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Do Dedicated Hiring Quotas Close the Gender Gap in Tech?
Though many companies have committed to changing hiring practices to close the gender gap in tech, women continue to be severely underrepresented.
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Job & Career Advice
3 Days of Awesome Women: Grace Hopper Celebration 2018
Michele Cantos, Director of our Grace Hopper Program, attended the annual Grace Hopper Celebration in Houston. Check out her day-by-day recap of the amazing women she encountered at this event--and grab some digital swag for yourself.
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Mission Driven
Coding For Good: 20 Nonprofit Products Developed Using JavaScript
Some of the most awesome software products in the world are built using JavaScript. Here are 20 of the best of those products from the nonprofit sector.
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Job & Career Advice
Bootcamp Grads Become the Most Well-Rounded Programmers
Liz Phillips started off in theater and production design and ended up at Grace Hopper feeling burned out and in dire need of a change. Follow along with her journey to find out how Grace Hopper restored her sanity and why she works to recruit other women alums to her company.
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Job & Career Advice
Finding Support Within the Women’s Coding Community
Jamie Lau was drawn to Grace Hopper Program's goal of making tech education more accessible to women--and now she's a software engineer. See how she did it.
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Job & Career Advice
Step In to Your Power: How This Tech-Curious Lesbian Transformed Her Life at Fullstack
After a frugal youth, $100K+ in student loans, and 7 unfulfilling years in finance, Noelle found her place in tech & wants other LGBTQIA+ folks to do the same.
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Accessible Tech Education for Women and Non-Binary Students.
Explore the Grace Hopper Program at Fullstack Academy, an immersive software engineering course for women and non-binary students

Job & Career Advice
Making Women the Smartest Coders in the Room
Katy wants women to become the smartest coders in the room. How? Coding bootcamps like Grace Hopper Program. Read her story and see if her path is right for you.
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Job & Career Advice
Make the Leap: How to Build Your Skill Set and Change Careers
Meg Duffy, Program Manager of the Grace Hopper Program, explains how to change careers.
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Community Updates
The Many Faces of Fullstack
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.
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Job & Career Advice
You Are Not a Fraud: How to Quell Your Imposter Syndrome and Keep Kicking Butt
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.
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Job & Career Advice
Want to Build a Better Product, Team, and Company? Cultivate Empathy First.
Meg Duffy, Program Manager of the Grace Hopper Program, explains why empathy is good for your company, your product, and your team.
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How Fullstack Works
Fullstack Maintains (and Helped Create) CIRR for the Strictest Outcomes Reporting Standards
CIRR (Council on Integrity in Results Reporting) members present honest and complete outcomes reports. We're creating transparency in the world of coding bootcamps.
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