Quincy Larson

Some of them may have like employer placement programs. PMI is another organization, the Project Management Institute. And there's ICS2, ICS squared. They're like all these other organizations that have these professional certifications. And I was like, wow. Maybe Free Code Camp could move more in that direction. We could create professional certifications.

Some of them may have like employer placement programs. PMI is another organization, the Project Management Institute. And there's ICS2, ICS squared. They're like all these other organizations that have these professional certifications. And I was like, wow. Maybe Free Code Camp could move more in that direction. We could create professional certifications.

We can make them free and we can make them on topics that other certification programs aren't covering. So we are working on four programs. professional certifications that are going to like somewhat replace our existing curriculum. Like the, the coursework will always be there. We'll always have the legacy certifications, right?

We can make them free and we can make them on topics that other certification programs aren't covering. So we are working on four programs. professional certifications that are going to like somewhat replace our existing curriculum. Like the, the coursework will always be there. We'll always have the legacy certifications, right?

But what we're doing is we're building a single, much more comprehensive linear web development curriculum called certified full stack developer. You earn this through completing here. I've actually got a list of all the coursework that is currently in this certification. So it's about 3,000 hours of coursework.

But what we're doing is we're building a single, much more comprehensive linear web development curriculum called certified full stack developer. You earn this through completing here. I've actually got a list of all the coursework that is currently in this certification. So it's about 3,000 hours of coursework.

You learn semantic HTML, accessibility, CSS fundamentals, Flexbox, design concepts, typography. You learn how to work in a code editor, get your code environment set up. JavaScript fundamentals, high order functions and callbacks, DOM manipulation, algorithmic thinking, object-oriented programming, functional programming, data structures,

You learn semantic HTML, accessibility, CSS fundamentals, Flexbox, design concepts, typography. You learn how to work in a code editor, get your code environment set up. JavaScript fundamentals, high order functions and callbacks, DOM manipulation, algorithmic thinking, object-oriented programming, functional programming, data structures,

Dynamic programming, web standards, React fundamentals, TypeScript fundamentals, testing concepts, bash scripting, SQL, and relational databases, Git, security and privacy, Node, Express, security for web developers, specifically like OWASP, working with APIs, AI engineering fundamentals, and how to get a developer job.

Dynamic programming, web standards, React fundamentals, TypeScript fundamentals, testing concepts, bash scripting, SQL, and relational databases, Git, security and privacy, Node, Express, security for web developers, specifically like OWASP, working with APIs, AI engineering fundamentals, and how to get a developer job.

And you're going to learn a ton of Python as part of that too, because we use Python as kind of our backend language. So that is a very comprehensive web development.

And you're going to learn a ton of Python as part of that too, because we use Python as kind of our backend language. So that is a very comprehensive web development.

curriculum that not only is it going to involve the traditional Free Code Camp core gameplay loop of building a bunch of projects, because Free Code Camp has always been all about building projects, but we are adding a whole lot of additional stuff. One of the biggest piece of feedback we've had over the years is we've leaned way too much into learning by doing.

curriculum that not only is it going to involve the traditional Free Code Camp core gameplay loop of building a bunch of projects, because Free Code Camp has always been all about building projects, but we are adding a whole lot of additional stuff. One of the biggest piece of feedback we've had over the years is we've leaned way too much into learning by doing.

And a lot of people want more conceptual stuff. And we've always said, Oh, just go to free code camp, just keep doing it. And it's like wax on wax off, right? And like Mr. Miyagi teaching you how to do all the basic karate movements without actually having to like do the karate itself, or maybe you're doing the karate, but you don't actually know why you're doing what you're doing.

And a lot of people want more conceptual stuff. And we've always said, Oh, just go to free code camp, just keep doing it. And it's like wax on wax off, right? And like Mr. Miyagi teaching you how to do all the basic karate movements without actually having to like do the karate itself, or maybe you're doing the karate, but you don't actually know why you're doing what you're doing.

So it's been very, you know, learned by doing and we've minimized kind of the theory that we've given people. And we've just told people, Oh, go over to the YouTube channel, read the books that we publish every week and you'll get plenty of theory. But what we're actually doing is we're working to incorporate that.

So it's been very, you know, learned by doing and we've minimized kind of the theory that we've given people. And we've just told people, Oh, go over to the YouTube channel, read the books that we publish every week and you'll get plenty of theory. But what we're actually doing is we're working to incorporate that.

So not only are we going to have the interactive step-by-step project building, we're going to have 64 of those, but we're also going to have 513 lectures, which are just like three to five minute videos talking about different concepts, everything from like different, you know, design patterns and things like that to, you know, how a system on a chip works, stuff like that. Right.

So not only are we going to have the interactive step-by-step project building, we're going to have 64 of those, but we're also going to have 513 lectures, which are just like three to five minute videos talking about different concepts, everything from like different, you know, design patterns and things like that to, you know, how a system on a chip works, stuff like that. Right.