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5 Years Later: Was Hackbright Academy Worth It for Chloe?
12/27/2021
Chloe Condon worked as an office manager to support her career as an actress before choosing Hackbright Academy in 2016. Five years later, we’re visiting with Chloe to talk about the impressive career she’s built as a developer evangelist and an advocate for bootcamp graduates. Learn about the projects that Chloe’s working on as a Senior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft, her two pieces of advice for women building a career in tech, and what to look for in your first engineering job after a bootcamp.
Update: Chloe has actually moved on to her fourth amazing job after Hackbright Academy – she’s now a Senior Developer Relations Engineer at Coinbase!
Continue Reading →A Helpful Guide for Beginners: Python vs C++
11/10/2021
Python and C++ are both object-oriented programming languages, but the similarities end there! We’re comparing these two languages – covering examples of how Python and C++ are used in the real world, how they are used in today’s tech ecosystem, and which language is best for beginners. Plus, learn about free C++ resources and Python bootcamps where you can master these languages.
C++ is an object oriented cross-platform programming language based on the programming language, C. It’s mostly used for low-level programming like operating systems, native applications, high-performance applications, and games.
Continue Reading →August 2021 Coding Bootcamp News
9/1/2021
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July 2021 Coding Bootcamp News
7/29/2021
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2 Projects We Love From a Hackbright Academy Demo Night
7/14/2021
On Demo Night, Hackbright Academy students present the capstone projects that they’ve been building for 12 weeks to their cohort, instructors, and potential employers. We caught up with Julie Pitman and Marissa Aguilera, two Hackbright Academy alumnae, to learn more about their Demo Night projects, what inspired them to build each app, and the programming languages they used to bring their idea to life. Plus, Julie & Marissa share their tips and what they wish they had known before enrolling at Hackbright Academy!
What is Demo Night at Hackbright Academy?
Continue Reading →From Business Operations to Software Engineering after Hackbright Academy
5/6/2021
Julie Pitman had two decades of business experience in the medical field, but when her company made staff cut-backs, she took it as an opportunity to make a career change. Julie shares how Hackbright Academy’s online prep course and online software engineering immersive bootcamp gave her the skill set and confidence she needed to land software engineering roles at two startups. Plus, we ask Julie if Hackbright Academy’s inclusive, all-women community has proven to be as supportive in an online setting – read her answer.
What inspired you to pivot into software engineering?
Continue Reading →How Perficient and Hackbright Academy are Changing the Ratio
9/9/2021
In an effort to close the employment gap for women in tech, Perficient has partnered with Hackbright Academy to offer a new full-time software engineering program called Bright Paths. We caught up with Tom Hogan, Perficient’s President and Chief Operating Officer, and Andrea Lampert, Perficient’s Vice President of People, to hear how the Bright Paths program gives aspiring women coders the foundational skills needed to become a software engineer. This is a fantastic opportunity for motivated women and the inaugural cohort for the Bright Paths program kicked off in Lafayette, Louisiana, and Detroit! Find out how the Bright Paths program nurtures its students and graduates with supportive career services and job placement. And apply here!
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Continue Reading →Composer Alisa’s Journey Into Coding Through Hackbright Academy
1/4/2021
The technology behind electronic music inspired classically-trained pianist Alisa Kolot to explore a career in coding. Alisa was drawn to the all-women environment at Hackbright Academy and the community support they needed to learn software engineering in 12 weeks. Read Alisa’s advice about laying the Python foundations before applying to a bootcamp, the similarities between music and coding, and how to get the most support out of a remote bootcamp experience.
What inspired you to learn software engineering this year?
Continue Reading →Are tech companies hiring coding bootcampers during COVID in 2022?
8/4/2020
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6 Python Projects Built by Bootcampers
9/16/2021
What kinds of Python projects can bootcamp students actually build? Because coding bootcamps are largely project-based, students at Python bootcamps like Hackbright Academy, Metis, and Coding Dojo graduate with a full portfolio of web applications and mobile apps. After spotlighting many bootcamp alumni who have built innovative applications using Python and Django, we’re rounding up our favorite Python projects built by bootcampers!
Interested in JavaScript projects? Check out our favorite JavaScript Projects Built by Bootcamp Grads!
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