[Job-Discussions] Posting from yesterday

[Richard Davis]

Hi Brent,
You may want to go back into the archives because I posted more information
before this. But in the meantime, many people go into software development
using what are called Boot Camps. This particular employer requires that
applicants possess the skills that people normally get through a boot camp.
The boot camp they use is free, unlike the $5,000 many of them charge. The
person who developed it is currently working in a boot camp, but wanted to
help out blind people. If you contact Kevin Fjelsted at R. D. Partners,
Inc. (copied on this email) he can answer job related questions. If you are
interested in signing up for the course, he will send you a link to it.
Since he is not responsible for the course materials, you will need to
contact the people running the course to learn more. The course is run on a
discord server, and there are some accessibility issues that need to be
worked on. Some of the blind people who have signed up for the course are
working on them, and if you sign up for it, you can be put in touch with
them. Kevin tells me that anyone without the aptitude for the training will
learn that it isn't for them pretty quickly, unlike colleges, which will
keep stringing you along. The course will require that you create a
portfolio that you can use to apply for jobs. Kevin's company hires remote
workers.  Course begins March 5.
Hope this helps,
Dick Davis


On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 4:45 PM Brent Harding via Job-Discussions <
job-discussions at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> I would be interested in something like this, but I don't know much about
> programming besides a small shell script I made here and there to convert
> folders of files, but it had no error checking or anything. I know the
> graphical interface stuff is a lot more complex than that, and one of the
> hard things in learning is that a lot of the stuff on YouTube uses a mix of
> coding with drag and drop, and the like. I would like to learn though,
> whether or not I would get selected for a position at the end of it. Would
> something like this be a good start, or what courses, taking access tech in
> mind for programming would I be better to do first?
>
> Thanks
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Job-Discussions <job-discussions-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of
> Dick Davis via Job-Discussions
> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2024 12:09 PM
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> Karly.Prinds at blind.state.ia.us>; Kristopher Crawley <kcrawley at saavi.us>
> Cc: dickblind at gmail.com
> Subject: [Job-Discussions] Posting from yesterday
>
> One individual called Kevin Fjelsted about the training opportunity for
> software developers that I reposted yesterday to ask if the training was
> paid training.
>
> It is not. You don’t pay for it, nor do you get paid for it. It is free.
> You have to take and pass the training in order to qualify to be hired by
> their company. You still have to go through the interview process.
>
> Some people have asked, is this a scam? No, it is not. I have known Kevin
> for many years. He worked with one of our center graduates to help him get
> a job.
>
> What it is, is an opportunity to get into a highly paid job at no cost to
> you personally.
>
> I hope this answers the questions you all may have.
>
> Dick Davis
>
>
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