Featured Alumni Stories
A selection of some of the many great stories that begin with Startup Institute
"Programming can be learned on your own. Motivation and learning to work with others is a different story. Startup Institute helped put me in a room with other passionate and driven individuals who taught me how to collaborate and pushed me to want to get better. I find that experience to be invaluable in my day-to-day work"
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Katya started with Python—a language often used for data analysis and machine learning—using various online tools. It wasn’t until her next position as an office manager at a company called Karma—a startup which builds portable WiFi devices—that she discovered Startup Institute’s fundamental Ruby course simply by Googling, “evening coding classes.”
If you want to break into the tech industry, you need to speak the language. Even if you are a non-traditional candidate you will still be expected to know key industry terms and trends. This article features some of the most common tech buzzwords you need to know before sitting down with HR.
A serious car accident altered the course of Elizabeth Tsung’s long laid out career path as a classical violinist. The real problem however? It was far from her true passion.
As the growth manager for the on-demand workspace company Breather, Sidney Baptista gets to work in a rapidly evolving field. However, his career path wasn't always pointing him toward this role. Instead, a significant change took him into the world of marketing.
Next week, I will begin my career in market development at one of the hottest startups in Manhattan, simply because I squeezed every drop of juice out of this program. Below are five tips to help you do the same.
The inaugural class kicked off in September and company pitches to investors were held December 7 at the Prudential Center. Startup Institute alumni Francesca Behling and Salina Mack were selected to serve as designers-in-residence during the three-month accelerator. Newark Venture Partners Director and VC, Dimitris Kouvaros, had visited Startup Institute for a fireside chat over the summer, where he first met Francesca and Salina.
Daughter of a Pakistani family, Kanwal Jehan wanted to become a lawyer so she could be a leader and help others. She later realized that community building is in her DNA.
We're proud to be ranked #1 on SwitchUp's list of best bootcamps. SwitchUp director of marketing, Mary Bergeron, explains what sets our alumni reviews apart from the rest.
Web development student Emil Ray came to Startup Institute seven weeks ago, ready to leap but not sure what he was leaping into. He simply knew he wanted to make a bigger impact and the time had come to make it happen.
I feel like I've been doing UX strategy my whole life—thinking about software, how to plan better, how to make technology better for peoples' lives.