December 10, 2015
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]