Cesar Perez felt like something was wrong. He was studying software engineering at college, but his lifelong passion for all things technology was fading. “My education really plateaued. I lost all desire for what I was doing. I needed to find a way to get excited about it again,” Cesar said. The University of Arizona…
Redemption (launching this July) is a book about achieving a better life, through struggle and hardship. That title could also sum up author Jesse Forte’s life thus far. Having reported overseas and even spent a stint homeless, Jesse now works as an application analyst at Kubra, a crisis management company. From journalism to coding—with a little…
Jobs that require coding skills are growing at a much faster rate than the national average for other jobs, and Burning Glass reports that there are already 7 million job openings that require coding skills. But not everyone is benefiting equally from this opportunity for career growth. According to a report from Accenture and Girls Who Code, the…
The Town of Gilbert and University of Arizona are partnering on a new coding boot camp in the Heritage District area. The 24-week boot camp offers students work in Javascript, HTML, CSS, Java, and other applications. The tech students will also get help with career counseling, resumes and portfolios. A similar program started in Chandler…
The UA Continuing and Professional Education department has partnered to create a coding boot camp that will provide future graduates with job opportunities in web development. For the first time at UA, a total of 50 students, in two cohorts of 25, will report to the Chandler Community Center, where UA has dedicated classroom space…
