December 10, 2015

12 Engineering Managers to Watch in 2016

In software engineering careers, growth opportunities include engineering management and individual contributor roles as a staff engineer, architect, etc. Modern day careers are jungle gyms — […]
December 8, 2015

My first coding project in Python!

April Chu,  Americas Marketing at Equinix A Intro to Programming student April Chu explains how she decided to pull the trigger on her desire to learn to […]
December 4, 2015

34 Web Apps Built By Hackbright’s Diverse Engineers

During the last weeks of Hackbright Academy’s software engineering program, each student uses their newfound skills to build their own web app. Scroll below to read […]
December 1, 2015

3 Important Lessons Learned from Maria Klawe

Dr. Maria Klawe sits on the board of Microsoft, holds a PhD in mathematics, and is currently the fifth President of Harvey Mudd College – where […]
November 20, 2015

5 Documentaries Supporting Work to #ChangeTheRatio In Tech And Entrepreneurship

The 2012 Black Girls Code film and web series are incredibly inspiring to watch! Any time women and diverse individuals are featured in tech roles in […]
November 20, 2015

Hackbright Goes to Bloomberg!

When it comes to job searching, the worst part can be the guessing game. Oftentimes you’ll come across job descriptions for companies that sound vaguely familiar, […]
November 12, 2015

Sharon Wienbar Officially Joins Hackbright as CEO

We are thrilled to announce that  Sharon Wienbar is now part of the team as CEO of Hackbright Academy. Read Sharon’s note below. This week, I am excited to […]
October 28, 2015

What To Expect When You Graduate From Hackbright

Wendy Saccuzzo, Director of Career Services at Hackbright Academy, helps place Hackbright students into software engineering roles at some of the world’s fastest growing tech companies and startups. Hackbright graduates […]
October 21, 2015

#TechTalk: How to Win Hackathons as a Newbie

Hackathons are great ways to learn new skills, make great friends, and gain confidence in yourself as a developer, especially a new one; and who knows? […]
October 19, 2015

Engineering Manager at SurveyMonkey: Sara Gottlieb, Hackbright Alumna

Hackbright alumna Sara Gottlieb graduated from The University of Vermont with her B.A. in Psychology, going on to attend Hackbright’s Software Engineering Fellowship in the Fall […]
October 13, 2015

3 Pieces of Courage

Heather Bryant graduated Hackbright in Fall 2014. She is a software engineer,  journalist and member of Hackbright Academy’s education team. She recently received funding from the […]
October 9, 2015

12 Female CTOs To Watch in 2016

These female chief technology officers (CTOs) are leaders of technology companies as well as up-and-coming startups. Women who can code AND lead are role models who […]
October 7, 2015

Now Accepting Applications for Hackbright Academy’s Winter 2016 Software Engineering Fellowship!

Ready to join our next class of software engineers? We’re looking for passionate, dedicated people like you. We’re currently accepting applications for our upcoming Winter Software Engineering Fellowship (which begins […]
September 22, 2015

Learning to Code With A Baby On The Way: GitHub’s Alyson La Shares Her Experience

Alyson La is about to be a mom but being pregnant didn’t stop her from learning to code. As a new analyst on Github’s engineering team, […]
September 15, 2015

From Intro to Programming to Full-Time Fellowship: One Woman’s Journey to Becoming a Software Engineer

For Alexandra Dobkin (right), it’s time. After completing Hackbright Academy’s Intro to Programming class and getting a taste of the coding world, Alexandra will be starting Hackbright’s full-time software engineering […]
September 3, 2015

35 Brilliant Web Apps Built By Hackbright’s Newest Women and Diverse Engineers

To further dispel the programmer stereotype, Hackbright Academy’s newest class of software engineers are ready to bring their skills and ideas to the tech industry. Meet […]