Please join us at USF Poly on Tuesday, June 15th at 6:30 pm to help plan a 12 month .Net Development Immersion Program, and at Gator's Dockside after the meeting for some socializing.
Ideas have been floating around regarding what is next for the Lakeland .Net User Group and we have decided to try something a bit different over the next year - a FREE 12 month .Net Development Immersion Program. Before we get started, we need your help planning our direction!
Our group has been fortunate to host world class speakers on very advanced topics. However, we have discovered that there is also a great demand for .Net Fundamentals, which we haven't always met. Our goal is to change that and to help you advance in your career, whatever stage you are currently in.
We are asking you to help us plan a 12 month .Net Development Immersion Program where we focus on the fundamentals of developing on the .Net framework and together will build an application from the ground up.
Each month will build upon the last, and project members will interact daily in an Internet based forum. Our project will be open source and available through source control (just like the real world) to all members. What type of project are we doing? You tell us! We are looking for some innovative ideas.
This program will be inclusive of all skill levels; senior level developers will be asked to help organize sessions and offer their expertise on a project that will simulate real-world scenarios. College students with a CS/IS related degree and early-career developers will rotate between the roles of project manager, architect, lead developer, developer, test, and other roles that make sense.
We are also looking for volunteers to fill these organizational roles: Chief Marketing Officer, Curriculum Planner, USF Poly Liason/Facilities Manager, Instructor(s), Online Facilitator, and Sponsorship Coordinator.
Please bring with you ideas on the following points:
- What are you looking to learn over the next 12 months?
- What type of project are you interested in doing
- Remember, it needs to be something early-career developers can tackle.
- Can be completed in 12 months by remote developers.
- Ideally, FUN!
- How you prefer to communicate online
- What tools do you currently use?
- What client are you most interested in?
- What level of .Net experience do you currently have?
- College (CS/IS related degree)
- 0-2 Years .Net
- 3-4 Years .Net
- > 4 years .Net
- Development experience, but on another platform.
This meeting won't be all business! After our group discussion please join us at Gator's Dockside for some socializing. Directions will be provided at the meeting.
When:
Tuesday, June 15th at 6:30pm.
Where:
University of South Florida Polytechnic
3433 Winter Lake Road
Lakeland, FL 33803
Room: LTB 2117