Welcome to the job-hunt! Makers is an intense three-month Bootcamp but the work isn’t really over until you achieve the dream that inspired you to learn to code in the first place: receiving the job offer that will launch your first job in tech. There is usually a lot of mixed feelings when you…

Establish Routine You’re probably exhausted with a mix of anxious excitement about what the job hunt will feel like. Week one is about experiencing yourself outside of the regularity of group work and pairing. …

Coaching is an ambiguous term and my role as a Careers Coach for Makers explains very little about what I do and what I can do for you. In this article, I explain what I do as a Makers’ Career Coach. …

There is nothing more exhilarating and life-affirming that stepping out of life as you know it for one of the biggest adventures of your life. …

Insights from coaching job-hunters at Makers — Interviews. Yayikes! I’m the Careers Coach here at Makers and my role is to help our software developers get their first jobs in this field. I spend a lot of time coaching them on practising for interviews (both technical and behavioural) and I wanted to share some of my most…

Insights on mastering the job hunt, from my experiences as Careers Coach at Makers — As they say in the careers team: “Always be hustling”. There is truth here. …

Insights on mastering the job hunt from my experiences as Careers Coach at Makers — You know you’ll get a job as a professional developer, even if you have your own inner mix of anxiety and excitement. You know this because hundreds of Makers have been hired before you. Plus there’s an entire Careers Team at Makers to connect you with some very exciting tech…

With help from the Makers Academy Careers Team — Changing careers is a decision no budding developer makes on a whim. One of the reasons new students choose Makers Academy is because we have an amazingly supportive Careers Team. …