There’s A New Way To Get Your Coding Projects Discovered
Writing the last few lines of code for a project is a satisfying feeling, second only to the joy that comes from getting positive feedback from other users. And while you can share your coding projects on your social media feeds, post about them on our Discord server, and send an email blast to your…
How I Went From Hobbyist Programmer to Software Engineer II at Codecademy
Learning to code so that you can land a job in tech can feel daunting. That’s why we’re sharing inspiring stories from Codecademy’s community — to show how people like you (yes, you!) can embark on a learning journey and end up with a totally new career. We hope these stories serve as a reminder…
What a Developer Advocate Does & How You Can Become One
If you binge-watch coding video tutorials in your free time (or have considered making your own), and know how to work the room at a networking event, there’s a popular tech career that’s right up your alley: Developer Advocate. A Developer Advocate — aka Developer Evangelist, Developer Relations (DevRel for short), or Developer Advocacy Manager…
How I Went from Technical Analyst to Front-End Engineer in 6 Months
Learning to code so that you can land a job in tech can feel daunting. That’s why we’re sharing inspiring stories from Codecademy’s community — to show how people like you (yes, you!) can embark on a learning journey and end up with a totally new career. We hope these stories serve as a reminder…
Can Generative AI Teach You to Code? It’s Complicated
The ChatGPT hype is reaching a fever pitch: Educators are figuring out how to manage the AI chatbot in classrooms; programmers are using ChatGPT to write and debug code; job seekers are farming out their cover letters to ChatGPT, and hoping recruiters can’t tell the difference (they can). And tech giants are betting billions of…
10 Ubiquitous Tech Products Built By Women Engineers
Each time you turn on your home computer, connect to a WiFi network, or type something in a word processing app, you have a woman to thank. These applications and devices are so ingrained in the way we work and live in the modern world, and they were all built by women engineers. In the…
10 Women In Tech On The Best Career Advice They Received
Career advice doesn’t have to come from the pages of a self-help business book or a high-profile CEO’s TED Talk to be useful — in fact, the most memorable advice often comes from unexpected sources, like a brief coffee chat with your work bestie, a reassuring Slack message from your team leader, or even the…
7 Empowering Books About Women in Tech To Read Next
March is Women’s History Month, where we celebrate and pay tribute to the women who’ve played a vital role throughout American history. Within the tech industry, women have always been at the forefront of innovation and progress — although nowadays, women make up only 28% of the tech industry workforce. To shed some light on…
6 Programming Languages You Didn’t Know Were Invented By Women
The origin stories of popular programming languages are practically lore in the tech world. You can probably recognize the names of notable programming language inventors throughout history, like Guido van Rossum who created Python, Ruby’s chief designer Matz, or Bjarne Stroustrup, the brain behind C++. But you may not realize that a handful of programming…
Celebrating 32 Years Of Python With All The Reasons Why It’s So Iconic
On February 20, 1991, Dutch programmer Guido van Rossum released the first version of a project he had been tinkering with since Christmas break two years prior: A brand new scripting language, called Python. Back then, there was no telling how popular Python would become and the impact the language would have on the world…
