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Is Coding a Blue-Collar Job?

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An article was posted in the online version of Wired Magazine recently that generated a lot of buzz. Entitled "The Next Big Blue-Collar Job is Coding", I didn't find the article interesti...

Patience is an African Virtue

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I'm currently training a class of 19 future web developers in Kigali Rwanda. They're working hard to become job-ready by the end of the bootcamp and apprenticeship.

But they don't have it easy. Most of the computers they're using are three to five years old, and most are barely powerful enough to run Linux. Occasionally we'll have hard drive failures, or a complete operat...

Why I'm Headed South: Teaching Web Development in Rwanda

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There are many reasons why people choose a career in web development: a well-paid job, a new challenge, ability to be creative, or greater job security. I've seen my students leave monotonous jobs or dead-end careers and enter an exciting new stage in their life. When that happens - when students get their first dev job after finishing the bootcamp - that's what giv...

Coding School Grads Vs. Computer Science Majors Part 1

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A fascinating study conducted by the tech recruiting firm Triplebyte was recently published on InfoWorld. Triplebyte gave the same technical interview to both coding school graduates and university trained comp...

Which Coding Language Should I Learn?

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When someone first decides to dabble in coding and Googles, "learn to code," they are inundated with options for books, tutorials, and schools that all jockey for the person's attention. As they comb through the various services, they begin to notice names of different programming languages: HTML, JavaScript, PHP, Ruby, C#, Java, Python - and the list goes on.

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