be done go for BDC.
Also LSMW can be preferred for uploading Master Data records and standard SAP applications. Since LSMW is a tool and generally it makes use of standard program/objects, the execution would be faster, and less effort is needed to upload master data.
Question 4. What Are The Advantages Of Lsmw?
It's a code free tool (however if required coding can be done) - Therefore it helps functional people to upload data from legacy to SAP system.
Since it's an uploading tool provided by SAP, it has a structured way of working. You will have to finish every step before starting the next step.
Since it is integrated in R/3 it is independent of individual platform. The entire project can be downloaded and uploaded in any environment unlike BDC which has to be developed in development server and then transported to Production Server.
It can be preferred when there is a need to upload large volume of data.
It is preferred only if there is a requirement for one time transfer of data.
Question 5. What Is The Disadvantages Of Lsmw?
LSMW is not suitable for frequent data transfer as there are a number of steps that are to be repeated every time.
Question 6. What Are The Import Methods Available In Lsmw? State The Advantage & Disadvantage Of Each Method?
There are four standard import methods available in LSMW.
Advantages: Fast to load, easy processing, low programming for standard IDOC's.
Disadvantages: Good knowledge of IDOC processing required, time consuming if changes have to be made to a created IDOC.
Advantages: Fast to load, easy processing, logical interface for functional/end user based on the business processes involved.
Disadvantages: Not always complete with all input fields of a transaction.
Advantages: Well tested method, Fast to load, easy processing.
Disadvantages: No enjoy transactions, not always complete with all input fields of a transaction.
Advantages: Easy modifiable, all fields are available, easy re-processing.
Disadvantages: Comparatively slow, to use new screens or tabs a new recording has to be created, not easily usable for enjoy transactions, dependent on user settings, difference in foreground and background processing may occur.
Question 7. What Is Data Migration & What Is The Significance Of Data Migration. State The Most Important Data Migration Tools Available In Sap?
Data Migration stands for data transfer between two like or alike systems. During SAP R/3 implementation the data needs to be moved from legacy system to the SAP system. Sometimes periodic data transfer between R/3 and other system (interfacing) is also required. Both of the above form a part of data migration.
Data migration comes in the end of R/3 implementation.
Data migration is about 20% to 40% of the total implementation expenses.
Question 8. What Are The Main Functions Of Lsmw?
Reading the legacy data from one or several files (e.g. spreadsheet tables, sequential files).
Importing the data using standard interfaces (Batch Input, Direct Input, BAPI, IDoc) into the database of the R/3 application.
Transaction Code to start the LSM Workbench is LSMW.
Question 9. Can Lsmw Be Used For Handling Multiple Recordings?
Generally Multiple Recordings are done for transactions which has multiple access sequences like VK11, TK11, etc. Batch Input Method is capable of handling multiple recording and Batch Input recording is one of the import methods available in LSMW. So yes, LSMW can be used for handling multiple recordings.
Question 10. Can You Carry Out Validations Or Say Can You Write Your Custom Code In Lsmw?
Yes, Validations can be carried out in LSMW. Similarly custom code can also be added in LSMW. Validations can be handled in 5th step (Maintain field mapping and conversion rules) of LSMW.
For example, if you are updating Vendor Master, You will need to carry out a validation to check whether vendor is valid or not.
Question 11. Can Data Be Transferred From One R/3 To Another R/3 Via Lsmw?
Yes, data can be transferred from one R/3 System to another. Export functionality has to be programmed to achieve the same.
Question 12. Is It Possible To Assign A Transaction Code To A Lsmw Object?
Yes, transaction codes can be created from SHD0 for LSMW Objects.
Question 13. What Kind Of Data Can Be Migrated Using The Lsmw? Is It Certain That The Imported Data Will Be Consistent?
Wide range of Master Data (e.g. G/L accounts, customer master, vendor master, material master, bills of material) and Transaction Data (e.g. financial documents, sales orders) can be migrated using LSMW.
Yes, the imported data will be consistent because the data is loaded via standard interfaces of the applications which will include all checks that are run for online transactions.
Question 14. How Many Steps Needs To Be Followed While Using Lsmw For Data Migartion. Also Mention The Steps Sequentially?
No. of steps varies for different import methods. Initially there will be 20 steps but after processing step 1 it will reduced to 14 for session method.
Question 15. What Is The Lsm Workbench?
The LSM Workbench is an R/3-based tool that supports single or periodic data transfer from your non-SAP system to R/3.
Question 16. What Are The Core Functions Of The Lsm Workbench?
Question 17. Which Data Can Be Migrated Using The Lsm Workbench?
Question 18. Can I Be Certain That The Imported Data Is Consistent?
Question 19. Can I Be Certain That Conversions Are Carried Out Identically Across The Applications?
Yes. The LSM Workbench works on the principle of central (reusable) rules. This approach guarantees that, for example, the material number is converted in the same way wherever the reusable rule is used for conversion.
Question 20. Do I Need An Extensive Knowledge Of Abap To Use The Lsm Workbench?
No. The LSM workbench provides the main conversion techniques at the push of a button. For complex conversions, individual ABAP coding can be added.
Question 21. Do I Have To Migrate Table By Table?
Question 22. Can I Transfer Data That Is On My Pc?
Question 23. Is The Lsm Workbench Part Of The Standard R/3 System?
Question 24. Is There An Extra Charge For The Lsm Workbench?
Question 25. Is There An Lsm Training Course?
Question 26. Can I Migrate From R/3 To R/3 Via Lsmw?
Question 27. Can I Build Periodic Interfaces Using Lsmw?


The state basketball tournaments have been all of the talk in Montana newspapers and communities over the last three weeks, and in places like Belt, in Cascade County, they are celebrating state championships this March morning.
the National Register, and the more architecturally distinct Craftsman-styled community gym built for Whitehall in Jefferson County.
Others date to mid-century and their more modern styles reflect their function–the half-barrels roofs–but they also dominate the one buildings around them, such as the high school gym in White Sulphur Springs, Meagher County, seen below.
Then there is the frankly spectacular modern-style gym of Twin Bridges, in the state's southwest corner, with its sweeping overhanging roof.
But wherever you encounter community gyms, you can tell from their location and maintenance, these are buildings of local pride and achievement, and places necessary to community life when so much else is scattered and disconnected.
Gymnasium in Circle, McCone County.
Powell County High School Gym, Deer Lodge.
High School Gym, Polson, Lake County.
Communities across Montana are clearly proud of their gyms, and even when new ones come along, they find new uses for the stately buildings, like the conversion of the old gymnasium below, located in Boulder, into a fine arts theater, which is just one example of this type of adaptive reuse project in the state.
Here's to new futures, grounded in meaningful pasts, for these community, and often times architectural, landmarks across the Big Sky Country. As a group, they are powerful reminders of the importance of community spaces in the counties, both urban and rural, of Montana.


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"The Phantom of the Opera" is een nummer uit de gelijknamige musical uit 1986. Het is gecomponeerd door Andrew Lloyd Webber en de tekst is geschreven door Charles Hart en Richard Stilgoe, met aanvullende tekst van Mike Batt. Het werd oorspronkelijk opgenomen door Sarah Brightman en Steve Harley, die er in 1986 in het Verenigd Koninkrijk een top 10-hit mee scoorden. In de musical werd het gezongen door Brightman en Michael Crawford, in hun rollen als respectievelijk Christine Daaé en het Spook.

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"The Phantom of the Opera" wordt in de musical gezongen tijdens de eerste akte, na "Angel of Music (The Mirror)" en voor "The Music of the Night". In de tweede akte is een reprise te horen aan het einde van "Notes/Twisted Every Way". Het nummer wordt gezongen terwijl Christine door het Spook wordt begeleid naar zijn boot in een ondergrondse gang bij het Opéra Garnier.

In januari 1986 werd de oorspronkelijke opname van "The Phantom of the Opera" uitgebracht als single ter promotie van de musical, die in oktober van dat jaar in première ging. Het werd gezongen door Sarah Brightman en Steve Harley. Harley werd oorspronkelijk ook gecast voor de rol van het Spook in de musical, maar enkele dagen voordat de cast aan het publiek bekend werd gemaakt, hoorde hij dat hij zou worden vervangen door Michael Crawford.

Op de B-kant van de single stond het nummer "Overture - The Phantom of the Opera", een twee minuten durende instrumentale versie van de A-kant. De single werd geproduceerd door Mike Batt en Andrew Lloyd Webber. In het Verenigd Koninkrijk stond het tien weken in de hitlijsten, met een zevende plaats als hoogste notering. In Ierland kwam de single tot de elfde plaats.

Plagiaat
In 1990 werd Lloyd Webber aangeklaagd door singer-songwriter Ray Repp, die beweerde dat "The Phantom of the Opera" de melodie gebruikte van zijn nummer "Till You" uit 1978. Lloyd Webber reageerde hierop door te zeggen dat hij delen van zijn oudere nummer "Close Every Door" uit de musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat gebruikte, en dat beide nummers elementen uit composities van Bach, Grieg en Holst bevatten. In 1994 werd Lloyd Webber door de rechter in het gelijk gesteld.

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"The Phantom of the Opera" werd in 2002 gecoverd door de Finse symfonische metalband Nightwish op hun album Century Child, waarop de zang werd verzorgd door bandleden Marco Hietala en Tarja Turunen. In 2019 zong Floor Jansen het nummer als Nightwish-zangeres in duet met operazanger Henk Poort in het televisieprogramma Beste Zangers, waar zij internationaal waardering voor kregen. Deze versie bereikte de dertiende plaats in de Nederlandse Tipparade en de 52e plaats in de Single Top 100. Poort speelde zelf al het Spook in de Nederlandse versie van de musical; in 1994 stond een Nederlandstalige versie van het titelnummer als duet met Joke de Kruijf al in de Mega Top 50, waarin het tot plaats 35 kwam.

Hitnoteringen

Henk Poort & Joke de Kruijf

Mega Top 50

Floor Jansen & Henk Poort

Single Top 100

Radio 2 Top 2000

Single uit 1986
Single uit 2019
Nummer van Nightwish
Nummer van Sarah Brightman
Nummer van Steve Harley

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Some Unknown Facts About Bollywood's Most Versatile Actor- Om Puri!
The man who was never bound to any specific genre!
By Shruti Mendulkar
Without the conscious thought, we somehow cannot stop ourselves from bowing down to this extremely talented actor of Bollywood- Om Puri; who had spent decades working in the film industry.
Known for his versatility and stellar acting skills, we wish to unbox some lesser known facts about him, in his remembrance, on his birthday!
1. Om was the recipient of the prestigious Padma Shri award and National Film Awards.
Source: ndtv
2. He started his acting career with a Marathi movie called: Ghashiram Kotwal
3. As Om came from an underprivileged background his brother had to work as a coolie while Om worked in a local tea shop, in order to win the bread and butter,
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4. Apart from Hindi movies, Om has worked in Punjabi, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu, English and Malayalam movies.
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5. Apart from being a part of popular series like Tamas, the actor has played diverse roles in numerous Hindi and English television shows.
Source: telegraphindia
6. Om had an inclination towards agriculture and cooking and his ultimate dream was to open a dhaba called 'Dal Roti'.
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7. In a December 2016 interview, it was speculated that Om, foretold his death.
He said, "My contribution as an actor will be visible once I leave this world and the young generation, especially film students will watch my films."
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