May 31, 2019 in Learn
What Is Code?
Sometimes, it feels like people who can code seem like they have superpowers. But what is code, anyway? Code is all around us. Code is used in things like computers, phones, self-driving cars, and all other kinds of devices. Movies…
May 30, 2019 in Career Advice
Knowing Python Will Take You Places
Thinking about learning Python? That’s a great idea. What is Python? Python is a general purpose programming language that is used for a variety of different web applications. It was designed to be very easy to read. You might assume…
May 23, 2019 in Learn
Tech Jobs: An Explainer
Did you know? 1.3 million new developer jobs will be created in the next 10 years. No matter your background or previous experience, there’s never been a better time to start your journey toward one of these high-paying careers. But…
April 18, 2019 in Learn
Meet the Dribbble + Treehouse UX Techdegree Scholarship Winners
In early March, Treehouse and Dribbble announced a partnership to create job-ready designers through the User Experience (UX) Techdegree program. Considering that design is one of the most in-demand skills in today’s workforce, this partnership pairs the essence and ambition…
January 2, 2019 in Business Resources
LaSean Smith Q&A
We recently had a chat with LaSean Smith from Microsoft. We asked him a few questions around the topic of diversity and inclusion and why it’s important to create diverse teams. Q. What can companies do to get more people…
October 20, 2018 in Podcast
Engineering People Podcast: Arun Samuga
Treehouse founder/CEO Ryan Carson interviews Arun Samuga, Vice President of Platform Engineering at Elemica, a digital supply chain company.
October 18, 2018 in Business Resources
Three Healthy, Sustainable Ways to Incentivize Employee Learning
Think beyond the gift cards and shoutouts in company chatrooms — here’s how to motivate employees to engage with training resources on their own.
October 15, 2018 in Business Resources
Change Wave 005: Robert Krohn
“Usernames and passwords have to go. We need to replace them with other forms of authentication that are really more universal. We see a future where it’s your voice that is going to be used everywhere you are.”
October 8, 2018 in Business Resources
Change Wave 004: Dory Weiss
“The things that I loved about being a teacher and a facilitator, and the ways that I like to think about classroom dynamics, those things translate very well to organizational dynamics”
October 3, 2018 in Business Resources
Change Wave 002: Daniel Doubrovkine
“I felt like I needed some structure to understand how actual software in larger organizations is built, because a lot of our failures I thought were structural.”
October 1, 2018 in Business Resources
Change Wave 001: Mikey Butler
“The definition of merit is culturally specific so non-majority-culture people show up and don’t line up with the traditional definition of merit. The broadening of the definition, understanding that it needs to be modified as a result of you going down the path of inclusion becomes part of the journey your company has to make.”
September 26, 2018 in Podcast
The Engineering People Show, Episode 30: Nidhi Gupta
“If retention is busted, no matter how many candidates you bring in through the funnel, it’s a leaky funnel — so people, even if you attract them and they join the company, will just leave.”