Blog: Grace Hopper Program

Darshan Somashekar, the Co-Founder of Solitaired, shares the benefits his company has seen from hiring software engineers from Fullstack Academy’s Grace Hopper Program.

It’s no secret that women and gender nonconforming innovators are historically excluded from the global tech industry–and most narratives surrounding it. Despite this, women’s innovations, inventions, and other contributions throughout history have sparked or evolved critical technology we still use today.

Discover 3 impactful ways that closing the gender gap in tech can contribute to better tech products and services overall.

A coding bootcamp can seem like a big commitment at any phase of life, but mid-career aspiring programmers have unique concerns about their futures after coding bootcamp. Get answers to commonly asked questions in this post.

Fullstack - and other schools like Hack Reactor, App Academy, and Flatiron School - have difficult admissions processes and are therefore very selective. Here, our Director of Admissions talks about why this is the case.

The gender gap in STEM industries is still way too wide. But it’s narrowing all the time, thanks in no small part to the work of these 20 teaching organizations.

Impostor syndrome is characterized by an inability to internalize accomplishments, and a fear of being exposed as a fraud--and coding bootcampers, most of whom have non-traditional background experience and education for the tech industry, have it in spades. Here are four tips to combat the phenomenon and build confidence, from Grace Hopper Dean Meg Duffy.

Meg Duffy, Program Manager of the Grace Hopper Program, explains why empathy is good for your company, your product, and your team.

The world needs skilled coding professionals. Explore what a coding bootcamp is and how these programs can help prepare you to achieve your career goals.

A lot of aspiring web developers want to attend an immersive coding school, and successfully navigating the coding bootcamp admissions process is the key. Here's why we at Fullstack Academy stopped relying on online resources and now offer a prep course of our own.

The Fullstack Academy and Grace Hopper Program teams are growing, adding diverse team members with diverse experiences. From working at the Future Leaders Foundation and Google to wrestling on camera and earning Ph.D.s in Mathematics, our new hires are folks you'll want to spend 13 weeks--or at least the next five minutes--getting to know.

Crush your next technical interview with one simple (and fun) acronym!