FREE CODING BOOTCAMPS IN PHILADELPHIA SOFTWARE
Last year, 85 percent of graduates found jobs as software engineers within six weeks of graduating, at an average salary over $90,000. The Black and Latinx-led program offers a 20-week course that trains people of color from low-income communities for high-growth careers as software engineers, and connects them with full-time jobs. We realized there needs to be a way to get individuals from those communities and give them the skills they need to access that economy.” “We saw double-digit unemployment numbers in communities of color, yet we had the fastest-growing tech economy outside of Silicon Valley. “When we looked in Boston, we found something that was really unsettling,” Noel, 32, said. Providing a gateway to nearly six-figure salaries in what seems like a snap of the fingers, Noel has helped young men and women start their careers in a highly competitive and demanding field though a free, nonprofit coding bootcamp called Resilient Coders, where Noel is the Managing Director of Engineering.Īfter showing positive results in Boston, Noel is now bringing the course back home to Philadelphia, where it will also be offered for free. After adjusting his compass, Noel is now helping young minorities find their way in the tech world as software developers. The South Philly native, who grew up at 12th and Wolf streets, made a brave decision to drop out of Yale University to pursue his dreams. But he’s paving the way for others to succeed. Leon Noel admits his path wasn’t perfect. The free course helps minorities learn computer coding through a 20-week boot camp. South Philly native Leon Noel has helped bring Boston-based Resilient Coders to his hometown.