The latest news and insights on coding and the tech industry
Opinion
Beyond the Code with Jonny | Northcoders Head of Engineering
In last month’s blog, ‘Is Tech Only For Logical Thinkers?’, we explored what skills make a good coder, and determined that there is much more to the tech profession than just being logical.
Clare Townley
Junior Content Creator
Dealing with Imposter Syndrome in Tech
Around 70% of tech workers feel as if they are imposters who only got to where they are due to blind luck, or by appearing to peers as being more intelligent than they feel they actually are.
Betty Burrell
Marketing Manager
General
Key Steps to Successful Networking for a Career in Tech
Networking is the process of forming connections with potential future co-workers & employers, and making new relationships with other people across the space, and a big part of what we do here at Northcoders is help people get the careers in tech they're looking for using the various networks we provide for our students. This blog aims to highlight the ways you can start networking effectively.
Elliot Fernihough
Junior content producer
Is tech only for logical thinkers?
Brains are marvellous things. The brain is the physical manifestation of our consciousness, hosting 86 billion neurons that constantly fire to make connections with synapses, ultimately giving way to our body’s speech, thought, and movement, among other abilities.
Recruitment and Hiring
Top Tips to Ace a Job Interview
Interviews can seem daunting no matter how seasoned you are at them, especially when you are changing careers. However, being well prepared is often the key to acing them.
Keely Madgin
Senior Career Consultant
Tech Education
An Introduction to Data Engineering
Data engineering is a rapidly growing specialism in the tech sector concerned with collecting, accessing, and storing raw data. They use their engineering knowledge to build systems to ensure this raw data can be easily analysed – typically by data scientists or business analysts.
Beatrix Matyas
Writing a CV for your first tech job
Struggling to talk about your professional strengths when writing your CV? Fear not! We’ve laid out a step-by-step route to writing a perfect CV for your first tech job. We hope this blog will give you inspiration, tips, good guidance and good practice for those of you graduating from the Northcoders bootcamp.
When is the right time to take the Entry Challenge
You’ve been learning a lot of new things in a short span of time so it’s normal to not feel 100% ready! Here we explain when is the right time to take the Entry Challenge.
Elenia Graf
Onboarding advisor
Bootcamp Life
What computer do I need for the Northcoders Coding Bootcamp?
A question that we get asked a lot by people preparing for the Northcoders Coding Bootcamp is “What laptop or computer do I need to do the course?”.
Paul Rogerson
Software Development Lead