Saturday, December 1, 2012

Java/Android Course in 3 weeks ! Amazing opportunity !

Good News Friends ! A 3-week java-android crash course at Zeno. Target students are fresh grads, engineers who want to get back to workforce after a break and people who want to move to Java or Android from other engineering disciplines. 

The course costs $2k and Zeno essentially makes it free of cost. Zeno is a mid-sized company that has successfully placed engineers in several well-known bay area companies. The details of the  course are mentioned below. If you know anyone interested, please forward. 

Point of Contact: Kaus (408) 505 4966     kvnamjoshi@gmail.com

           
Timings: 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM Monday to Friday from Dec 4, 2012 to Dec 21, 2012 in Fremont, CA

Background: The objective of this fast-paced Java/Android course is to help students develop into good quality software engineers in 3 weeks. The course will focus on efficient hands-on learning as opposed to theory. In addition to Java and Android, we'll train students on how to learn new technologies, work efficiently in teams, do well in interviews and jobs. As part of the course, students will build various products with latest tools and technologies like personal mobile cloud CRM , social interaction analytics etc. Both Eswar and I have significant experience interviewing, hiring, managing large teams of engineers and building products used by millions of daily visitors. 

Pre-requisites:  Bachelor’s degree and basic programming experience in at least one language either in school/university or industry.

Course content:
Efficient learning skills: How to take notes, be a quick learner, read high tech books and complex code
Java and web programming: Core Java, JSP, JDBC, Struts, Spring, Hibernate, Multi-threading, EJB, Eclipse, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Ajax, jQuery, SQL, NoSQL, Big Data, web services, cloud computing and more
Android and mobile programming:  Smartphone programming, Tablet programming, Native apps, Mobile web, app monetization, Camera API, location, Mobile games, Android versus iOS and more
Tools and Processes:  git, JIRA, Yammer, agile, waterfall, software plc, business analysis etc.
People skills: Understanding and influencing people, Interview skills, self-confidence and teamwork