I am interested to know the latest happenings regarding Cloud 9 and our curriculum/technology.
I’ve already read previous threads on this and other forums for this subject, and I don’t mind going alternative ways.
But I am asking after I stumbled upon Cloud 9’s reply and new educational pricing plans.
Are we still good with Cloud 9’s service as FCC campers or we go alternatively?
Edit: Also, I remember seeing C9 in one of the videos with Quincy when I was just checking out Back End Development challenges. How should we approach that now with projects in mind, and is curriculum being updated later on? (I still haven’t got that far)
Cloud9’s educational plan is only $1 per teacher per month and it allows students to join without credit card information. That would be extremely helpful for many non-US citizens.
I’d happily donate the $12 necessary to fund this for a year right now. It would be a shame if hundreds of thousands of students can’t collect enough money to pay that nominal amount of money.
For the curriculum,I believe it is planned to go away from cloud9 and use HyperDev instead. (HyperDev may have been renamed gomix, @portablestick is this true?)
Thank you all for feedback. It’s been very helpful.
Among other things I asked (FFC curriculum, Cloud 9 etc.) I was also asking you that because down the line, I was meaning to purchase hosting and domain(s) to make a personal portfolio website, and tinker with Linux servers, back-end, databases and all that jazz (for practice/learning and experimenting).
But this way, I can postpone all this even further and keep my money until I build more muscle and confidence. Be it local Node+Git+Heroku or HyperDev…
And yes, it does seem Gomix is HyperDev as hyperdev.com redirects to Gomix site.
I think the following statement is important enough to “bump” it 232days through history.
I have a family of 2 children and a wife, and it doesn’t end there. I hope to think that it includes the whole of the human race. Anyway, I need to get a job! I have a family to look after! I certainly feel, out of 100 levels that I am close to 3 in terms of “employable”.
After reading @P1xt’s post, I realized that, getting to the core of why I have revived this post, is that I prophecy that the quality and number of jobs in the IT development industry will be severely depleted within the next 10 years, 10 being the we’re-in-a-recession of the hiring IT industry.
If I or any other would-be coder looking to get a job in the industry, to my name, I say keep the motivation flowing and going. Do not stop learning something new today that will benefit you and your fellow person tomorrow. I won’t say that, if you don’t do it, it will all have been a waste, because all experience is a quality truly cherished in and of itself by something greater than you, whoever you think you are.
Just… do something with what you know you can do now or today that you didn’t “put off” for tomorrow because you didn’t feel like doing it, or whatever excuse you might be giving yourself.
Your future is in your hands. Make something of it. Like play dough.
