A natural question that comes up as students are considering coding boot camps is, “are online coding boot camps worth it?”. To put it into perspective, boot camp graduates have continued to have strong career prospects, often with competitive salaries. Additionally, according to the *U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, “employment of web developers is expected…
On February 11, Andres Gonzalez entered a classroom just as he had every day for the past 18 years. The difference? For the first time, he was a professor, not a student—and the class was in a prison. Andres just started an exciting—and inspiring—new position teaching computer technology to inmates at the Arizona Department of Corrections. And…
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…
