We are aiming at intermediate developers who are proficient in Ruby. While I have a fair bit of Ruby expertise, I still consider myself an intermediate software developer at best, because there is so much to learn!
It's true that Mendicant University doesn't do much right now to serve the beginner to advanced beginner crowd. We had hoped that some combination of Hackety Hack and P2PU would have done that, but it just hasn't happened. Our resources are limited and so the strategy we are taking is to teach students who have some degree of Ruby experience how to get stronger, with the hope that they will turn around and help out others. Many have done so already, but in small scale efforts.
We do have a beginner's course in the works, but it may be another six months to a year before we're ready to try it out. If you are seriously thinking of starting a school for Ruby programmers which is completely free but aimed more towards beginners, please do get in touch with us. We'd love it if someone else could focus on that, because it's a real community need.
It's true that Mendicant University doesn't do much right now to serve the beginner to advanced beginner crowd. We had hoped that some combination of Hackety Hack and P2PU would have done that, but it just hasn't happened. Our resources are limited and so the strategy we are taking is to teach students who have some degree of Ruby experience how to get stronger, with the hope that they will turn around and help out others. Many have done so already, but in small scale efforts.
We do have a beginner's course in the works, but it may be another six months to a year before we're ready to try it out. If you are seriously thinking of starting a school for Ruby programmers which is completely free but aimed more towards beginners, please do get in touch with us. We'd love it if someone else could focus on that, because it's a real community need.