June 1, 2016 in Community
From Teaching Assistant to Front End Developer: an Interview with Techdegree Student Steve Brewer
London-based Steve Brewer was working as a teaching assistant and was hesitant to change careers as it felt like a waste of the education and experience he’d invested in teaching. Then Steve read an article about the rising trend of gamifying…
May 27, 2016 in Career Advice
Don’t Let These Tech Industry Myths Hold You Back
Have you considered a career in tech, but read or heard something that’s held you back? Maybe you don’t think you fit the stereotype for a developer. Or you don’t have the education or experience to land a tech job….
May 24, 2016 in Learn
A Crash Course in Technical Responsive Web Design
As a technical medium, Responsive Web Design (RWD) requires a working knowledge of the code that makes it work. Designers who ignore the basics fail to understand what browsers can and can’t do. Cascading Stylesheets, or CSS, is the language…
May 20, 2016 in Community
Jacob’s Story: Discovering a New Career Path in Tech
Jacob was an unemployed college grad struggling to find a job. The interviews he was getting had no relevance to the 4 years he’d put towards his degree, so Jacob decided to reevaluate his career path. He chose to prepare…
May 18, 2016 in Career Advice
How to Generate Passive Leads as a Freelancer
Generating passive leads is one of the best ways to stabilize income as a freelancer. There’s a lot to love about the freelance life. Freedom Diverse projects No income cap No office politics But there are also some major disadvantages,…
May 9, 2016 in Business Resources
How to Ask Your Boss for a Learning Budget
You like learning new things. You’re interested. You don’t want to be put in a box. You’re a firm believer in T-shaped skillsets. You have a few superpowers up your sleeve. Now, you’ve decided you want training in a new…
April 26, 2016 in Learn
Six Great Books for Coders that Aren’t About Coding
In an industry that moves as quickly as programming, you could easily spend every waking second of your life plowing through books and blogs that are relevant to your work, especially in the first few years of learning to code….
April 25, 2016 in Business Resources
How to Identify a Great Junior Hire For Your Dev Team
Are you looking to hire a junior developer this year? Great idea! Creating a talent pipeline now that helps you fill your development team later with skilled workers who know your business is the best way to prepare for changes…
April 22, 2016 in Learn
How to Design a Useful Wireframe
The backbone of a structured digital project, wireframing is one of the earliest and most important design activities. Wireframes allow the team to answer crucial questions about layouts, navigation, visual hierarchy, information architecture, and content priority from the start. In…
April 19, 2016 in Learn
Bundling Angular with webpack
I love building Angular applications. Because Angular is so modular you can separate your JavaScript code like your controllers and services into multiple files. But adding all of the script references to my HTML file is painful. If only there…
April 11, 2016 in Community
Kyle’s Story: Building a Valuable Online Resource For My High School
14-year-old Kyle was drawn to the endless opportunities to create and share on the web. In the 8th-grade he began to dive into coding and built a basic website, Study Central for his fellow students to share study guides….
April 4, 2016 in Business Resources
5 Tips to Have the Most Productive (and Awesome) Internship Program
It’s almost summer, and you know what that means. Soon you’ll be welcoming bright-eyed summer interns to your team! An internship program is a great opportunity for them to get experience, but also a great opportunity for you to lay…