Stories Articles
Where Are They Now? - Galen White, Boston 20 Alum
After graduating from Launch Academy in 2018, Boston 20 Alum Galen White's career has taken off - most recently landing he...
Starting a Software Development Career at 18 - Launcher Stories
Matt moved from Texas to Boston at the age of 18 to enroll in Launch Academy and kickstart his career in software developm...
Launcher Stories - Meet Evan
Traditional education didn't work for Evan. After working in the IT field and trying college, Evan enrolled in Launch Acad...
Launch Academy Student Stories: How Climbing is Like Coding
In climbing, a crux is the most difficult or most dangerous section of a route. The grade of the route is based on the dif...
Choosing Family and Career: Why I Became a Software Engineer
“Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder.”— Sheryl SandbergI came to Launch Academy burned out on journalism and looking fo...
Building a Professional Coding Portfolio: All About Launch Academy Student Projects
At Launch Academy, every student needs to complete two software development projects in order to graduate: a group project...
Alumni Q&A: Emma Wilcox Talks Switching Into Tech
Emma Wilcox, web developer at CrowdComfort, attended Launch Academy’s 15th Boston cohort in winter 2016. In an interview w...
Student Project: SupperTime
Having a well-balanced diet is important, but sometimes life can get in the way. If you’ve ever found yourself ordering ta...
Launch Academy Student Projects: Gameshelf
Welcome back to our Breakable Toy showcase series! If you’re a board game fanatic like Kat, a Launcher in our 13th Boston ...
Launch Academy Student Projects: Somerville Guide
As the Internet of Things continues to grow, we're seeing more and more Launchers integrate connected hardware into the ap...
Launch Academy Student Projects: Musicabulary
During the last two weeks of every cohort, Launchers spend their days working on a capstone project, known as a "Breakable...
From Passion to Payday
Everyone has their own story to tell, their unique journey to becoming a developer. You don't have to have devoted your en...
Can Creatives Learn to Code?
Five years ago, if you had said I'd become a software developer, I would have responded with something like, "Right, and S...
Let's Get Real
We’ve all seen them. The overly cheeky commercials featuring testimonials from “real people” that might not actually be re...
Code Warrior: Matthew Erhard
Page not Found is definitely not what you want to be seeing when you visit a state government’s website. Under certain cir...