January 17, 2018 in Career Advice
The Best Places to Look for Your First Tech Job
You’ve put in the work. Your portfolio looks great. Your resume is formatted. Now… where do you go to look for your first job in tech? The good news is that there are many avenues for job searching, and here…
September 18, 2017 in Career Advice
Everything You Need to Evaluate Before Saying Yes to Your First Dev Job
You’ve probably heard that finding your first dev job is the toughest job search of your career, and most people will tell you that’s pretty accurate. After all, once you’ve broken into an industry, it’s a lot easier to go…
February 27, 2017 in Community
Scott Cook: From Unemployed to Enjoying the Developer Lifestyle
We recently had the opportunity to meet Treehouse student and full-time front end developer, Scott Cook. You can watch Scott’s full interview at the end of this post. Growing up in Indiana, Scott knew many people who worked in the…
February 14, 2017 in Career Advice
Am I Ready for My First Job as a Developer?
Search… “web developer” AND “html” AND “css” AND “javascript” AND “angular.js” Scan the results. Hmmm. Junior Front End Web Developer position. Essentials skills: Understanding of responsive web design ✓ Github ✓ Strong attention to detail ✓ Eager to learn and improve skills ✓…
January 4, 2017 in Learn
Tap into the Power of Coding
From its inception, code has been an unparalleled force and powerful tool. Technology has changed the world, and code now fuels it. Today, it’s used in more ways than you could possibly imagine, it powers the web you surf and the…
August 4, 2016 in Learn
Trust Us, Trust Them: Learn to Code
If you’re considering a career as a developer, here are a few exciting facts to back your decision. There are over 500k unfilled tech jobs in the US alone and jobs for developers are projected to grow 27% in the…
June 30, 2016 in Community
Meet Adam, a Professional Classical Musician and Web Developer
Throughout his life, Adam has had a passion for classical music and a love of technology. At a young age, he chose to focus his education on music but continued to satisfy his tech interests. It wasn’t until Adam was pursuing…
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….
March 2, 2016 in Learn
The Programmer’s Journey: Ends, Means and the Stuff In-Between(s)
In my role as an iOS Teacher at Treehouse I am surrounded, virtually speaking, by students. Many of these students are trying to switch careers, often attempting to tackle their first programming language in pursuit of a big change. Some…
February 23, 2016 in Career Advice
#JuniorHints: How Planet Argon Hires
Carlos Rodriguez got his start in systems administration around Y2K. But when he wasn’t racking servers, he was dabbling in various programming languages, eventually falling in love with Ruby on Rails and the Open Source community. Realizing he wanted to…
February 17, 2016 in Learn
You Don’t Need to be Indebted to Your Education
In recent years, the escalating state of student debt in the United States has become an increasing concern. But unfortunately, awareness hasn’t improved the situation. Here’s where we stand at the start of 2016: The number of young people taking…
February 10, 2016 in Community
Jordan Became Industry-Ready With Treehouse
20-year-old Jordan Watson loved technology, which led him to a course in computing and IT. When the course introduced Jordan to web design, he immediately knew he wanted to make websites and enrolled in university to study web design and…