This summer students can apply for either Front End Web Development or Python for Data Analytics. Both classes are good entry points for a student wishing to learn to code for the first time. In Front End Web Development, our most popular class, students learn the technical skills necessary for user interface (UI) development and wire framing. Students will develop skills...
Albany Can Code is expanding its efforts to build digital job skills By: Justin Dawes via Albany Business Review Albany Can Code is moving its digital literacy classes online and expanding access in upstate New York. The workforce development effort is forming partnerships in the Capital Region and Hudson Valley in order to offer its classes through county career centers. “The work...
Albany Businesses Turn To Web Amid COVID-19 Closures By JESSE KING via WAMC/Northeast Public Radio The coronavirus pandemic has essentially shut down everyday life for many in New York. Governor Andrew Cuomo has ordered the closure of or restricted the operations of schools, restaurants, bars, gyms, and movie theatres across the state – forcing Capital Region residents and...
In light of the recent school closings in the Capital Region and beyond, AlbanyCanCode will be offering free pop-up online coding classes to the public. AlbanyCanCode is offering this service beginning tomorrow — Tuesday, March 17 to children and families in order to minimize the stress of figuring out meaningful educational experiences during this crisis. This week, participants can join by going to
Albany Can Code is proud to announce a partnership with AmeriCorps VISTA Program at Siena College to hire a Development and Outreach Coordinator. The Development and Outreach Coordinator will focus on growing ACC’s capacity to establish and promote pathways to tech careers by designing and implementing a successful strategy for raising funds; expanding and sustaining ACC’s outreach by managing and maintaining...
The organization will use $50,000 grant – Facebook’s first in the Capital Region – to scale successful tech training and fuel workforce & economic development opportunities statewide Albany, NY – AlbanyCanCode, a nonprofit dedicated to creating a new generation of software coders, today announced a significant investment from Facebook that will accelerate its expansion across New York state. With the...
AlbanyCanCode is committed to aiding our Veterans by providing access to quality training to those wishing to start a new career in the tech sector. We offer a range of classes at differing levels, taught by industry professionals. Local employers visit classes to serve as mentors, and provide valuable networking opportunities. Our staff provides career counseling, resume review, and guidance...
On Saturday, October 19, 2019 AlbanyCanCode partnered with Girls, Inc. of the Greater Capital Region to host one of our MomUp! events, thanks to a grant provided by The Schenectady Foundation’s Barbara J. Vivier Fund for Women. The event was held at Girls, Inc.’s Schenectady location, and included six pairs of daughters and moms who came to learn more about...
AT&T and the Capital Region STEM Hub have partnered to provide a free opportunity for middle school students in the City School District of Albany. Free two-week STEM camp designed to close the tech gender and diversity gaps The region’s first All Girls Summer Coding Camp is an initiative to encourage more women to enter the field of technology; an industry that...
ALBANY, NEW YORK – The Capital Region’s first software developer apprenticeship program is being established through a partnership between the Center for Economic Growth (CEG), SUNY Schenectady County Community College (SUNY Schenectady) and Albany Can Code, Inc. ...
