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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 this episode of 10 Years | 2000 Journeys, we speak with Rob Kirkpatrick & B.J. Golden, 2 NSS alumni who were professional musicians and discovered the parallels between their music careers and their new careers in tech! Listen wherever you get your podcasts! Read More

Topics: Alumni, Student Stories, Analytics + Data Science, 10 Years | 2000 Journeys

From day one, Nashville Software School saw the need for more local tech talent as a way to create paths for individuals to access high-paying careers who are financially disadvantaged or are from under-represented groups in tech. In this episode, host Clark Buckner sits down with two NSS alumni who have made the most of the opportunities available through NSS. Read More

Topics: Alumni, Get Involved, 10 Years | 2000 Journeys, Web Development

We caught up with the Girls in Tech & Nike Global Hackathon winning team of all NSS Alumni to share their experience, their app SafeSpace., and what it takes to build a winning hackathon web application! Read More

Topics: Alumni, Web Development

We caught up with some of our alumni who have backgrounds in music and asked how their previous careers relate to their current roles as web developers! Read More

Topics: Alumni, Student Stories, Community, Web Development

We caught up with Heather Sopel of Full-time Data Analytics Cohort 2. Check out all she continues to learn while working as a data analyst in our latest Alumni Spotlight! Read More

Topics: Alumni, Analytics + Data Science

Since her time in Part-time Data Analytics Cohort 3, Lydia Tsang now works as a Business Intelligence Specialist Advanced. Lydia catches us up on what she’s been up to since graduating and starting her job in analytics! Read More

Topics: Alumni, Analytics + Data Science

Full-time Web Development Cohort 23 alumna Jordan Castelloe shares her experience helping launch NewForce, a bootcamp in West Virginia, and what she has learned throughout the process as one of the first instructors of the program.  Read More

Topics: Alumni, Community, Web Development

We’re catching up with some of our alumni and sharing their advice for our students and recent graduates. When Lindsay Mulhollen applied for NSS in late 2017, she never imagined that she’d be working for her dream company less than four years later. She is now a React Developer and Creative Technologist for the company whose work motivated her to attend NSS. Read more in our latest Alumni Spotlight! Read More

Topics: Alumni, UI/UX, Web Development