Careers in coding

Catherine Zhou manages the data science team at Codecademy. She’s been working at Codecademy for 3 years and as a data scientist for ten. Because the job title of “Data Scientist” is relatively new, Catherine’s title has ranged over the years from quant to researcher to business intelligence analyst to engineer — but through it…

Codecademy for Business and our friends at Code Climate have been meeting with engineering leaders to talk about their career journeys, leadership tactics, and their advice for the next generation of engineers in an interview series, 1 on 1 with Engineering Leaders.We’ve had conversations with Tara Ellis of Netflix, Brooks Swinnerton of GitHub, and Gergely…

This is the first in a series of articles from our friends at Career Karma.Technical interviews may be stressful but they tell an employer a lot about you. Technical interviews let an employer see that you can thrive under pressure. They allow an employer to see that you actually possess the skills you have listed…

We’re excited to share some major updates and changes to Career Paths that make starting a new career in data science or engineering even more effortless. We’ve updated our Data Science Career Path to a new and improved Data Scientist Career Path, plus introduced three separate Web Development Career Paths — Full-Stack Engineer, Front-End Engineer,…

Are you a front-end developer, thinking about switching from front end to back end? We talked with Arnav Luthra, a Back-End Software Engineer at Delivery Hero, to find out how he made the transition.Making the switch from front end to back end can feel daunting. It means having to learn new frameworks, new languages, and…

Choosing a career path while in college can feel like a huge undertaking. You may still be trying to decide what exactly you want to study, trying to navigate finding an internship, or figuring out what type of job you want to get when you graduate.Because hindsight is 20/20, we interviewed five members of the…

This article was written by our friends at Career Karma. Check out their other interview questions roundups, including Python interview questions and JavaScript interview questions.You may encounter some challenging questions regarding HTML during a job interview. Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is the skeleton of many front end bases, and knowing how to articulate your knowledge…

We’re celebrating International Women’s Day by looking to the future for women in tech.Through our community, we get a glimpse into the tech industry’s future — because today’s learners are tomorrow’s leaders. From what we’ve seen, the next generation is more diverse, open-minded, and innovative than ever. But there’s still more work to do.It’s more…

"People have been using data and trying to learn from data for a really long time," says Sophie, a Curriculum Developer here at Codecademy. Data science is used for predicting outcomes, understanding trends over time, visualizing relationships and patterns, and generally turning data into information of value.But what exactly is data science? In our interview…

Codecademy for Business and our friends at Code Climate have been meeting with engineering leaders to talk about their career journeys, leadership tactics, and their advice for the next generation of engineers in an interview series, 1 on 1 with Engineering Leaders.This week, Hillary Nussbaum of Code Climate speaks with Engineering Coach Mathias Meyer. You…