A career in code can change everything.

Our mission is to create career pathways in software development for women and minorities to help combat poverty in Central NY. We will provide you with the technical skills you need to obtain internships and entry level software development positions with local employers after 24 weeks of instruction.

120 days

75% OF CODING BOOTCAMP GRADUATES OBTAIN FULL-TIME JOBS IN THE FIELD WITHIN 180 DAYS¹

$66,887

IS THE AVERAGE SALARY FOR CODING BOOTCAMP GRADUATES¹

73%

OF CODING BOOTCAMP GRADUATES ARE HIRED FOR FULL-TIME SOFTWARE JOBS²

64%

IS THE AVERAGE SALARY INCREASE BOOTCAMP GRADUATES REPORT OR $26,021²

¹Course Report, 2016 Coding Bootcamp Survey Results, "Key Findings"

²Course Report, 2016 Coding Bootcamp Survey Results, "Overview"

Meet our awesome students

Anna Aombe

Ashwon Johnson

Dakir Thompson

Dana McMullen

Elizabeth Metclaf

Eva Carafa

Jacquay Winfield

Katilyn Warboy

Karin Thorne

Katherine Tortora

Kelly Corey

Timothy Liles

Syllabus

We will provide you with real world technical skills required by local employers.

Student Admissions Process

Here is what to expect during the admissions process. Note that the deadline has passed.

Responsibilites and Expectations

Local Developer Meetups, Groups, and Events

Hack Upstate. 24 hour hackathons. Share ideas, form teams, build projects, and win awesome prizes.
OpenHack. Casual social coding meetup with a simple purpose: Code together, on anything. Meets the second tuesday of each month at Syracuse Coworks.
Syracuse.io. Home to Syracuse's diverse and growing developer scene. Make sure to join their slack!
Syracuse Javascript Meetup. A group dedicated to discussing and working with the JavaScript programming language. Meetups the third tuesday of each month at Syracuse Coworks.
Women in Coding. Workshop style classes once a month every second Saturday of the month from 10am-12pm at The Tech Garden.
Syracuse Software Development Meetup
Syracuse Tech Meetup

Capstone Project

Over the duration of the bootcamp, students will create a project on something they are passionate on. The project will be a full-stack (front-end, back-end, database) application that will be built throughout the 24 weeks of the program. Students will write a series of technical blog posts about their project, talk about problems they are solving, and discuss with instructors and their students about what they are building.

Learning Resources

Check out some learning resources!

Contact

Doug Crescenzi

doug@hackupstate.com

(315) 436-8655

Jesse Peplinski

jesse@hackupstate.com

(315) 409-3514