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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Let's Get Real
We’ve all seen them. The overly cheeky commercials featuring testimonials from “real people” that might not actually be re...
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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...