I've mentioned GC before in reference to Startup Weekend, but it's worth stating a little more, since GC is where I've actually learned all of the development that I know at this point.
Grand Circus is a training and development organization located in the heart of Detroit, with a mission to train people for jobs in the new economy--and an ulterior motive of revitalizing the Detroit workforce, and the city itself, in the process. It was started either by, or with backing from, many of the local giants of the tech industry--CompuWare, Quicken Loans, and others.
I've been taking a 10-week course on developing web pages--I wrote my first line of markup roughly 7 weeks ago, so everything that you can see in my portfolio (and hopefully not point and laugh at) has been learned from this one class. Tomorrow morning I have a breakfast event at GC to meet and network with many local potential employers. That's one of the great things about Grand Circus: in addition to teaching, they also find you a mentor (mine was a lead developer at Microsoft for 9 years!) and give you opportunities to meet local entrepreneurs and employers. You won't find much of that kind of thing at a community college!
If you're interested in learning to code--not just web sites, but iOS, android, Ruby, and more--or just want to find out what the life of a developer or small-business entrepreneur is like, give them a look at http://grandcircus.co/
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