Blog
Read the latest from the team at Launch Academy. We'll discuss software development, learning to code, and launching your software engineering career.
How Long Does It Take To Become a Software Engineer without a Degree?
Do you know you want to become a software engineer but don't necessarily want to invest significant time and money into ge...
Launcher Stories: Aaron Alexius
Aaron was an English teacher for 13 years in the Boston public school system, where he also enjoyed helping the engi...
The Most In-Demand Programming Languages for 2023
“Which programming languages should I learn this year?” Every year, we receive this question from dozens of asp...
Launcher Stories: Josh Halpern
Josh Halpern had been working in the film industry for nearly six years. He put in 18-hour days working as a product...
The History of Our Coding Bootcamp
You know Launch Academy today as a Course Report-acclaimed coding bootcamp. We’ve spent years honing our program to ...
How to Stay Current as Software Development Evolves
The software industry is constantly evolving. To have a successful career, software developers must keep their skill...
Launcher Stories: Marian Stacey
Marian Stacey was feeling stifled in her career in academia and educational publishing. Like many other folks during...
The Future of Ruby on Rails in Our Coding Bootcamp
The most successful software developers are nimble, able to continuously grow and overcome new challenges. And that’...
How to Find Flow and Avoid Context Switching in Software Development
As a society, our understanding of the habits and behaviors that make people productive has changed significantly ov...
Launcher Stories: Owen Snyder
Owen Snyder felt bored and unaccomplished in his career. He’d been in sales for four years, and during that time he ...
Front-End vs. Back-End Development: Which Should You Learn?
If you’ve heard the terms “front end” and “back end” in relation to coding but don’t quite understand how they’re di...
Nervous about the Cultural Interview for a Junior Software Developer Job? Nail It with These Tips
Nervous about the interview process for your first entry-level software developer job? You’re not alone! Betwee...
Launcher Stories: Ross Hurlock
Ross Hurlock’s career path has been anything but linear. He dreamed of joining the United States Marine Corps, but a...
An Introduction to JavaScript—and Why Software Engineers Love this Programming Language
There are hundreds of programming languages out there—so many that it can be difficult for aspiring software enginee...
How to Succeed in Coding Bootcamp
In a traditional educational environment, students tend to focus on the one indicator of success they’ve been condit...