The ITEM Course Application

Full Name *

First Name

Last Name

1. How did you hear about us? *

A member of The ITEM

Through Meetup

Facebook

Twitter

2. What level of techie are you? *

Total Newbie

Work on computers for work but no more

Have been taking baby steps into the space

Been in the game but let my skills lapse

I work in tech, trying to level up my skills

3. Which one of our courses are you interested in? *

Intro to Cloud Computing (Newbies)

AWS Certified Associate Bootcamp (Intro to Cloud, 1 year L|C|D experience)

Intro to DevOps (AWS certification or 2 years L|C|D experience)

Intro to Networking (AWS certification or 2 years L|C|D experience)

Intro to Security (AWS certification or 2 years L|C|D experience)

4. What are your top three objectives for this course? *

Earn a certificate to help me find a job

Learn skills to help me advance in my current job

Learn skills to help me find a new job

Go beyond my current coursework in school

Get extra help in this subject area

Meet and get to know people who are also interested in the subject area(s)

Learn more about a subject I’m interested in

5. Are you currently enrolled as a student in an educational course or program outside of The ITEM Academy? *

Yes

No

6. Are you enrolled in or in the past year, have you enrolled in (check all that apply) *

A class or classes with an instructor

An online class or classes (other than this course)

Another certificate or 1-2 year program

A community college or 2-year program

A four-year college or university undergraduate degree

A graduate degree program

Another formal educational program (other than this course)

7. Which of the following best describes your current employment status? *

Unemployed and looking for work

Unemployed and not looking for work

Self-employed (35 or more hours/week)

Self-employed (less than 35 hours/week)

Employed full-time (35 or more hours/week)

Employed part-time (less than 35 hours/week)

8. How many years of formal work experience do you have in any field? *

0 years

1-3 years

4-6 years

7-10 years

11-15 years

16-20 years

21 or more years

10. Which of the following best describes your skill level with technology prior to taking this course?

Novice - No familiarity

Beginner - Familiar with foundational concepts

Intermediate - Functional knowledge, can implement working solutions

Advanced - Can architect sophisticated solutions to technical problems

11. How familiar are you with the concept of virtualization? *

Novice - No familiarity

Beginner - Familiar with foundational concepts

Intermediate - Functional knowledge, can implement working solutions

Advanced - Can architect sophisticated solutions to technical problems

12. Do you know the difference between a public cloud and a private cloud? *

Yes

No

13. Do you intend to seek a job requiring AWS knowledge? *

Yes

No

I don't know what I intend to pursue at this point.

14. Are you familiar with any networking concepts? *

Novice - No familiarity

Beginner - Familiar with foundational concepts

Intermediate

15. How familiar are you with AWS? 1 - 5 *

1. No idea

2. Vaguely familiar

3. Read about it online the interweb

4. Signed up for a free account and have played around in the console

5. I host my own environment in AWS.

16. How often do you use cloud storage? *

1. How do you store a cloud?

2. Vaguely familiar

3. Read about it online the interweb

4. I use Google Drive, Dropbox or similar

5. I work as a storage admin

17. How likely are you to become AWS certified? *

1. I didn't realize there was a certification

2. Not sure at all

3. Let's see how the course goes

4. Barring any significant barriers, I am good to go.

5. The only reason I signed up.