1 00:00:00,330 --> 00:00:01,410 -: Hey everybody. 2 00:00:01,410 --> 00:00:04,137 Welcome to your ZTM course. 3 00:00:04,137 --> 00:00:08,220 Now, as part of being a ZTM student 4 00:00:08,220 --> 00:00:12,240 you get to have a couple of nice freebies, a little bonus 5 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:15,420 a little extras that all the students that are part 6 00:00:15,420 --> 00:00:16,500 of ZTM get. 7 00:00:16,500 --> 00:00:17,910 Let me show you some 8 00:00:17,910 --> 00:00:20,550 of the extra things you get as part of this course. 9 00:00:20,550 --> 00:00:22,890 First off, we already talked about it 10 00:00:22,890 --> 00:00:24,721 but we have a pretty big community 11 00:00:24,721 --> 00:00:27,930 of tech enthusiasts learners 12 00:00:27,930 --> 00:00:30,810 so we have a ton of coding challenges. 13 00:00:30,810 --> 00:00:33,900 If you go to our website and go to the community tab 14 00:00:33,900 --> 00:00:36,600 we have coding challenges that you can 15 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:38,370 practice some skills with. 16 00:00:38,370 --> 00:00:40,710 We have open source projects that are open 17 00:00:40,710 --> 00:00:43,620 to anybody that anybody can participate. 18 00:00:43,620 --> 00:00:45,450 That's part of ZTM. 19 00:00:45,450 --> 00:00:47,460 We have our discourse server. 20 00:00:47,460 --> 00:00:49,230 We have campus events, which is 21 00:00:49,230 --> 00:00:52,059 like a live virtual classroom that you get to 22 00:00:52,059 --> 00:00:54,480 meet other students and talk to them. 23 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:55,950 And we also have events 24 00:00:55,950 --> 00:00:59,940 like Advent of code or Hacktoberfest throughout the year. 25 00:00:59,940 --> 00:01:01,800 We also have cheat sheets. 26 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:03,570 Now, these are all free. 27 00:01:03,570 --> 00:01:05,340 None of this requires any signup. 28 00:01:05,340 --> 00:01:08,220 You can just open up a cheat sheet that is related 29 00:01:08,220 --> 00:01:10,410 to your course that you want to check out. 30 00:01:10,410 --> 00:01:12,390 Let's say we want to check out the JavaScript one. 31 00:01:12,390 --> 00:01:14,130 Well, you can actually go 32 00:01:14,130 --> 00:01:16,283 through the cheat sheet here and follow along 33 00:01:16,283 --> 00:01:21,030 with the course and maybe take notes along the way. 34 00:01:21,030 --> 00:01:25,080 These cheat sheets we add every month, a new cheat sheet 35 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:28,507 so you can just keep an eye on this tab and check 36 00:01:28,507 --> 00:01:32,520 out different cheat sheets based on your interests. 37 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:35,357 We also have our blog where we post two to 38 00:01:35,357 --> 00:01:38,400 three blog posts a week. 39 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:42,660 So quite a lot, and we have different topics for beginners 40 00:01:42,660 --> 00:01:44,850 for people that are already working 41 00:01:44,850 --> 00:01:47,940 in the industry, different instructor posts. 42 00:01:47,940 --> 00:01:50,940 We also have posts about how to get hired, so on 43 00:01:50,940 --> 00:01:52,110 and so forth. 44 00:01:52,110 --> 00:01:54,535 So you can check out our blog, and we have different tabs 45 00:01:54,535 --> 00:01:57,840 here, obviously beginners start here advance your career. 46 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:01,320 But the most important one is right here. 47 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:04,380 We have monthly industry newsletters. 48 00:02:04,380 --> 00:02:07,800 So every month, myself and other ZTM instructors 49 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:12,120 write a recap of what happened that month in the industry. 50 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:15,030 You know how you are always overwhelmed with blog posts 51 00:02:15,030 --> 00:02:18,003 what to read, how to stay up to date with the industry. 52 00:02:20,018 --> 00:02:21,480 Well, we try to make it easy for you so that you 53 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:24,090 don't have to read a hundred blog posts, watch a hundred 54 00:02:24,090 --> 00:02:27,420 YouTube videos every month just to stay up to date. 55 00:02:27,420 --> 00:02:30,554 Instead, we recap what happened in the industry. 56 00:02:30,554 --> 00:02:34,500 So we have a web developer monthly that recaps what happened 57 00:02:34,500 --> 00:02:36,743 in the industry that month, what are the best resources 58 00:02:36,743 --> 00:02:37,576 to read? 59 00:02:37,576 --> 00:02:39,510 What is the big takeaway? 60 00:02:39,510 --> 00:02:42,963 All digested into one blog post like this one. 61 00:02:44,070 --> 00:02:48,960 But we also have one for Python, one for machine learning 62 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:51,330 and a blockchain developer. 63 00:02:51,330 --> 00:02:53,910 Now we're gonna add a few more throughout the year 64 00:02:53,910 --> 00:02:55,826 but these should cover a lot 65 00:02:55,826 --> 00:02:58,620 of the interests that student have. 66 00:02:58,620 --> 00:03:01,740 Now finally, you can also check out our career paths. 67 00:03:01,740 --> 00:03:04,290 So this, if you're looking for a certain career 68 00:03:04,290 --> 00:03:07,020 we'll give you advice on what path to follow 69 00:03:07,020 --> 00:03:09,390 when to apply for jobs, what sort 70 00:03:09,390 --> 00:03:13,620 of skill levels are required for each of these careers. 71 00:03:13,620 --> 00:03:15,931 So again, this website you can use 72 00:03:15,931 --> 00:03:19,050 for free doesn't require any signup 73 00:03:19,050 --> 00:03:20,520 and you can find different sort 74 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:22,659 of information based on your needs. 75 00:03:22,659 --> 00:03:24,570 Now, two last things. 76 00:03:24,570 --> 00:03:28,050 One is that we have a LinkedIn group for all our students. 77 00:03:28,050 --> 00:03:30,780 So this is great if you wanna have a LinkedIn profile 78 00:03:30,780 --> 00:03:34,050 and you want to endorse each other's skills, get advice 79 00:03:34,050 --> 00:03:35,430 career advice from people. 80 00:03:35,430 --> 00:03:38,280 So there's lots of things happening in our group 81 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:42,510 and people are always sharing job openings, tips 82 00:03:42,510 --> 00:03:45,720 and advice on career, and also endorsing each other's skill. 83 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:47,580 So if you want to boost your LinkedIn profile 84 00:03:47,580 --> 00:03:49,290 this is a great place to start. 85 00:03:49,290 --> 00:03:50,190 And then finally 86 00:03:50,190 --> 00:03:54,150 we also have a YouTube channel that we recently started 87 00:03:54,150 --> 00:03:58,110 and we're posting about three to four videos a week. 88 00:03:58,110 --> 00:03:59,960 Different topics that are free 89 00:03:59,960 --> 00:04:01,770 that you can kind of check out. 90 00:04:01,770 --> 00:04:03,930 And as you see, we already have a ton here. 91 00:04:03,930 --> 00:04:05,939 We're gonna have a lot more coming up throughout the year 92 00:04:05,939 --> 00:04:09,330 but you can check out our YouTube channel 93 00:04:09,330 --> 00:04:11,190 Zero to Mastery as well. 94 00:04:11,190 --> 00:04:12,570 All of these you get 95 00:04:12,570 --> 00:04:16,050 for free as being part of the ZTM student. 96 00:04:16,050 --> 00:04:18,300 So enjoy, good luck. 97 00:04:18,300 --> 00:04:23,253 Use these resources to your advantage and welcome to ZTM.