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Ada Developers Academy

Tech Moves: Smartsheet and Zillow add VPs; Zenoti hires CFO; Meta taps product leader

Eva Schoenleitner joined enterprise software giant Smartsheet as vice president of partner. Schoenleitner has extensive experience working in Europe and… Read More

New CEO of Ada Developers Academy on overcoming setbacks, a bigger reach and adding AI

Seattle’s Ada Developers Academy for years has been a success story for training under-represented people in tech and helping them… Read More

Tech Moves: Ada Developers Academy gets new CEO; more C-suite changes at Outreach

Tina-Marie Gulley is now CEO for Ada Developers Academy after serving as interim chief executive since April. “Her passion for… Read More

Ada Developers Academy ‘significantly’ reduces headcount, pauses admissions, names interim CEO

Seattle-based Ada Developers Academy has conducted another round of layoffs and named a new interim leader, a month after CEO… Read More

Diversity-focused school Ada Developers Academy cuts 45% of staff amid tech industry hiring pullback

Ada Developers Academy, the Seattle-based tuition-free software development boot camp for women and underrepresented sexual, gender and racial minorities, laid… Read More

GeekWire Awards 2021: Geeks Give Back celebrates groups that better our community

There’s no doubt that it has been a challenging year for nearly everyone for so many reasons. Happily, the Seattle… Read More

Ada Developers Academy going independent in hopes of expanding its tech diversity impact

Ada Developers Academy, the Seattle-based tuition-free software development boot camp for women and underrepresented sexual, gender and racial minorities, is… Read More

Tech Moves: Ada Developers Academy bolsters board; Tune CEO steps down following acquisition; AWS execs promoted

— Seattle-based Ada Developers Academy, a non-profit, tuition free coding school for women and gender-diverse adults, added four new board… Read More

After tackling energy utilities, entrepreneur Scott Case is eager to mix it up with electric vehicles

Entrepreneur Scott Case knows which big thing in tech he’s most excited about: electric vehicles and the batteries that power… Read More

Ada Developers Academy’s new CEO looks to expand coding bootcamp’s impact on tech diversity

Seattle-based Ada Developers Academy in December named Lauren Sato as the new CEO of the tuition-free, software development boot camp… Read More

Tech Moves: Create33’s original executive director departs; new leaders at Ada Developers Academy and TiE Seattle; and more

— Startup founder and advisor Micah Baldwin has left Create33 and Madrona Venture Group. “Together, we built something special,” Baldwin… Read More

GeekWire Bash Impact Partners 2019: Check out these incredible non-profit partners at today’s giant geek festival

We are excited an amazing group of non-profit Impact Partners who will join us at today’s GeekWire Anniversary Bash. These… Read More

Tech Moves: Ada Developers Academy director departs; Alexa Gadgets hires Disney vet; and more

— Nicole Buchanan is leaving Seattle-based non-profit coding bootcamp Ada Developers Academy, where she was executive director. Christine Martin, partner and… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Valant seeks DevOps engineer to support electronic health records system

Electronic Health Records (EHR) are commonplace in doctors’ offices and hospitals around the world. They help doctors track a patient’s medical… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Diversity-focused Ada Developers Academy seeks new software development teacher

The tech industry has a real struggle when it comes to attracting diverse talent, and Ada Developers Academy is doing… Read More

Working Geek: Usermind security officer Ted Bardusch on why diverse teams are more functional

Ted Bardusch remembers the good old days of the 1980s when men and women were more equally represented in the tech… Read More

Harnessing tech for good: Meet our non-profit Impact Partners at Thursday’s GeekWire Bash

The GeekWire Anniversary Bash on Thursday will feature plenty of fast-moving dodgeball, ping pong and foosball action. But it will also… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Zipwhip seeks senior software engineer to power flexible text messaging platform

There’s virtually no limit to the way we communicate these days: Skype, Snapchat, Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter — the list goes… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Ada Developers Academy is looking for a new executive director

Tech has a big diversity problem, and Ada Developers Academy tackles that problem head-on. The non-profit, fast-growing coding school offers a… Read More

Coding students tell Congresswoman there’s no simple solution to tech’s diversity problem

Tech’s diversity gap — and particularly the gender gap —  is starting to feel like a well-trodden subject. But despite increased efforts… Read More

Ada Developers Academy spotlighted in NYT article about anxieties of millennials

What defines the millennial generation? Some say technology, as the first wave of digital natives. Others say numbers — babies of… Read More

Geek of the Week: Ada Academy grad Liz Rush is passionate about developer evangelism

In January of last year, Liz Rush began studying software development in the first class of Ada Developers Academy, a… Read More

Changing how software companies interview could reduce gender bias in tech

If you’ve ever interviewed for a job as a software engineer, you’ve probably encountered the dreaded Whiteboard Test. Just you, a… Read More

Ada Developers Academy Capstone: How I went from coding novice to app developer in 6 months

If you were asked to come up with an idea for a month-long project to expand and solidify your skills… Read More

The importance of mentors when you’re learning to code

Until March, I was working as a clinical psychologist. I decided to switch gears and pursue a career in computer… Read More

The interview: The pressure builds to get into Ada Developers Academy

I’m a student in the current cohort at Ada Developers Academy (ADA), a yearlong program for women seeking careers in… Read More

Learning to code: Self-acceptance and Star Trek

In March of this year, I quit my job as a clinical psychologist to learn to code. Quite the change,… Read More

This woman codes: My path into tech

I just left my profession to spend a year working constantly for no pay. I made the decision on a… Read More

Women-only coding school Ada Developers Academy taps Microsoft vet Cynthia Tee as executive director

Ada Developers Academy, the Seattle-based, tuition-free coding school for women, today named Cynthia Tee as its new executive director. Tee spent the… Read More

Women-only, tuition-free coding school Ada Developers Academy spins out of Tech Alliance

Ada Developers Academy today announced that it will spin out of the Technology Alliance and become its own non-profit organization. The Seattle-based,… Read More

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