Elite Fall Coding Program
An elite, challenging fall coding program for CS students, students on a gap semester, or recent graduates.
Fall Coding Program Options Available
Full-time programs available remotely.
Remote Full-time Weekdays
3 months
Mon – Fri, meetings daily
$250
(total cost)
Start dates:
25 August 2020
22 September 2020
In light of the coronavirus disruptions, and following our Elite Summer Coding Program, we developed an elite fall coding program for computer science students and recent graduates that can be done remotely. This 3-month, immersive course develops strong, industry-leading fundamentals in software engineering. Learners will gain significant coding experience with real-world tools, similar to an internship.
- Join a specific cohort
- Virtual meetings 1x per day
- Learn in a community
- 100% hands-on learning
- Accountability & motivation
- Live coding sessions
- Interviews with industry SWEs
- Must submit student ID or similar to show recent or ongoing student status
- Program starts at 10am on Tuesday, August 25 or Tuesday, September 22
Elite Fall Coding Program Curriculum
What you’ll cover throughout your learning journey.
SEASON 1
In the first couple of days, participants will familiarise themselves our IDE (integrated development environment) and how to navigate basic commands and concepts. You can code in your browser without having to download any tools or software.
Learners will begin projects and exercises in C and covers:
- Intermediate data structures and intermediate algorithms
- Loop statements,
- Functions, variables, and designing then coding software architecture
- The tools and environments used by software engineers, coding norms, and writing Silicon Valley-level code including how to structure your code
- C programming and rebuilding basic C libraries
- Core War (often considered a Master’s level project)
SEASON 2
If learners advance through Season 1 at a past pace, they can move on to Season 2, covering more in-depth C programming such as Shell, more advanced and complex data structures, algorithms, and software architecture. Learners will rebuild a Redis database and cover LibASM before moving on to sockets, diving into client-server relationships.
YOUR LEARNING JOURNEY
Learning Top Skills is Tough
Learning skills is like learning a sport, a musical instrument, or cooking: it takes time, learning by doing, trial and error, and lost of practice. NBA players don’t get good by watching lectures or videos. Skills-based learning at Qwasar is TOUGH.
DO NOT GIVE UP
The key to our programs is to not give up. No matter how difficult the problem is in front of you, do not give up. Great engineers do not give up but instead apply structured problem solving.
How Learning Works
What you will be doing throughout the program.
PROJECTS
Each season has a series of projects to complete that last 1 day to up to 3 months. These are problems and challenges to build software based on certain requirements and restrictions.
One example of a project would be to build a task-management software with tags, permissions, and a basic user interface.
EXERCISES
Each week, participants will have 1-5 coding exercises to complete. These are accessed through our software and your code is auto-graded to ensure it’s is up to speed and functioning. This is part of the learning process. We have over 800 exercises in our library with thousands of test cases!
ROLE PLAY
We use role play to develop soft skills such as job negotiations or conflict resolution. We also use role play in technical interview practice where participants will both be the interviewee and the interviewer. This dual-sided perspective is unique to our program & helps build better interviewees.
GAMIFICATION
Our system is gamified, meaning that you will earn and spend “Qpoints.” As you complete peer code reviews, you earn points and as you submit your projects for review, you will spend Qpoints.
INNOVATIVE LEARNING
What to Expect
At Qwasar, you are responsible for your learning, just as you would be responsible for your work in a job. Problem-based learning involves finding, trying, and building solutions. With no single source of truth and no answers provided, it’s up to you to figure out how to make your code work, when and how to ask for help, and how to successfully build software in a team.
How We're Different From the Classroom
Why Qwasar is an entirely new learning universe compared to learning in the classroom.
IMMERSE & INTERACTIVE
It’s up to you to figure out what you need to do! We don’t give you detailed instructions or easy answers. You’ve got to work together, be resourceful, and figure things out on your own. Each project is a challenge to be overcome!
EXPERIENCE THAT COUNTS
With our learning-by-doing approach, you get experience that helps your to prepare for the real working world, no matter whether it’s in a technical role or not. Learning to be resourceful and to problem solve are skills applicable in any job.
NO A/B/C GRADES
You don’t get grades and there is no concept of an A, B or C with our program. The point is to learn, to grow in your knowledge and understanding by hands-on doing. Your software does what it should, or it doesn’t and you need to fix it.
What Sets Us Apart
Silicon Valley Standards
We train to standards set by Silicon Valley for software engineers. This means the level is much higher than that of bootcamps, and higher than that of CS degrees. Your specialty is being an elite engineer at a world-renown level.
Technical Skills & Knowledge
Thanks to the depth and breadth of our program curriculum, you acquire a level of technical skills and knowledge that learners in other programs or bootcamps simply never acquire.
Strong Back-end Skills
The vast majority of bootcamps don’t cover data structures or algorithms. CS degrees don’t cover hands-on application of theory or actually developing software architecture. We cover both and your strong back-end skills and experience with databases, data structures, and algorithms will set you apart from other candidates.
Depth of Technical Portfolio
Learners develop a technical portfolio that has depth and shows the extent of their technical skills and ability to handle databases, deployments, and development. Neither bootcamps nor CS degrees offer this.
Career Support
Our entire program is designed to make you a great candidate. During the final Season, you will complete 40 technical interviews, gaining experience and practice for real technical interviews.
Strong Software Foundations
You gain strong foundations with advanced algorithms and data structures as well as databases and coding norms.
Strong Technical Portfolio
Thanks to our deep project-based learning approach, you naturally generate a technical portfolio that shows what you can do.
Proven Soft Skills & Problem Solving
Employers want people with strong, structured problem solving skills. We help you develop such skills and how to think when approaching problems and team projects.
Confidence in Interviewing
Because you practice so many interviews and have a strong foundational base in data structures and C programming, you can have confidence when you go into technical interviews.
Application Process
To apply to our Software Engineering Program, expect the following steps:
Step 1: Submit your application online
Step 2: We review your application.
Step 3: You will be invited to schedule a virtual interview.
Step 4: Following the interview, if accepted, you will be invited to enroll.
Step 5: You will receive an email with a link to the enrollment form.
Step 6: You complete the enrollment form.
Following a successful application and enrollment, you will be expected to attend orientation, virtually of course!
Information Sessions
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