We want to tell you the story of a group of young people who dared to develop and establish themselves in Bulgaria. At the beginning of the year, they crossed the threshold of Code Academy with boldness, filled with expectations and dreams. Some more timidly, others more determinedly plunged into the world of IT training with us.
The first course at Code Academy, Back-end Junior Developer with SQL, PL/SQL, Java, and Spring, funded by CODIX and free for approved participants, started in January 2020. Behind their success lies a lot, incredibly hard work and a desire for success: nine hours of in-person classes per week, additional time dedicated to daily coding, communication, problem-solving, and finally presenting their group projects.
200+ hours of lectures
Behind these juniors are 200+ hours of lectures, hours during which they absorbed theory and practice in Java, Spring, SQL, PL/SQL. The full course covers the necessary foundation in several technologies, sufficient for a programmer to start working as a junior.
In addition to specific IT skills, we managed to lay the foundations of effective communication, which was at the heart of the success of their group projects. Good communication is what makes a team successful. In the IT sphere, things are no different. To succeed, you need to rely not only on your technical skills but also on excellent communication with the team.
1000+ hours of preparation
But without their perseverance, it wouldn’t have been possible. Our students, on their part, dedicated 4-8 hours daily to self-preparation. Minute after minute, hour after hour – each one of them put in a lot of effort, spent countless hours coding and assimilating theory to apply in practice. A quick calculation shows that they devoted 1000+ hours to writing, practicing, and reading during their training as junior Java programmers. Outside lecture hours, we were in constant contact with those being trained in the course.
Success is in your hands
It was a challenge for us to lead them towards their new career development, and we thank them for succeeding together. We also thank the mentors from CODIX for their assistance to our students. Today, over 80% of those who successfully completed the course work as juniors, precisely with them.
We tell you all this so that you, those who are about to cross with us in the next training sessions, know that without YOU, it’s impossible to succeed. You are the ones who have to bring the unwritten codes from under your fingertips. You yourselves have to craft your future. Those girls and boys we told you about did it. Now it’s your turn! Check out our courses here.