It's been a week, more accurately ten (10) days since I accepted the invite to join the Zuri Slack workspace for a four (4) months beginner training in tech.
Zuri
To those who don't know about Zuri, Zuri is an initiative that aims to train beginners in tech to be familiar with enough knowledge and concepts to be able to progress to the level of a junior developer or designer depending on the track one registers for.
Zuri also has plans for internships and talent placement in the nearest future.
Zuri X I4G
The present cohort of Zuri training is sponsored by Ingressive for Good both who share similar vision to ensure that the training progress successfully.
My Thoughts
The Slack workspace currently has close to nineteen thousand (19,000) individuals who are mostly trainees. Here are my thoughts on the programme so far.
- It is a very good initiative.
- It is well structured.
- It is rowdy.
It Is A Very Good Initiative
The decision to train people in multitudes for free is not an easy one to come to. And I look forward to a successful running of this cohort.
It Is Well Structured
Free programmes of this magnitude or less usually have a theme in common, only a select few know what is actually going on. But I'm glad it's not the case in this one as there is a functioning announcement channel, there are posts on the Learning Management Service (LMS).
Overall, I'm happy with the communication so far.
It Is Rowdy
This may seem to contradict my last thought but it doesn't.
As expected from a programme of this magnitude, control over the trainees as at the time of writing this article seem non existent because the notifications from the workspace is overwhelming which prompted me to mute every channel except for the announcement channel.
Not to talk of how Slack's UI jumps around for few seconds after people start reacting to posts 😵.
Conclusions
It's a training I will recommend for people to join.