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-How long after completing the camp did it take for you to get hired?
Within 10 days.
-Who do you work for?
~16 person consulting company in the bay.
-Did you have any prior coding experience before enrolling at the camp?
Yes full year of self study and some classes in high school and college.
-Are you happy with your current earnings?
I was untill I realized the cost of living where I am and how much Uncle Sam takes.
-Do employers consider the camps as sufficient to warrant upward mobility potential?
There is another person in my company that also went to my code camp. Our camp (app academy) discouraging revealing our participation in the camp till late in the hiring process.
-Best strategy to get accepted?
Apply.
What kind of students are they looking for? Can I, with my limited background become successful?
In my experience you can have the ability to think in that way or not.
What sort of students are most successful both during the camp and then in the job search following the camp?
The ones you would expect.
-Recommendations for pre-study?
Keep trying different tools until you really find something that works.
A great book is http://www.amazon.com/But-How-Know-Principles-Computers/dp/0615303765.
If i was gonna put forward one online resource it would be http://www.tutorialspoint.com/.
If you have a little time try some of the assembler stuff.
One final tip. There will be a time (or thousands) where you will be staring at some concept and drawing a blank. It may feel like nothing is happening. It may well be that lots of things are and you just gotta process the concepts.
Good luck.
Here is an interesting video where they build a cpu up from the transistor level.
The CPU is only a theoretical one called a "Scott CPU", which was designed by John Scott, who is the author of the book, But How Do It Know?, which is an amazingly straight-forward, easy-to-digest book about computing.
I would recommend it as it was the first thing I read that gave me a deep understanding of computers on an abstract level. It completely demystified them and got me well on my way to programming.
Edit: The video doesn't go down to the transistor level, just goes over each component of a CPU. The book does go down to the transistor level, however, and again, I would highly recommend it.
Also recommend But How Do It Know? which is a shorter and (IMO) an even easier read than Code.
If you are looking for a very easy to read introduction to how computers work, I can recommend the book "But How Do It Know?". Strange title, but book is great. https://www.amazon.com/But-How-Know-Principles-Computers/dp/0615303765
I'm kind of new to programming started at one time and have just started getting back into it, so I lack the jargon and knowledge to be able to communicate with you folks. I bought https://www.amazon.com/But-How-Know-Principles-Computers/dp/0615303765/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1482956438&sr=1-2&keywords=how+do+it+do+it hoping it might help, I'm halfway through it but the fact the book doesn't even mention what a node is was disappointing. I'm guessing the term is specific to the game and not really in the language that author is using.
If you're interested in learning a surprising amount about this without needing heavy technical background, might I recommend a fantastic book, But How Do It Know?
I had never heard of But How Do It Know?, thank you for bringing it to my attention. From a related link, another title The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles got good reviews as well.
Its this one no?
How Do It Know?
Easy to read introduction to basic principles of computers.
You might want to take a look at the book But How Do It Know. It does a great job walking you through how circuits can be used to add all the way up to how those circuits are combined to create a computer. It's geared towards who have little to no experience with programming/electrical engineering.