Careers in coding

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…

Thinking about a career in back-end development? We spoke with Doug, a senior back-end engineer here at Codecademy, to find out more about what the day to day looks like for someone in a back-end role.What’s Doug’s favorite thing about being a back-end engineer? He tells us, “I like that there’s a really wide realm…

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…

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,…

You may have heard the phrases “front end” and “back end” being tossed around in reference to programming before. If you are new to programming, you might be wondering what these terms actually mean.At a high level, the "front end" is what visitors or users will see when they interact with a program, application, or…

Thinking about a career in front-end development? We spoke with John Pham, a front-end developer at Smartsheet and formerly at Microsoft, to find out more about his day to day and what he works on in his front-end role. John was a subject matter expert on our brand new Front-End Engineer Career Path.John got hooked…

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…

Codecademy for Business and our friends Code Climate are meeting with engineering leaders to talk about their career journeys, leadership tactics, and their advice for the next generation of engineers in our new series, 1 on 1 with Engineering Leaders.  Below is an excerpt from a 1 on 1 chat with Tara Ellis, Manager, UI…

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…

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…