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[Ryan] Well, we're doing 
a portfolio show tonight,
here at, uh, Humber Art Commons.
And, uh, just everyone
from the Web Development program
is showing off 
what we've done throughout the year.
[Bernie Monette]
The skills and aptitudes that, uh,
the graduates are bringing to,
uh, the show today 
are their capabilities
going from not knowing anything
to being able to say 
that they're a web developer.
So, for example, they come in,
they don't know anything about HTML.
Now,
when you look at their portfolios,
you'll be able to see
that their portfolios use HTML,
Cascading Style Sheets,
and JavaScript
to make engaging and interesting 
web applications.
[Jenna] Showcasing my portfolio
is really important for my career
because that's probably the best way 
that we're gonna find, you know,
that first job,
that first foot in the door.
So employers are gonna come here tonight
and take a look at our portfolio,
and that's gonna give them
a really good idea
of what we're capable of 
and what we've learned.
[Ryan] Uh, I think the learning
at Humber College
was really iterative,
which really helped me a lot,
in the way that 
I would go and do something,
and analyze how it was done,
and then come back for feedback,
and build on that 
every single time.
And to me,
that's the best way to learn.
[Imzan] Well, Humber College has given me
a structured way of programming.
Before – trying to learn on my own –
I was lost.
I didn't know how to start 
or where to end.
Now, with Humber,
I know where to go and where I wanna be.
[Bernie]
Employers are interested in our program
because we're training them 
in a genuine fashion.
So we put a lot of effort 
into creating s-
you know,
projects and curriculum 
that is identical 
to the real world.
And the whole idea
is to create a situation
where that, when students 
leave the program and go into their job,
the difference is minimal.
Uh, the employer hires them,
and they find that they have an employee
who can achieve profitable results 
very quickly.
[Jenna] What excites me most about 
my future career in web development,
I would say is just 
the new opportunities it presents.
I started this program
because I felt really stuck
in the career path that I was in,
and I really love the flexibility 
and diversity that web development offers.
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