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After graduating in June of 2019 from Web Development Cohort 30, Trevan Young has now moved up the ranks as a cloud infrastructure engineer. In our latest Alumni Spotlight, Trevan reflects on how his first job after graduating ultimately prepared him for his second job and what he learned soft skills and building his network during that time. Read More

Topics: Alumni, Web Development

There are more than 35,500 endangered species on the IUCN Red List. With a problem so large, how do you even know where to start finding solutions? Inspired by her time living near Mauritius, Armelle Le Guelte of Data Science Cohort 4 decided to explore endangered species through her mid-course capstone. Read More

Topics: Student Stories, Analytics + Data Science

The moment Pete Stewart of Web Development 42 knew web development was the new career path for him was when he started using free, online resources to explore coding. He was hooked. Now a graduate of NSS, Pete is ready to find his first, full-time job in web development. Read More

Topics: Student Stories, Hiring?, Web Development

Our January Data Viz Competition data explored Black Americans in Congress. Close out Black History Month by reading about the winner of January’s competition, Data Science Cohort 3 graduate Anamika Sharma, and the tableau dashboard she created. Read More

Topics: Student Stories, Analytics + Data Science

Hallie Rubel of Full-time Data Analytics Cohort 2 shares that she has always enjoyed puzzles, strategic games and troubleshooting, so it’s easy to see why data analytics sparked her interest when she decided to make a career change. Since graduating, Hallie has been hard at work on DataCamp practicing her new skills, as well as continuing to tweak her capstone project. Read More

Topics: Student Stories, Hiring?, Analytics + Data Science

Rebecca Parker of Web Development Cohort 42 is excited to begin her first job as a software developer for Change Healthcare. Read More

Topics: Student Stories, Web Development

The question of "who is the best player" is a subjective one, even with data. Taylor Franklin of Data Science Cohort 4 answers this question in his analysis on a few key performance metrics in his mid-course capstone project. Read More

Topics: Student Stories, Analytics + Data Science

When the pandemic hit, Tanya Hoang of Full-time Data Analytics Cohort 2 was a Pedal Tavern driver, now she's made the shift to data analytics. Tanya is continuing to practice her skills with DataCamp and looking for data sets to use in personal side-projects. Read More

Topics: Student Stories, Hiring?, Analytics + Data Science

Since the pandemic struck in mid March 2020, NSS has been operating remotely, moving all classes and career development events online. We’ve since graduated 16 cohorts virtually, 6 of which were fully online. We caught up with Emily Hartzell, a graduate of Web Development Cohort 42, to ask what her online experience was like at Nashville Software School (NSS). Read More

Topics: Student Stories, Learning

Savannah Sew-Hee of Data Science Cohort 4 was intrigued by the data that New York City’s Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) publishes on their artwork and artists and decided to include it in her mid-course capstone! Read More

Topics: Student Stories, Analytics + Data Science

Lydia Tsang was introduced to Nashville Software School (NSS) while volunteering with a healthcare association. Curious about NSS’s teaching methods, Lydia enrolled in the Analytics Jumpstart in February 2020. Since graduating, Lydia is keeping her skills sharp by coding, exploring different datasets, and improving upon her Python knowledge. Read More

Topics: Student Stories, Hiring?, Analytics + Data Science

When done correctly, A/B testing can lead to better, more informed decisions. However, there are some pitfalls to be aware of which can lead to ill-informed or wrong decisions. Read More

Topics: Learning, Analytics + Data Science

Anca Simon of Part-time Web Development Cohort Evening 11 was working as a business analyst and worked closely with web developers when she decided to check out a career software development for herself. Now graduated, she is excited to start her first full-time position as a software developer for Maize Analytics. Read More

Topics: Student Stories, Web Development

Kayla Melton was a graphic designer and pre-press technician before she decided to dive into the world of full stack web development. After graduating with her Bachelor’s degree, she decided to take it upon herself to start learning code during her free time. Now a graduate of Part-time Web Development Cohort Evening 11, Kayla shares that she is most interested in front-end development positions that will allow her to use her web development and graphic design skills. Read More

Topics: Student Stories, Hiring?, Web Development

Need to learn SQL and not sure where to start? Check out the three key things we recommend in a course to learn SQL or any programming language! Read More

Topics: Learning, Web Development

Mary van Valkenburg shares the results of the December Data Viz Competition and some interesting perspectives that the datasets inspired! Read More

Topics: Learning, Analytics + Data Science

Owen Walker of Full-time Data Analytics Cohort 2 shares about how his time at NSS came at the right time in his professional career with the encouragement from his grandfather and the insight from a newspaper clipping . Since graduating, Owen continues to improve upon his data analysis skills by finding interesting data sets to explore and is excited to find his first job in data analytics. Read More

Topics: Student Stories, Hiring?, Analytics + Data Science