October 28, 2013 in Community
Student Success Stories: Ethan Eirinberg
This is a guest post from high school student Ethan Eirinberg about his experience learning to code, and how he’s now encouraging other students to do the same with his recently launched creative coding competition, CreateHS. When my brother was…
June 28, 2013 in Community
Student Success Stories: Alexey Laduda
This is a guest post from Alexey Laduda about his experiences using Treehouse to build out his project, Urban Time Lapse. It all started in the wonderful city of San Francisco, where creative ideas seem to float in the air…
September 3, 2018 in Community
Techdegree Success: From Nanny to JavaScript Developer in six months
“I had already taken a number of the courses on Treehouse that I needed in order to complete the Techdegree, so that was a definite plus. If I’d gone anywhere else for any sort of degree or certification, I would have to sit through all the basics again.”
January 4, 2016 in Community
6 Treehouse Students Who Successfully Changed Careers
This is the perfect time of year to consider your career path (or lack thereof) and course correct. In some cases, a course correction may not be enough, and instead, it might make more sense to learn an entirely new skill…
October 21, 2015 in Community
After 15 years as an Arts Professional, Alex Successfully Transitioned into The Tech Industry
After 15 years experience as an arts professional, Alex was considering a career change. At the time, he was working as a professional freelance orchestral tuba player, and decided to learn to code to offer web design consulting to colleagues…
September 15, 2015 in Community
Ricky is a High School Senior With a Successful Freelance Web Design and Development Business
In his freshman year of high school, Ricky built a basic website for a friend running for class president. By the time he joined Treehouse, he still only had a basic knowledge of HTML but knew he wanted to master web…
July 29, 2015 in Community
From Customer Service to Back-End Web Development, Nicole Found Success with Treehouse
Nicole worked in customer service, but in her free time enjoyed personal nerddom, playing around with consumer technology and building things. Inspired by these interests, Nicole decided to register for an on-campus Computer Science course but quickly found the course…
July 17, 2015 in Community
Dawid Quit His Full-Time Job and Teamed Up With Two Friends to Start a Successful Software Lab
After graduating from university, Dawid took a full-time job as a junior Java developer at one of the world’s largest rail equipment manufacturers. However, he soon realized that the position wasn’t a great fit for him. Instead, Dawid was inspired…
May 7, 2015 in Community
Soojin Learned to Code, Built a Successful iOS App & Launched His Career as a Mobile Developer
Treehouse is like my secret weapon… It has so many courses on diverse topics that I can rely on it for almost any new challenge. One important thing to keep in mind about becoming a programmer is that you have…
April 8, 2015 in Community
Joey and Trevor Learned to Code and Launched a Successful Web Development Firm
Joey, a scientist, and Trevor an engineer were both working their first jobs out of college when they recognised the prevalence of mediocre pharmaceutical company websites and saw an opportunity to change that. But the only issue was neither of…
March 24, 2015 in Community
By Teaching Himself to Code, 17-year-old Nick Was Able to Build & Launch his Own Successful Browser Extension, Greenhouse
17-year-old Nick joined Treehouse with the aspiration of developing apps, building websites, and starting his own business. After teaching himself to code with Treehouse, Nick was able to build and launch Greenhouse, a free browser extension for Chrome, Safari, and…
July 7, 2022 in Learn
Treehouse vs. LinkedIn Learning: What’s the Difference
The amount of online coding classes is growing rapidly with the popularity of web development, but which one should you take? Different online courses are curated for different learning styles, which means doing your research beforehand is essential. If you’re…