ACS 4930 Onboarding (SPD 2.3)
This course prepares students to onboard to a development job and to navigate the time between joining a company and making valuable contributions to the codebase; commonly known as ramping. Building on best practices from company onboarding programs or Ramp Camps, the course covers common architectures and tools that large codebases use to operate including continuous integration with Travis CI, code reviews, server admin. The course also covers topics one must master to have a successful life as a working professional, such as personal finance, financial models, using spreadsheets, and the science of habit formation, health and wellness. Prerequisites: None