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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2000 Journeys Through NSS
Jun 14, 2022
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It’s a summer of big milestones at NSS. As we celebrate the 10th anniversary of our founding and our first cohort of students, NSS Founder and CEO John Wark reflects on the milestones we’ve got to look forward to this summer! Read More
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Topics: 10 Years | 2000 Journeys

NSS Is Now Permanently "Online First"
May 11, 2022
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People have been asking for two years when we would start offering classes in person again and our answer has been some variation of “we’re not sure”. Well, we now know a definitive answer to that question so we’re sharing it with everyone here.  NSS is now online first for all of our classes. Read More
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Topics: News

Clarifying A Few Points On Our New Program Announcement
Nov 10, 2021
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Thanks for all your kind words and excitement surrounding Monday’s announcement of our new program! We’ve seen a few things shared that are incorrect & some questions we hadn’t quite anticipated. Here’s a blog post to help clear some of this up! Read More
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Topics: Learning, News

Announcing Our New Software Engineering Program
Nov 8, 2021
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NSS is collaborating with Amazon to deliver a new training program - Software Engineering with Java/AWS Specialization - John Wark breaks down the details surrounding our latest major announcement. Read More
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Topics: Learning, News, Software Engineering

How You Can Help Our Veterans
Sep 21, 2021
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Alumni of Nashville Software School (NSS), who are also veterans, asked for a way to financially support their fellow veterans who lost their funding to attend NSS without notice. Read More
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Topics: News, Community, Get Involved

An Update On Our Veterans
Sep 13, 2021
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As of today, seven of our ten veterans impacted by no longer being allowed to use their earned educational entitlements at NSS are still attending on schedule and three are either delaying their attendance or not attending. Read More
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Topics: News, Community

Veterans No Longer Able To Use Their Educational Entitlements at NSS
Sep 8, 2021
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An update on NSS's ability to accept the GI BillⓇ or other veterans entitlements. Read More
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Topics: News

UGH COVID! | August COVID-19 Update
Aug 4, 2021
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Given the current situation, we feel we have no viable choice but to delay in-person classes until at least January 2022. While we miss the in-person experience, we believe that we’re best off if we keeping all of our courses remote for a bit longer. Read More
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Topics: News

NSS Celebrates 1,500 Graduates on 9th Anniversary
Jun 30, 2021
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We tend to get a little nostalgic here at NSS every year when June rolls around, as it is NSS’s anniversary month, but this year, it’s been a bit more special this year as we hit a new milestone: 1500 graduates! 🎉 Read More
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Topics: News, Community, 10 Years | 2000 Journeys

March Again? | COVID-19 UPDATE
Mar 22, 2021
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March again? Already? Feels like we never left! In our latest COVID-19 update look back on what we have learned after a year online, and more importantly, look ahead to a more hopeful year. Read More
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Topics: News

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