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Earning industry certifications is one of the most productive ways you can work towards a career in IT, cloud, or cybersecurity. Certifications validate your skills and experience, so you can expand your career opportunities, have better job security, and earn more money.   With our new test prep skill paths, we’re making it easier for Codecademy…

Exciting news: We’re teaming up with the Mark Cuban Foundation’s AI Bootcamp Initiative to help foster the next generation of technologists and AI practitioners. Codecademy is providing free Pro annual subscriptions to high school students who complete the MCF’s in-person AI bootcamps in November 2024.   “This collaboration with Codecademy reflects our shared commitment to education for students…

Have you seen the viral AI-generated gymnastics video? The bizarre amalgamation of limbs flying and twisting through the air defies the laws of physics and anatomy — an amusing reminder of AI’s limits. While this AI gymnast has nothing on the world-class human gymnasts competing in the 2024 Paris Olympics, you can expect to see…

The most in-demand skills in today’s workplace have nothing to do with AI or programming concepts — they’re communication, customer service, and leadership. In an AI-driven world where many technical tasks can be automated, employers are giving more weight to people skills like communication, empathy, and critical thinking.   According to the World Economic Forum, employees…

Get excited: We’re launching a brand-new type of AI course, and we want you to be part of it. On December 6 at 12pm ET, you can join us for ChatGPT & Generative AI. Unlike the rest of our self-guided courses and paths, this is a live, instructor-led session that’ll take place in real-time online.…

At Codecademy, we’re committed to making sure that all the work we do is ethically sound. It’s a responsibility we take seriously, particularly now, as AI profoundly transforms our world. There’s a lot at stake, and we want the next gen of developers and people learning to code to understand what it means to be…

You’ve been asking, and we’ve been listening. Now, you have even more opportunities to practice and review coding concepts on the go with the new and improved Codecademy mobile app. We know learners like you want to build your coding skills, discover new ways of thinking, and launch your tech career while also living a…

What can you give the developer who not only has everything, but can code everything too? You can’t go wrong with a good old-fashioned book. Most developers will be grateful for the chance to step away from the keyboard, pick up a book, and learn something new this holiday season.With that in mind, we asked…

Midnight on October 21, 2022 was either just another hour of your life, or an incredibly significant moment that you’d been counting down to for months, maybe even years. ICYMI, Taylor Swift dropped a new album, called Midnights, at midnight on the 21st.Leading up to the release, eagle-eyed Swifties have been clocking the tiniest details…

You’ve probably already marveled at the groundbreaking and truly mind-blowing images of space that were captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and released this week. If you haven’t seen them yet, feast your eyes on these photos and prepare to feel very small. While it’s practically impossible to wrap your head around the…