NSS - Meet Cohort 4, Open House at New NSS facility - See Cohort 3 capstone demos - this Thursday

[John Wark]

It has been a long time since we pinged this group so I hope someone is seeing this message:)

Lots has happened in the past couple of months at NSS!  We are in our new classroom facility.  Cohort 3 is graduating on March 14 and we have a job fair on March 15.  And Cohort 4 started with us in January. 

To help you catch up with things at NSS, we're having a multi-part open house this coming Thursday, 13 March.

First, we have coffee and donuts with NSS Cohort 4.  This is the same event we usually hold at RailYard Studios but since we have our own place we thought we'd invite you to check it out.  We're ready to start matching cohort 4 with mentors so this is a great chance to meet the new class as well as see the new facility.  We'll open up at 8am on Thursday and have coffee and donuts and bagels between 0800 and 10ish. 

Second, Cohort 3 is ready to show off their Rails capstone projects also on Thursday.  This class is graduating the end of this week.  On Thursday each student in the class (well, at least the ones that haven't already started new jobs!) will demo their capstone project.  For those of you who have worked with these students we'd love you to come and see the projects - for those of you who may be hiring it's a great time to come and check out the talent that's coming available!  We'll start demos as soon as we finish up with the cohort 5 meet and greet, so around 1000 or 1015.  I'll be bringing in something for lunch, probably pizza. 

I will post more logistical details in a day or two but I wanted to get this on your calendars now.  Please drop by and meet the students, see the demos and see our facility.  We've also got plenty of wifi and will set up some work tables so come hang out and code on Thursday as well. 

So where will this all be happening - our new space is located at 283 Plus Park Blvd, Nashville, 37217.  More detailed directions will be posted to the group tomorrow or Tuesday.  We'll also post a sign-up page so that we can figure out how much coffee, donuts and bagels we need to get. 

We'd love to see you on Thursday even if you can only drop by for a few minutes. 

And please feel free to share this among your coding friends - we're always looking for new mentors and friends in the community.  So please help us spread the word.

Any questions, please let me know at wark.john at gmail.com