The head start on familiarity that Know Your Crew provided was extremely valuable as students entered a brand new program in which teamwork is key. During bootcamp students work closely with others in their cohort and also interact in a cross-cohort mentor type system over three months -- at any one time three phases, each at a different level, exist. Many, also, decide to link up for projects which mimics the real-word collaboration in the workforce.
Although a significant portion of Know Your Crew’s market is the work place we think it is also ideal for coding bootcamp. Although many bootcampers are dynamic, the act of programming is a notoriously anti-social. Coding creates little room for discussion. Moreover, a bootcamp is a unique community with a span of ages, life stages and backgrounds. In grad school and/or college, for instance, people tend to be at similar life stages or ages and also have the ability to form smaller groups based upon common interests. Current Byte Academy students range from Brazilian to Chinese natives to Ph.Ds to seasoned bankers. Know Your Crew hastened the break-down of boundaries for a diverse audience.
In order to support the development of strong team culture in coding and other communities we are pleased to announce the launch of our Technocrats question pack for Know Your Crew. The game is filled with pop culture questions on technology so that individuals, friends and colleagues - even with no programming background - can play and determine who is more Alpha, Beta (well, you know the pun).
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