August 31, 2015
The Hackbright Summer 2015 engineering fellows toured the Neustar office in San Francisco on Tuesday, August 25. Special thanks to Hackbright alumna and Neustar data scientist […]
August 30, 2015
Hackbright alum Roxana del Toro graduated from UC Berkeley with a B.S. in Environmental Economics & Policy. Here is her story.Hackbright alumna (class of Winter 2015) […]
August 21, 2015
The Hackbright Summer 2015 engineering fellows toured the Autodesk office at Pier 9 Workshop this week! Special thanks to Colin Brauns in Autodesk talent for helping […]
August 6, 2015
What does the face of tech look like? When female engineer Isis Wegner was featured in a recruiting ad, it triggered a set of negative remarks on […]
July 28, 2015
The lack of women in tech is more than a pipeline issue - it starts with keeping the women you already have in your company. What can we do about it? According to Hackbright Academy instructor Rachel Thomas, plenty.
July 24, 2015
Nadine Farah is the associate instructor for Hackbright Academy’s Full-Stack Web Development course. When applying to medical school, Nadine realized she could have a bigger impact on medicine by improving the technology […]
July 6, 2015
Have you faced bias in your job hunt because you’re from an underrepresented group or have a non-traditional educational background? Now, you’ll be selected for your […]
June 30, 2015
Hackbright Academy is proud to announce the launch of our new payment plan that enables gender diverse individuals interested in participating in our part-time courses the chance to enroll […]
June 25, 2015
Hackbright Academy is currently accepting applications for our 10-week Fall 2015 Software Engineering Fellowship exclusively for women. As a Hackbright fellow, you'll be part of an intense, fun and enriching ten weeks where you learn the fundamentals of computer science in addition to modern web development.
June 18, 2015
Katherine Wu is a yogi, problem solver and student of life. After six years of working in education, she indulged her curiosity for programming and signed up for […]
June 15, 2015
During the last four weeks of Hackbright Academy’s software engineering fellowship, each fellow uses their new found skills to build their own web app. Scroll below to […]
May 26, 2015
Hackbright Academy software engineering fellow Nicole Ziemlak graduated in March from Hackbright Academy and is now a software engineer at Minted. Check out her interview with Hello Web […]
May 20, 2015
Cindy Chu, engineering manager at Polyvore, recently sat with the editors of Women of Silicon Valley to share her experience in tech. She began working at Polyvore, a site […]
April 30, 2015
Melissa Fabros is a community site director for UC Berkeley’s BUILD program, a literacy initiative that matches local children with reading mentors. Last year at this […]
April 29, 2015
Jessica Mong, current SurveyMonkey software engineer and Summer 2013 Hackbright software engineering fellow, shares valuable insights while diving into the exciting world of debugging in Python! Watch […]
April 24, 2015
Saying I was “excited” on the first day of Hackbright would be the understatement of the year. I finally felt like I was on the right path and couldn’t wait flip to an empty page of my new chapter in life. Two BART stations and a 10 min walk later, I entered Hackbright’s halls.