Rebecca Wieberdink is not an underachiever. Growing up, she had a passion for learning and a tendency to overprepare—often taking double the time to study for a test as her classmates. “I’ve always been a perfectionist. I like to research my research,” said Rebecca. And yet, come senior year of high school, she chose not…
For many in Haiti, a future in technology can seem like a pipe dream. Designated a third world country and still recovering from its catastrophic earthquake, the island is lacking in sufficient technology and education resources. But that doesn’t mean they’re without innovation, creativity, or passion. Esterling Accime is proof of that. Growing up in Cite…
On the first day of their Georgia Tech Coding Boot Camp, Thomas Yeager, Alexander Gonzalez, and Geoffrey Goodwin walked into class separately. Four months later, they walked in as a team—with a fourth team member, not quite human. Taking it to the next level As part of the intensive web development program, students are required to…
Every month, Trilogy hosts dozens of community tech events to give bootcamp students the chance to share the incredible projects they’ve created in class. Students get to brush up on their presentation skills, show off their work to local tech professionals, and expand their networks. Last month, reporter Katie Nussbaum from the Savannah Morning News joined Georgia Tech-Savannah’s Coding Boot…
Think supermoms can’t be super-coders? Think again. As we get ready to celebrate Mother’s Day and all of the inspiring moms across the country, we want to share one boot camp grad’s words (inspired by the formidable FDR) far and wide: “BRAVERY ISN’T THE ABSENCE OF FEAR. IT’S BEING AFRAID AND DOING THE THING ANYWAY.”…
This piece, written by Muriel Vega, originally appeared on Hypepotamus. After six years in the U.S. Air Force, Kenneth Barnes wanted to come back to his original social work-oriented career path — with a tech twist. Upon realization of how technology could help the family services field from document submission to case management, Barnes decided to enroll in Georgia Tech’s Coding…
This piece, written by Gordana Goudie, originally appeared on the Georgia Tech Professional Education website. If only I could have a computer. These are the words that changed Esterling Accime’s life forever. This wish – and an insatiable hunger to learn – saved him from a life of extreme poverty in Haiti. Today, he holds…
The internet is the best, and sometimes only, link to fundamental information and networks, but code is the power to unlock it all. As web design and development move to the forefront in today’s economy, Georgia-Tech Savannah this week graduated its first Coding Boot Camp. The intense six-month program teaches the fundamentals of coding and…
In the Oscar-nominated film “Hidden Figures,” Dorothy Vaughan (played by Octavia Spencer) works at NASA as an unofficial supervisor over a group of “computers” women who performed mathematical calculations long before electronic computers became commercially available. When she learns an IBM 7090 is being installed, she immediately understands the ramifications. She and her co-workers will…
