Blog

We wrote a blog to highlight and show thanks to our 2023 Part-time instructors that continue to show up for their full-time jobs during the day and our part-time students at NSS. Check out the post as we say “thanks!” Read More

Topics: Learning, Community, UI/UX, Analytics + Data Science, Web Development, Software Engineering

Last month, three of our alumni had the honor of speaking to retiring military personnel through Operation Stand Down Tennessee's Career Recon program. These veterans shared their journeys from the military to tech careers, and you won't want to miss their inspiring stories. Read More

Topics: Alumni, Student Stories, Learning, Community

Since launching our 2023 Fall Fundraiser last week, the NSS community has shown up in a big way in helping us towards our goal of $25,000 towards scholarships. Here are 3 easy ways to show your support this fall! Read More

Topics: News, Community, Get Involved

NSS is delighted to welcome Ann Howard to the team as our first Director of Development! 🧡 In this newly created role, Ann will guide NSS’s fundraising efforts including corporate giving and foundation grants. Read More

Topics: News, Community, Get Involved

Volney Powlis selected as inaugural recipient of Xsolis Scholarship and will receive full tuition for software engineering program at Nashville Software School. Read More

Topics: News, Community, Get Involved

The annual NTC Awards were last week and ICYMI, NSS Alumnae and friends were among the finalists and winner circles for 2023! Huge shout out to all the finalists and winners! Read More

Topics: Alumni, News, Community

This time of year it’s always fun to reflect on all we have to be thankful for! Here at NSS especially, we have so much that we are thankful for that it's hard to list them all out - so we’ve enlisted the help of some NSS staff members this year and asked them to share some things they’re thankful for! Read More

Topics: Community

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

For Caroline Madison, leading cohorts through the first three months of their bootcamp is one of the most fulfilling gigs she’s ever done next to being a mom. “My job is to remind each of my students that their growth and outcome will depend on the amount of effort they’re willing to put in. They just have to show up and try." Read More

Topics: Learning, Community, Web Development

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