Reach Your Professional Potential Are you looking to start a new career in tech? You need to expand your professional opportunities and ensure that you’re meeting the right people in the software development industry. Every new person you meet has the potential to have an impact on your future career. What can you do to […]

Front-end and back-end development are two vital areas of coding. Front-end development describes programming that is done to a site to impact the client side or the user side of a website or application. Back-end development is the programming done on the server-side or the side that only a developer sees.  Difference between front-end and […]

Don’t Focus On Negative Criticism – Professional Success When you get negative feedback at work, do you obsess over it? It turns out that it’s in our nature to overlook positive feedback and focus on the negative. Research conducted by the Harvard Business School, found that the negative effect of a setback at work, had […]

We’re really excited to announce our brand new video series the Code Institute Career Series. We meet with industry leaders regularly to come up with new industry-led ideas. After taking their feedback on board we decided on a video series. Our aim is to help inspire our students and people who are passionate about tech […]

Whether you’re a recent Code Institute graduate or you’re struggling to find yourself the perfect new job, it’s no surprise that searching for a new career opportunity is tough. Finding the time to research companies, get those applications in and maintaining your motivation is a full-time job! Our Head of Mentoring, Yoni, is an experienced […]

Coding is commonly perceived as a male-dominated industry, however, we’re noticing a very positive trend in our coding bootcamps and our coding challenges: 40% of our attendants are women, and we hope to reach 50% in future classes. Our tutors, mentors and teaching assistants are women, as is our student care manager. All of them […]

One of the most attractive aspects of software development is the potential for career progression. If you’re interested in pursuing a career in software development, it’s essential to understand the possible career paths, milestones, evolutions, and progression opportunities that come with it. The software developer career path is fast-paced, and with the right mindset and […]

If you’re reading this, you probably appreciate that the jobs market has changed: There’s a shortage of coders, and more and more employers are looking to coding bootcamp graduates to fill the gap. That’s good news for anyone who wants to forge a new career in coding. However, that same jobs market is crowded, constantly […]

One of the most pervasive (and least constructive) myths about technology is that it’s for the young. While we will admit that the tech world has more than its share of youthful CEOs and tycoons, it’s also an industry that values hard work, invention and creativity from any source, regardless of age. We have witnessed […]

Python is now one of the most commonly used programming languages in the world. Its functions can be carried out with simpler commands and less text than most competing languages, making it incredibly versatile and accessible for a huge variety of people and uses. It’s not an exaggeration to say that Python plays a part […]