I love training. Sure, it is hard work and being “on” for several days straight can be exhausting. For a dedicated multi-tasker like myself, focussing on just one task for three straight days seems very strange. I don’t really mind the travel, though I hate being away from my family. Maybe it is all the generations of teachers in my family cheering me on. I love meeting all the new students, eager to learn the secrets of mobile application development. I love the challenge of walking in to a room full of new faces and forming connections that, with some, will last for years. It’s a rush.
Me And Happy Students In Chicago
For about ten months I held the position of lead trainer and courseware designer for the iPhone Bootcamp. It was a great run – I trained more than 120 students in courses from New York to LA to London, spoke to user groups and hosted parties in a fantastic Victorian mansion in San Francisco at WWDC. I consistently got top ratings and reviews and have a great relationship with many of my students. (Example here on YouTube: Testimonial of Dr. Debbie Berebichez)
Me And Happy Students In Los Angeles
After some deliberation, we at CodeFab decided we could offer a superior training class that we could put our reputation behind. It gives me great pleasure to introduce CodeFab’s iPhone Training Program. I’ve always owned my own training materials, and the arrival of the 3.0 iPhone OS and SDK offered the perfect opportunity to do a rewrite on the materials and an update to the topics covered in the 3-day Intro Class. Additionally we are adding a 1-day Advanced Class that should be of great interest to all of my old students. We are starting with classes in New York City, Chicago and LA, with San Francisco and London in the works for 2010.
Los Angeles iPhone Developer Meetup Group
- Nov 11, 2009 iPhone Social Event
- Nov 12-14, 2009 Basic Training 3-Day In-Depth Introductory Class (Register at EventBrite)
- Nov 15, 2009 Special Ops 1-Day Intense Advanced Class (Register at EventBrite)
New York iPhone Developer Meetup Group
- Nov 19, 2009 iPhone Social Event
- Nov 21-23, 2009 Basic Training 3-Day In-Depth Introductory Class (Register at EventBrite)
- Nov 24, 2009 Special Ops 1-Day Intense Advanced Class (Register at EventBrite)
Chicago iPhone Developer Meetup Group
- Dec 10, 2009 iPhone Social Event
- Dec 11-13, 2009 Basic Training 3-Day In-Depth Introductory Class (Register at EventBrite)
- Dec 14, 2009 Special Ops 1-Day Intense Advanced Class (Register at EventBrite)
…So what happened to the iPhone Boot Camp? By late summer 2009 I came to the conclusion that the iPhone Boot Camp had become an organization I was no longer comfortable being associated with. (feel free to contact me off-line to find out why) Owner Jonathan Sarno and I had different ideas of how training should be done and what our relationship should be, and my attempts to work this out went nowhere.
Ummm, yeah. Sure. What does this accomplish?
Regardless, the upshot is that by moving our training to the CodeFab name, we can continue to insure a quality training experience for all. And we can all enjoy me being interviewed late at night in London, after much socializing, with my sunglasses on: TechFuff.tv interviews the iPhone Guru