Being Prepared! First and foremost, students leave the classroom knowing they've already got the skills to succeed in their internship! But, a little extra prep never hurt anyone! So, we ask all our partnership companies what they want their interns…
The Interviews Each student will present their resumes and have a 10-20 minute technical interview with 3-4 companies before being matched for an internship. That may sound really scary! But don't worry you'll be ready! Before you interview, you'll have…
We're in the home stretch, people! Bittersweet but very exciting, we have nearly arrived to the light at the end of this 10 week tunnel. We have completed our group projects (check it out – internmatchday.herokuapp.com!) and are preparing for the…
The Internship! It's one of the things that draws students to LEARN academy. Interning at a local company allows LEARNers to take the skills they acquired in the class and apply them to a real world environment, while continuing to…
Cue the drumroll; group projects have arrived! Welcome to the most dramatic week of class!! Throughout all of the years of schooling, we as humans inevitably joined forces with those most likeminded to us, and this educational endeavor has been…
CRUD [ acronym, meaning create / read / update / destroy ] Also known as, the shortcut to building a Ruby on Rails app. I should have seen this coming!! Now that we know the true way to create the…
If you're around my age and spent a lot of time online when you were a kid, you probably had a Neopets account. In your early teens, you might have complained about school on LiveJournal, and kept in touch with…
I officially had made an app that I am proud of! This week flowed so nicely and everything seemed to click. We made a registration app that allowed you to log in with a user name and password, search the…
Professional development week, nice to meet you! Week 7 was honestly the most unsuspecting of all lessons this far. My Monday thoughts were something to the tune of "I already have my stuff together, I don't need a whole week…