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We want to help you to be successful here. There are a few things that you NEED to get right.
We’ve already mentioned some of this stuff, but it’s really super important so it’s worth repeating.
We expect you to WRITE YOUR OWN CODE! If we catch you copy-pasting then we wont be able to accept you!
Why?
A real coder aims to understand stuff. If you want to be a professional and all you know how to do is copy-paste other people’s hard work, you won’t make it. You’ll get fired from your first job in your first week. If you even get a job.
Take your success seriously by taking your understanding seriously
If someone gets stuck, help them understand. Don’t just give them code to copy.
If you give someone else code to copy then we’ll be forced to reject both you and the person you “helped”.
Be precise. Be intentional about the code you write. Don’t guess!
There are important details in the things we send you. You need to focus.
You also need to go through any listed pre-requisites. You’ll often see those at the top of a content page. Like this:
Yes, it’s being repeated. If we catch people copying then those people have lost their opportunity. It’s always sad when we have to tell people to leave. Please take this very seriously.
If you are applying for one of Umuzi’s main programmes then your understanding of your code will be tested. A staff member will have a one on one conversation with you and they will write code and you will be expected to answer questions about it.
If you understand all the code you wrote during this bootcamp then you will do fine.
If you just wrote a bunch of random stuff until your code worked, copied code from someone else, or just tried to memorize big blocks of code then you will fail this final test.
Make sure you 100% understand every single code statement. Every individual line of code needs to make sense to you. We will take the concepts you have already covered and we will combine those concepts in new and interesting ways.
Be curious and learn to assess your own understanding before we assess you!