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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

2022 is not only NSS’s 10th anniversary, but we also graduated our 2000th student and soon, our 100th cohort! With so many milestones in one year, there was no question - it was time to party!  Read More

Topics: News, Community, 10 Years | 2000 Journeys

Well, it’s official! NSS graduated our 2,000th student last month with the August graduation of Full-time Data Analytics Cohort 7. It took seven and a half years to reach our 1000th graduate and only another two and a half years to reach our 2000th. I’ll let those numbers sink in for a moment…  Read More

Topics: News, Community, 10 Years | 2000 Journeys

As the year draws close to an end, we’d like to take a moment to reflect and celebrate all that 2021 brought with it! Read More

Topics: Community

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