June 2, 2016
One time, Hackbright Academy visited Slack HQ for the first time. We were greeted by Hackbright alumni and current engineers at Slack, Roo Harrigan and Allison Craig, so we […]
May 28, 2016
“Reach for the stars!” they tell us. ”Don’t stop chasing your dreams!” they say. We hear over and over again that we should go after what […]
May 20, 2016
There’s nothing better than hearing from those who’ve gone before you, learning from their battle scars and victories, being reminded that you don’t have to reinvent […]
May 9, 2016
Many non-profits accept volunteers to help young girls and/or underrepresented groups get into STEM (Black Girls Code, Girls Make Games, Technovation). Engineers can volunteer at RailsBridge […]
April 26, 2016
During the last four weeks of Hackbright Academy’s 12-week software engineering fellowship, each student puts her new programming skills to use and builds a web app. […]
April 8, 2016
How’s this for inspiration? We are so proud of our recent graduate, Marisha Schumaker-Hodge, for having the confidence (and the guts!) to chase and follow through […]
April 7, 2016
Sarah Mei, founder of RailsBridge, wrote this piece that we had to share. For all you talented women, gender diverse individuals, an allies out there who […]
March 30, 2016
Hackbright is looking for smart, passionate individuals who want to make an impact in the technology industry. We are committed to help gender equality in the […]
March 23, 2016
As Director of Career Services at Hackbright Academy, the engineering school (or coding bootcamp) for gender equality, I serve as a career counselor for Hackbright students […]
March 13, 2016
Meet one of Hackbright’s current software engineering fellowship students, Meg Bishop. Meg had been programming on the side for quite some time before deciding to make […]
February 23, 2016
Hackbright Academy’s Intro to Programming night class sounds pretty self-explanatory, but why should you care to learn in our night classes? We provide more than just […]
February 23, 2016
Pictured: GoDaddy CTO Elissa Murphy strikes a pose with the Hackbright Winter 2016 engineering fellows at GoDaddy’s Sunnyvale office. Hackbright fellows got to feel out the […]
February 17, 2016
The Hackbright Winter 2016 engineering fellows visited the NCC Group office in San Francisco on Tuesday, February 16 to learn about information security! Special thanks to […]
January 13, 2016
Anything could happen in 2016. It could be the year you start learning French and decide to move to Belgium. It might be the year you […]
December 30, 2015
Hackbright Academy was supported by a strong mentor community in 2015. From working software engineers to engineering managers and startup CTOs, these Mentors committed to donating […]
December 18, 2015
Always wanted to make your own website? Want to learn how to develop ideas you’ve designed? During Hackbright Academy’s 12-week Intro to Front-End Web Development night […]