Lauren Riddle of Cohort 36 always knew she wanted to work in the tech industry. After completing an Associate’s Degree in Computer Information Technology, she decided to focus on learning to code at Nashville Software School. Now a full stack developer, she is ready for her first job in the tech industry!
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Student Stories,
Hiring?,
Web Development
Christian Pippin was looking for a creative shift in his career when he decided to try his hand at software development. He shared, “I like coding because it's an extremely creative field with a variety of applications.” Now a full stack developer, he is ready to put his creativity and coding skills to use in the workforce!
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Student Stories,
Hiring?,
Web Development
With many freelancers working 100% remote and even more traditional organizations allowing developers to work remotely at least part of the work week, we want to prepare our students for opportunities of all kinds, including remote work.
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Learning
Now that Nashville Metro government has shared their plan for how the local economy reopens, we know that our students and community want more insight into the plan for reopening NSS. Here’s what we know as of today.
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Jesie Oldenburg first came to NSS in Web Development Cohort 24 where he learned front-end development and UX/UI. After some time as a freelance front-end developer and working as a teaching assistant for another web development bootcamp, Jesie returned “home” to learn back-end development. Now a full stack developer with experience in UX/UI, he is ready to start a full-time job in full stack web development!
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Student Stories,
Hiring?,
Web Development
Day-to-day life has stabilized a bit for our students and staff. It doesn’t mean we’re liking it, but we are adjusting to it. Now it’s time to lift our gaze, look to the future and try to anticipate and plan for what will, and may be, happening in the next weeks and months.
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News
Erin was ready for a change in her career as a librarian. When she recalled her passion for programming, she was ready to take a deep dive into software development. Now enthralled with the “wizardry of coding,” Erin is looking for a front or back-end job to start her career in web development. “I'm excited to continue utilizing my natural curiosity and user-focused design in the tech industry.”
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Student Stories,
Hiring?,
Web Development
It turns out the ancient wisdom that warns us that our best-laid plans will often go askew might just be onto something. These days there’s another piece of wisdom I find myself holding to: we’re always stronger than we think we are. This virus has hit us hard, but we’re still standing. We’re remote now, but we’re still teaching and learning.
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Learning,
Web Development
Trey was looking for a pivot in his career as a Telecommunications Technician when decided to become a web developer “due to my insistent need to learn, challenge myself, and help others succeed.” Now a full stack developer, Trey is ready for his next step in his new career.
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Student Stories,
Hiring?,
Web Development
It’s our fourth full week of fully online/remote operation here at NSS. And it’s yet another week where we’ll have several chances to say, “Well, we’ve never done things this way before!” This week we tackled onboarding two new classes remotely and several career development events.
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