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In this episode of 10 Years | 2000 Journeys, Beth Hoeg, CEO at Trinisys, and Taylor Desseyn from Vaco join host Clark Buckner to discuss how they’ve seen the hiring landscape change in Middle Tennessee during the past 10 years, and what type of jobs are available now versus 10 years ago. We also look at how businesses are getting more creative about hiring. Read More

Topics: Community, 10 Years | 2000 Journeys

In this episode of 10 years | 2,000 Journeys, host Clark Buckner sat down with Jason King, Senior Director of Data Science at XSOLIS, and Thomas Schlegel, acting CTO at Built Technologies to discuss their strategies to build and retain their team at the locally grown companies they work for – even as more companies consider making Nashville their next home and drive up talent demand. Read More

Topics: Community, Get Involved, 10 Years | 2000 Journeys

Our students at NSS have come from a wide range of backgrounds. From overnight stockers at super markets, to bartenders, to graphic designers, to biochemists, to photographers, oh, and even GRAMMY award-winning audio engineers - it is still Nashville, after all. Basically, no matter your previous background, there’s room for you in Nashville’s tech scene! Check out our latest episode of 10 Years | 2000 Journeys to hear from 3 NSS alumni who all had different backgrounds! Read More

Topics: 10 Years | 2000 Journeys

2022 is not only NSS’s 10th anniversary, but we also graduated our 2000th student and soon, our 100th cohort! With so many milestones in one year, there was no question - it was time to party!  Read More

Topics: News, Community, 10 Years | 2000 Journeys

Having enjoyed her time in her most recent role with the Nashville Ballet, Abi Inglis of Part-time Data Analytics Cohort 6 decided it was time to go a different direction with her career chose to learn data analytics with NSS! Now, Abi works as a Business Analyst for AllianceBernstein! Way to go, Abi! Read More

Topics: Student Stories, Analytics + Data Science

Chelsea Harris-Washington was working at Asurion as a Tech Support Coach when an opportunity arose for her to upskill through Asurion’s Software Engineering Apprenticeship with NSS. Chelsea jumped at the opportunity! Now that she’s graduated from NSS, she is working as a software engineer apprentice at Asurion! Great job, Chelsea! Read More

Topics: Student Stories, Web Development

Students from all different walks of life come to NSS to gain the skills they need to start a career in tech! Their reasons for choosing NSS are plentiful, as are their options for how to gain new tech skills. So when someone chooses NSS, we do not take their decision lightly! Check out the reasons our alumni had to say shortly after graduating about why they chose NSS. Read More

Topics: Alumni, Student Stories, Web Development, Software Engineering

In our latest episode of 10 Years | 2,000 Journeys, we’re talking with Bryan Mayes from Eventbrite, Michael Hébert with Capgemini, and the former CEO of the Greater Nashville Technology Council, Brian Moyer, to explore some of the reasons why more and more companies are making the decision to expand to Nashville! Read More

Topics: 10 Years | 2000 Journeys

Since graduating from his full-time web development bootcamp at NSS, Airris has accepted a Software Developer position with HCA Healthcare. Way to go, Airris! Check out our latest graduate spotlight to listen to more of Airris’ NSS Journey on his podcas Read More

Topics: Student Stories, Web Development

Before attending NSS, Zach Dugger of Full-time Web Development Cohort 54 was a graphic designer in Chattanooga. Since graduating from C54, Zach has been working as a Front-End Developer Intern at Datably Inc. Congrats, Zach! Read More

Topics: Student Stories, Web Development