Saturday, July 16, 2022

Coding training for programmers

 COLUMBUS, Miss. – The Mississippi Coding Academies' Golden Triangle campus celebrated the graduation of their 2021-22 class of coders. on July 15. The 11-month tuition-free program teaches students programming skills to create a website, app or even a video game from scratch. “There are always going to be positions opening up for coders, programmers, developers,” says coding instructor Jessika Hayes. This graduating class is first for Hayes on the Columbus campus of East Mississippi Community College. According to code.org, the average salary for coders in Mississippi is $72,039. The course starts with the basics and ends with students exposed to a variety of programming languages. yes says. “The backend is what’s happening behind the scenes. What happens when you click that button? What happens to your username when you enter it into a text box?” Hayes learned under Andrew Stamps, now the director of the coding academy campus in Biloxi. “We’ve transformed lives that hopefully can maybe change some of the views of this region of our country,” Stamps says. “You know, ‘Hey, this is a place where I never thought I could find this kind of talent.'” The Mississippi Coding Academies program is designed to be an easily accessible and non-traditional path to becoming a software professional, especially for those from lower-income people. Accepting applications to next class. (Source: WCBI 07/15/22) Mississippi Coding Academies training up  programmers and software developers in the Golden Triangle (wcbi.com)  Mississippi. “The vision was to have this type of training for this area, this type of education opportunity. for citizens,” says EMCC President Dr. Scott Alsobrooks. 0ing applications for its next session. , 



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