New Search
If you are not happy with the results below please do another search
38 search results for: apply-now
Code Platoon Steps Up to Help Veterans and Servicemembers Impacted by VET TEC Funding Exhaustion
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Chicago, IL – The recent announcement by the Department of Veteran Affairs regarding the exhaustion of VET TEC program funds for the remainder of the 2023 fiscal year has left many Veterans and Servicemembers who were planning to attend coding bootcamps in a difficult position. However, Code Platoon, a mission-focused, nonprofit coding […]
What to Expect When You’re Accepted to Coding Bootcamp
So, you’ve identified your preferred program in Part One. You completed the application coding challenges in Part Two and submitted your Coding Bootcamp application. Once accepted, you might wonder what next steps you should take to prepare for your coding journey. Here is what you should expect after being admitted to a Code Platoon program: […]
Code Platoon Graduate Outcomes 2022
Code Platoon helps Veterans, Active Duty Servicemembers, and military spouses transition into civilian tech careers. So far, we have graduated more than 270 students into new software engineering careers. A key component of our mission is to provide our students with more than just the necessary software engineering skills for their future professions. We also […]
Launching a Tech Career with HelloFresh
When Kenneth Malley graduated Code Platoon he never imagined he would end up helping deliver delicious dinners to people around the world. Well, that’s exactly what he’s doing as a Software Engineer at HelloFresh, one of the leading meal kit providers in the world. We recently caught up with Kenneth, a 15 year Air Force […]
The Best Paying and Most In-demand Programming Languages in 2022
At Code Platoon, we track national demand for programming languages so that our Veteran, Servicemember, and military spouse students get the best training for their new software engineering or DevOps engineering careers. This article highlights the programming languages with the highest salaries and most frequently targeted job postings for 2022. We’ve also published our findings […]
Affirm Hires Code Platoon Graduates
Affirm, the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, and Code Platoon have created a new hiring partnership, connecting Affirm’s “Upward Program” with Code Platoon graduates. The Upward Program is a six-month apprenticeship program for software engineers with non-traditional coding backgrounds like Code Platoon graduates. Two recent graduates–Tanya Dlabaj and Zachary Blackburn, […]
From Teaching to Technology
Teachers have many skills that make them excellent candidates for the tech workplace. Decision-making, adaptability, management, and problem-solving are skills that good teachers and programmers have in abundance. Like many educators during the Covid-19 pandemic, Kat Wegrzynowicz, a military spouse and former special education instructor, left teaching. She decided to pursue a new opportunity in […]
Making the Jump into Tech via SkillBridge
Did you know Active Duty Servicemembers can start training for their civilian career prior to leaving the military? Michael Grandori and Seth Thomas attended Code Platoon and started paid tech positions before their military separation. How were they able to get a head start? They used the little-known Department of Defense SkillBridge program. Michael, a […]