Operation Spark : Prep
Welcome Students!
We're super excited to start coding together! You will learn to write HTML, CSS and JavaScript to build websites, apps and games!
Operation Spark offers the quickest path to employment as a software engineer. You can go from High School to High Wage in less than six months!
Does it pay well? You bet! If you're good at writing code, you can earn serious bank! And you don't need to go to university or college to gain the skills to do so.
Watch this video about the power of coding:
High School to High Wage
There's three parts to Operation Spark, and we're offering two of them to you while you're still in high-school!
During High School
- Prep: A self-guided intro to software development, building websites and games. Prep is open and free for all high school students and a pre-requise to Fundamentals of Software Development Course.
- Fundamentals of Software Development: A semester long study of JavaScript programming. This course is open to juniors and senior students that have completed the Prep program.
After High School
The third part of our programming is available to you upon high school graduation. Students elect to take one of the following courses:
- Immersion: A full-time, 3 month deep dive where students master software engineering. Graduates of this program are in-demand, and gain immediate employment earning high salaries.
The program outlined in this book is Prep.
Prep
The Prep program will introduce you to what life is like as a professional software developer. It is also designed to prepare you to take the Fundamentals to Software Development course.
We want everyone to try their hand at software development. If you like this material, there's a fantastic career waiting for you in software engineering.
Next Steps
To move on in our course, students must fully complete all eight steps of the Prep program. In doing so, you will exhibit the desire, commitment, grit and aptitude to succeed in Operation Spark.
Once you've completed all Prep steps book an appointment with Operation Spark to complete your end-of-prep interview and coding quiz.
Complete All Prep Steps
Please do all the steps, and do them in the proper order.
Sections 1 through 5 are requirements for entrance into the the course. Section 6, called More, is merely suggested material for continued learning.
Again, please remember, the Prep material MUST BE 100% complete. You will NEED to know this material come day-one of Fundamentals of Software Development, so please make note of this, and please do not let anyone tell you that you can skip any of these steps or any part of these steps.
Take Away
See the Take Away section for topics terms and concepts you should know by the end of the Prep program. Make sure you understand all topics before taking the end-of-prep interview and coding quiz.
Happy coding!