Protect Your Personal Data By Thinking Like a Data Scientist
Data is a currency, and many of us spend it more often than we realize. When we use a “free” search engine that tracks our searches, or a social media platform that maps and analyzes our relationships, or even a grocery store rewards card that offers discounts in exchange for a record of our shopping…
Announcing the Winners of the C++ Community Challenge
When we launched Learn C++ Module 5: Vectors and Module 6: Functions, we also kicked off a month-long C++ Community Challenge—an opportunity for C++ Pro learners to team up and build something amazing together. The project was open-ended, and each team's submission was judged based on: Use of C++ vectors and functions in code. Collaboration.…
Learning Analytics at ALT-C
The Association for Learning Technology (ALT) represents technologists, academics, designers, researchers and policy makers from many organisations and sectors across the UK. All members have an interest in learning technology. ALT-C is the annual conference which is attended by around 500 members and has an impressive attendee to presenter ratio of about 2:1. Like all…
Acing the technical interview: A complete guide
Technical interviews allow you to showcase your knowledge and skills to prospective employers. They can be exciting, knowing that you're that much closer to a job offer if you do well. They can also be intimidating — especially if you've never done one before or struggled with them in the past. But don't worry. We're…
Aggregating Pokémon Data with Python and Pandas
Most of the time, high-level decision-makers require aggregated data. For example, to understand sales trends, business analysts need to aggregate individual sales transactions by month, quarter, or fiscal year. Data aggregation is a key skill that can drive value for many organizations. Supermarket sales aggregated by category Pokémon is a video game where creatures (known…
What is a Product Manager?
Jackie Bavaro, Product Lead at Asana, describes product management as “the best job you’ve never heard of.” While that may be the case, the popularity of product management has grown in recent years. Larger technology companies recognize that the best product managers may just be the people who have not yet heard of the role,…
How to Start a Group Project
Teamwork makes the dream work. As you develop your coding skills with Codecademy, you will eventually reach a point when you will want to take your new knowledge and use it to build a complex project. One way to create a fully-formed project is to assemble a team of collaborators to work on the project…
How to stay motivated and not give up when learning to code
When it comes to learning to code, one of the hardest parts can be finding the motivation to keep going when you feel stuck or frustrated. In fact, motivation is one of the most popular discussion topics in the Codecademy Facebook Community, as well as in the Codecademy forums.One community member, Brendan P., says, “I…
Why I Love Teaching at Codecademy
Learning web development skills to switch careers made me feel empowered and excited to help others learn the same skills. As a Codecademy Coach, I help bridge the gap between learning and applying the skills needed to level-up in your current career, find a new hobby you love, or change careers completely (and everything in-between).…
Tired of Error Messages? You Shouldn’t Be — And Here’s Why
Learning to code can be a frustrating endeavor because you are destined to encounter many red errors along the way. What makes a programmer successful isn’t avoiding errors—no programmer can avoid them. Great programmers understand that errors are part of the process, and they know how to find the solution to each while learning something…
