John Wark

John started programming professionally at age 19. After a long and multifarious career in technology, he founded NSS in 2012. He believed that Nashville's technology talent shortage would never be solved by trying to import experienced developers from other cities or by waiting for colleges and universities to start graduating enough students and/or appropriately trained students. He also had faith that Nashville had an ample supply of motivated adults with latent aptitude who, if offered a chance, would eagerly pursue a career in technology.
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Recent Posts

Mentor Meetup For June's Graduating Classes
Apr 27, 2016
If you are a software developer, even if you've only got a few months of experience, you can help our current students make their transition from student to working developer. What does being a mentor entail? Our students have questions and need support in two broad areas - technical mentoring and career mentoring. Read More

Topics: Community, Get Involved

NSS Students Make Applications At IBM Watson Workshop
Apr 19, 2016
Last week, a group of 40 NSS students, instructors and recent graduates participated in the IBM Watson Workshop, held at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center. The workshop presented 100 and 200 level sessions to teach and practice different ways to utilize Watson’s API tools. The 200 level class was a hands-on developer lab designed for NSS students to build and complete an application using the tools in the API by the end of the session. Read More

Topics: Student Stories, News, Community

Thank You Nashville, For Another Successful NSS Demo Day
Apr 11, 2016
Last week, we graduated 28 new full-stack developers at NSS Demo Day. They are the 11th full-time class to graduate from our intensive accelerated learning program. Over 100 people visited Demo Day, including potential employers seeking developers, and other members of the developer community. Get to know these graduates. Read More

Topics: Student Stories, Hiring?, News

Nashville Software School Sponsors Craft Content 2016
Apr 8, 2016
This year, Nashville Software School is once again proudly sponsoring Craft Content Nashville. The event is presented annually as an “unconference” for creative writers, podcasters, publishers and others who enjoy and work with content. Read More

Topics: News, Community

NSS Adds Laura Buchanan To Lead Operations Team
Mar 16, 2016
We are pleased to announce another new team member at Nashville Software School. Laura Buchanan has joined NSS as Director of Operations. Laura has spent most of her 15 year career working with non-profit community organizations such as NSS. Read More

Topics: News

NSS Hires Tech Industry Veteran For Business Development
Mar 7, 2016
We're excited to announce that Kristin McKinney, co-founder of the Nashville Girl Geek Dinner, has joined our team and will lead our efforts to partner with local employers. Kristin's role will be to grow the number of employers hiring NSS graduates, increase the number of Employer Partners, and strengthen the relationships with current partner companies. Read More

Topics: News

NSS Featured In Forward Beat
Jan 14, 2016
Nashville Software School alumni were recently featured in Forward Beat, an online publication covering the innovation and entrepreneurial spirit of Nashville. In a story published this week, Updating Your Personal UX; Dispatches from the Nashville Software School, writer Valerie Hoke profiles four alumni; Chad Cates, Rebecca Cronin-Dixon, Evan Roane, and Sonda Sengupta. Read More
iOS Course To Be Rescheduled
Jan 13, 2016
The iOS Development Fast Track course will be rescheduled Read More
Demo Day Stories From Cohort 10 / Evening 1
Jan 13, 2016
Nearly 100 recruiters, alumni, and community partners met graduates from Cohort 10 and Evening Cohort 1 at Tuesday's Demo Day, which culminates the six-month day program and yearlong evening program. Get to know these graduates. Read More

Topics: Student Stories, Hiring?

Just a Few Seats Left for UX and UI Course
Jan 7, 2016
Don't miss out on our UI and UX professional development course. Read More