FULL STACK JAVASCRIPT DEVELOPER

Stockholm
Career Pack
 ABOUT SALT

School of applied technology </salt> is located in Stockholm & Amsterdam within

Epicenter, a community of digital scale-ups, corporates, intrapreneurs and
entrepreneurs. </salt> is addressing the extreme shortage of technology
professionals in Europe by offering accelerated career programs comprised of
education and fully paid work experience. Our mission is to train new technology
professionals to strengthen the talent pool.
 
We believe in accelerated learning based on professional and relevant work
experience, once training is completed our students are equipped to start working
as a productive team member within a modern software development team. Our
career programs are free of charge for the highly motivated individuals who are
ready to focus, work hard and complete the program to launch their new careers in
tech.
 FUTURE PROOF YOUR CAREER

Over the last decades every company has become a technology company relying
on websites, e-commerce solutions, ERPs and sophisticated back- and front- end
solutions. All of these IT solutions need to be developed, updated and managed
by skilled IT professionals. The immense growth in the technology sector has led
to an extreme shortage of programmers and technology professionals, leaving all
companies scrambling for talent in the extremely competitive technology
recruitment space. Today Europe is missing around 500,000 IT professionals. By
entering the technology industry and knowing how to code, you are effectively one
of the most highly demanded professionals with a future proof career.

Full stack web development (which is a focus at </salt>) is rapidly becoming the
most demanded category of software developers in Europe. That means your
salary development will grow quickly along with just a few years of work
experience in your software development field. 
 ABOUT THE ACCELERATED CAREER
PROGRAM AT </SALT>
The Full Stack JavaScript Developer program at </salt> is designed to teach motivated,
passionate and creative individuals how to code professionally. We believe and invest in your
future potential and what you can achieve with the right support around you. 
Our Accelerated Career program is divided in two parts (3 months + 1 year):

1.Software Development Training – 3 months

</salt> gives 25-30 individuals the opportunity to study Software Development full-time for 3
months at Epicenter in Stockholm and Amsterdam. Epicenter is a technology hub and home to
some of the fastest growing technology companies in the world. Our instructors at </salt> are
some of the most respected and knowledgeable software developers. Teaching you code
theory is just the base, our instructors will coach you how to work in a real life agile
development team and how to deliver working software for real technology companies during
your training.

2. Work experience – 1 year

Once you have successfully completed the 3 months training we know you are ready to launch
your career as a software developer. We are so sure that we are offering you a job, guaranteed,
as soon as you are done with your training. </salt> rocket launches your career immediately as
a consultant within our hiring network in Stockholm, Amsterdam or Oslo depending on which
site you apply to.
 THE INSTRUCTORS AT </SALT>
Head Instructor
John Magnusson
As a curious developer John has seen the
inside of many companies of all sizes over the
years. Having had a role from developer, to
architect, to manager and coach he has a
broad perspective of integrating development
of software into companies. With a deep
technical understanding and a proponent of
mob programming he helps teams overcome
hurdles.
Head of curriculum,
Marcus Hammarberg
Marcus is committed to helping companies
to move ideas faster to production with a
focus on agile development. As a developer,
Marcus contribute to open source
frameworks such as NancyFx, Koa and
ClaudiaJs, he has also produced several
courses on JavaScript development for
PluralSight as well as co-authored the book
“Kanban In Action”. At companies such as
Tradera, Huawei and Spotify his role has
been one of a coach, teacher and change
agent from the team to the organization
level.
 THE INSTRUCTORS AT </SALT>
Instructor
Zachary Eriksson
Zachary graduated from the third class of
developers. His passion for technology
and computers has always been close to
his heart. Before </salt> he worked as a
consultant within Wordpress
development and design. Zachary is an
energetic, social and driven individual
who believes communication is the key
to success.
Instructor
Adam Dolah
Adam graduated from the fourth class of
</salt>. Adam has a law degree from
Uppsala University and prior to </salt> he
worked a few years as an associate at two of
Sweden’s top law firms and also as a law
clerk at Lund District Court. Adam is a very
ambitious and team focused person who is
highly enthusiastic about digitalisation in all
areas of society.
 THE INSTRUCTORS AT </SALT>

UX Instructor
Erşan Curuklu

Erşan is a highly experienced requirements

analyst and UX Designer with over 15 years
of experience as a digital designer. He has
worked with everything from developing new
concepts, interaction design, website design,
apps, digital campaigns and operational and
strategic work. Erşan is an accomplished
teacher and lecturer in the UX area, at e.g.
Bergh's School of Communication.  Erşan
has won several awards in UX / UI, including
Svenska Design Priset 2014 and Resumé
2014.
 WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR IN OUR
CANDIDATES

At </salt> we are looking for individuals who are:

Motivated
Our candidates must be very motivated to succeed as our career program will be
quite tough. You will complete 500+ hours of coding in just 3 months at </salt>.
That is roughly the same amount of coding hours as a full multi-year university
degree to become a software developer.
Passionate
Passion is everything when devoting yourself to a new career as it will be one of
the cornerstone components of your life. Our candidates need to be passionate to
learn and work with technology, because that is what we are all about at </salt>.
Passion also has to be there for teamwork, developing software is done in teams
and during the training program our students will work in numerous team projects
supporting each other and helping each other evolve and develop.
Creative
We would like for our candidates to be curious and creative, always thinking of
new ways to improve and enhance products and user experiences.
 A TYPICAL DAY AT SALT

You will start each morning with a short recap of what you learned yesterday, sharing with
the team, to reflect and deepen the learning.

After the recap we typically have a lecture or a theoretical introduction to the topics we are
going to cover during the day. This section is sometimes very short and other days can
cover most of the morning.

The rest of the day is devoted to hands-on learning by working in your teams, guided and
supervised by our instructors. This section will start with a short stand-up meeting where
you plan out the work for the day and ensure that you are spending your time wisely.

There are always opportunities to stay after office hours to catch up or repeat what you have
learned during the day. This will be needed from time to time as you cannot expect that you
will master everything taught during office hours without additional practice.
Training blocks
Week 1-2 <Full Stack Fundamentals>
This block provides an overview of the Full Stack environment and tools we will learn and use in the course. Create your
environment, get up and running coding, see Full Stack in action.

We will throw you head-first in the deep-end of the Full Stack environment you will be working with; already on the first day
you and your team will build something together. The rest of these weeks will be a very intense learning experience, refining
and deepening the learning little by little. This fundamentals block is the basis of the rest of the course.  

Week 3-5 <Backend with Node.js>

Learning modern systems development process. Programming, algorithms and test driven development. Fundamentals of
professional backend development. JavaScript and Node.js.

You will learn how to code JavaScript professionally. We will teach you how to structure your code, make it modular and
how to verify that it actually works before running your program.

Week 6-9 <Frontend with HTML5 and React>

Understand and use the building blocks and standards of modern web development. Learn to use state of the art
JavaScript framework React.

The modern web is moving more and more towards the browser and you will learn how to use the latest HTML5 standards.
We will first make sure you understand the basic building blocks of the web, before moving on to use React.js, which is a
frontend framework developed by Facebook. You will also learn how a UX-designer works and what he/she expects from
you as a developer.

Week 10-12 <API and Storage>

Learn what an API is. Build and consume services with the most commonly used protocols on the modern web, such as
REST and GraphQL. Know how to use a database (MongoDB and PostgreSQL) to persist data.  

In this block you will learn how to safely store your data, how to build your own APIs and how to interact with third party
services to extend the functionality of your application.
 DETAILS AND DATES
Important dates
Application deadline – October 18th 2020
Course starts – January 11th 2021
Course ends – April 9th 2021
Employment starts – May 2021 or earlier upon agreement
Location of employment – Stockholm
Technologies:
JavaScript, CSS, HTML, Express / Node, React, MongoDB to mention a few focus areas
Team collaboration techniques:
Agile methods - Scrum
Mob programming
Pair Programming
Education is held at:
Applied Technology STHLM AB
c/o Epicenter, Mäster Samuelsgatan 36
Stockholm
 FAQ ABOUT THE CAREER PROGRAM

Do I need to have any previous experience or education to apply?

You don’t need any formal experience or education to apply. We are recruiting hobby
coders with high motivation and passion for technology, only English proficiency is a
requirement. 
What happens after graduation?
Once graduated you will be hired as a full-time consultant with </salt> for one year
and placed with one of our hiring partners with a monthly salary of 30,000 SEK.
Is the career program free?
Yes, the program is free if you complete the full career program (3 months + 1 year)
with </salt>.