San Diego Code School

San Diego Code School is a one-year long software development apprenticeship in San Diego. Apprentices are paid to complete technical training and 2,000 hours of paid work in the program. Apprentices train to become either a Software Engineer (specializing in Systems Software or Applications) or a QA Automation Engineer. 

Software Engineer apprentices at SDCS specializing in Systems Software learn C# and .NET, Imperative and Object-Oriented Programming paradigms, data structures and algorithms, ASP.net, SQL, Azure, and GitHub, and more.

Software Engineer apprentices at SDCS specializing in Applications learn ReactJS, Redux and React-Router, Relational Databases, NoSQL databases including MongoDB and Redis, Express JS, and more. 

QA Automation Engineer apprentices at SDCS learn Manual Software Testing, Test Automation, scripting methods, building artifacts and assets for websites, the use of task runners and deployment workflows to deploy a website to the public using 12-factor application development patterns, Agile workflow, and more. 

Prospective students don’t need a specific demographic, economic background, or level of previous experience. However, San Diego Code School is looking for applicants with grit – a catchall term for hard-working, determined, and resourceful. Applicants can show grit by starting with the pre-assessment and working on SDCS’s Intro to HTML CSS and Javascript course.