Dev Catalyst Alumni Spotlight: Shane Elder
From working with St. Jude, creating wrist braces that actively and instantly detect cardiac arrests and seizures for their patients, to researching with Rhodes College professors, building a machine that finds dents and scratches in the aluminum parts used in Boeing airplanes, Elder has definitely not taken the internship experience for granted throughout his college career.
Dev Catalyst Alumni: Colton Cronin and A New Perspective
Today on the blog, we’re catching up with Colton Cronin, a senior math and economics major from Vanderbilt University. He reflects on his trip to San Francisco and the takeaway that fun and exciting jobs are not only out there, but they’re also attainable for students who are learning skills through Dev Catalyst.
Dev Catalyst Alumni Spotlight: Alex Tetzlaff and Limitless Puzzles
With its infinite possibilities, Tetzlaff was drawn to coding after spending years intrigued with computers and striving to understand how they worked, so when his high school announced they would be offering the Dev Catalyst program, he jumped at the opportunity to participate.
Dev Catalyst Alumni Spotlight: Shaival Modi and Learning to Fail
We’re catching up with Shaival Modi, junior computer engineering major at the University of Memphis and this week’s Dev Catalyst Alumni Spotlight. He shares about his current internship at International Paper, and how he was also able to walk away from the San Francisco trip with significant life lessons, like learning the value of networking, after visiting all the different tech companies.
Dev Catalyst Alumni Spotlight: Robert Yin and How to Overcome Adversity
We’re catching up with Robert Yin, sophomore computer science major with a concentration in artificial intelligence at Northeastern University in Boston. He wants to encourage young students that there is not a single, preconceived path one has to take when entering the world of coding—a lesson he learned while on Dev Catalyst’s San Francisco trip.
Dev Catalyst Alumni Spotlight: Shelby Larson
From running her own defense contract marketing company HUNTSVILLE.IO to interning at TRIBAL App, Shelby has found that no matter if you think you're going to go into a career in coding or not, that knowledge is still really helpful.
Dev Catalyst Alumni Spotlight: Luke Potasiewicz
Dev Catalyst is approaching its eighth year and as alumni begin to graduate we’re continually amazed by their achievements. The goal from the beginning has been to provide industry-current coding education to build our nation’s tech talent pipeline. Working specifically to cultivate students’ skills in web development, physical computing, UX, and data management.
Dev Catalyst Celebrates Another Great Trip to San Francisco
A few months ago, over 200 students submitted their final projects from their Dev Catalyst coding classes to our competition. Out of those, 21 exceptional students were awarded an all expenses paid tech tour of San Francisco. The trip, which is the sixth of its nature, gives students the chance to visit some top companies in Silicon Valley and discover the vast career options available to those in tech.