Career Development

General Information

Welcome

Your landing page for resources for launching your career as a software developer.

Contact Your Student Success Coach

Columbus

Lacey Nichols - Student Success Coach

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lacey@wecancodeit.org

Schedule a meeting (Full Time)

Schedule a meeting (FlexCode)

Cleveland

Melissa Myerson - Student Success Manager

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melissa@wecancodeit.org

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Class Schedule

Date Topic
Module 1 Opportunity Characteristics Inventory/What Are You Selling?
Module 1 Behavioral Interviews Session 1
Module 1 Behavioral Interviews Session 2
Module 1 Talking Tech (Talking about your projects)
Module 2 Resume Workshop
Module 3 LinkedIn Session
Module 3 Self Branding/Who are you Selling To?
Module 3 Resume Styling
Module 4 Informational Interviews
Module 5 Job Hunt 101
Module 5 Tech Tests/Katas/White Boarding
Module 5 Tech Tests/Katas/White Boarding
Module 5 Final CS Work Session
Module 5 Final Project/Pitch Role Out

Assignments

Assignment Due Date (All Due at 9:30AM) Point Value Grading Criteria
Opportunity Characteristics Inventory 1/27/2020 4% Minimum 5 characteristics completed
STAR Story Chart 2/3/2020 20% Rubric linked
Resume Iteration 1 2/10/2020 4% All non-optional template resume sections complete
Completed LinkedIn Profile 2/17/2020 20% Rubric linked
Informational Interview Invites 3/9/2020 4% Minimum 3 invites
Resume Iteration 2 3/9/2020 20% Rubric linked
Meetups/Networking 3 Prior to 3/30/2020 4% Minimum 3, complete form for each
Job Hunting 101 3/16/2020 8% Must use T-format
Tech Interviewing Chart 3/30/2020 8% All 5 module projects
Mandatory SSC 1:1 5 Total Throughout Program 8% Minimum 5

Tech Stack

Feel free to copy/paste the tech stack corresponding to your program into your resume, LinkedIn, and other self-marketing materials as appropriate.

C#/.NET (Cleveland Full Time Cohort)

C# • .NET Core • Active Server Pages / ASP.net • JavaScript • Flexbox • MVC • HTML • CSS • Grid • TDD • Agile (Scrum) • Object Oriented Programming (OOP) • AJAX • JSON • React • Restful APIs • Responsive Design / Mobile • Structured Query Language (SQL) • Relational Databases / MS SQL • Source Control / GitHub

Java (Columbus Java Full Time and Flexcode Cohorts)

Java • Spring • Hibernate • JPA • JavaScript • MVC • HTML • CSS • Flexbox • Grid • TDD • Agile (Scrum) • Object Oriented Programming (OOP) • AJAX • JSON • Restful APIs • Responsive Design / Mobile • Structured Query Language (SQL) • Relational Databases • Source Control / Git

JavaScript (Columbus Full Stack JavaScript Cohort)

JavaScript • NodeJS • Express • MVC • HTML5 • CSS3 • Grid • Flexbox • React • TDD • Agile (Scrum) • Object Oriented Programming (OOP) • AJAX • JSON • Restful APIs • Single Page Applications (SPAs) • Responsive Design / Mobile • Structured Query Language (SQL) • Relational Databases • NoSQL Databases • GitHub