Hackbright Academy Turns Women Into Developers In 10 Weeks

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Post by thisgirlangie » Mon, Dec 10, 2012, 7:44 AM UTC

It’s probably too early to talk about how many of the recent graduates actually get jobs, but co-founder David J. Phillips (who also co-founded location startup Banjo) shared some earlier data. Eight out of 12 students in Hackbright’s first class, were looking for immediate employment, he said, and all eight of them got offers from companies like New Relic, Survey Monkey, Cisco, and Bump.

Hackbright Academy Turns Women Into Developers In 10 Weeks
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Re: Hackbright Academy Turns Women Into Developers In 10 Weeks

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Post by douglascalhoun » Mon, Dec 10, 2012, 7:54 AM UTC

Congratulations to David, Christian, Charles, and of course the graduates of Hackbright!

I remember visiting your classroom when the Summer cohort was just starting to take those first uncertain steps. Seeing them now, successfully working and growing in their first dev jobs is truly inspiring!

From one dev training program to another, keep up the good work!

doug at catalystclass.com

Re: Hackbright Academy Turns Women Into Developers In 10 Weeks

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Post by lowglow » Mon, Dec 10, 2012, 7:57 AM UTC

Congratulations, David and Christian! I hope your entire class rules the world soon!

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Post by davj » Mon, Dec 10, 2012, 7:59 AM UTC

lowglow wrote: post #3

Congratulations, David and Christian! I hope your entire class rules the world soon!

Thanks, Dan!

Re: Hackbright Academy Turns Women Into Developers In 10 Weeks

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Post by davj » Mon, Dec 10, 2012, 7:59 AM UTC

douglascalhoun wrote: post #2

Congratulations to David, Christian, Charles, and of course the graduates of Hackbright! I remember visiting your classroom when the Summer cohort was just starting to take those first uncertain steps. Seeing them now, successfully working and growing in their first dev jobs is truly inspiring! From one dev training program to another, keep up the good work! doug at catalystclass.com

Thanks, Doug!

Re: Hackbright Academy Turns Women Into Developers In 10 Weeks

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Post by shurane » Mon, Dec 10, 2012, 8:03 AM UTC

Training programmers in 10 short weeks? Albeit these have experience with programming via codecademy, but 10 weeks? That is a fantastic turnaround and sounds a bit too marvelous. How does it work? This is just the first batch, but does it work consistently? This is fascinating.

Do the programmers at Hackbright have any particular traits? Ambition, drive, or a ridiculous work ethic? Surrounding themselves with the help of coworkers, or something else?

I'm somewhat incredulous at the short time span, but maybe that's enough because of the small class size and perhaps the involved teaching style. And if that's enough to let graduates intern at a company... well.

This program definitely looks exciting.

Re: Hackbright Academy Turns Women Into Developers In 10 Weeks

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Post by meaty » Mon, Dec 10, 2012, 8:10 AM UTC

10 weeks is not enough time to learn any skill.

I wish people would stop these boot camps with ridiculous claims. We've had a couple of victims of these schemes apply to us and we've had to rather sadly tell them 'no way' and explain why.

A lot of them have come from business and arts backgrounds and think it's an easy way to make quick cash (hint: it isn't - writing software is hard and laborious and pays crap for the first couple of years, if you can stomach it that long).

Re: Hackbright Academy Turns Women Into Developers In 10 Weeks

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Post by smsm42 » Mon, Dec 10, 2012, 8:10 AM UTC

I wonder what's special in this training program that makes it more suitable for women?

Re: Hackbright Academy Turns Women Into Developers In 10 Weeks

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Post by sliverstorm » Mon, Dec 10, 2012, 8:12 AM UTC

shurane wrote: post #6

Training programmers in 10 short weeks? Albeit these have experience with programming via codecademy, but 10 weeks? That is a fantastic turnaround and sounds a bit too marvelous. How does it work? This is just the first batch, but does it work consistently? This is fascinating. Do the programmers at Hackbright have any particular traits? Ambition, drive, or a ridiculous work ethic? Surrounding themselves with the hel…

I'm just waiting for the guys who decide, "If Hackbright can train full-fledged programmers in 10 weeks, we can do it in 5"

Re: Hackbright Academy Turns Women Into Developers In 10 Weeks

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Post by davj » Mon, Dec 10, 2012, 8:12 AM UTC

shurane wrote: post #6

Training programmers in 10 short weeks? Albeit these have experience with programming via codecademy, but 10 weeks? That is a fantastic turnaround and sounds a bit too marvelous. How does it work? This is just the first batch, but does it work consistently? This is fascinating. Do the programmers at Hackbright have any particular traits? Ambition, drive, or a ridiculous work ethic? Surrounding themselves with the hel…

Thanks for your message and the kind words. This is our second batch. We trained 12 students in our first class, and 16 in the second (graduated on Friday). Our students do have the qualities you mentioned: ambition, drive, strong work ethic, and technical aptitude. I think it helps that they are surrounded by a supportive and encouraging community.