Capstone has helped me secure, and perform strongly on, a Level 2 Software Engineer role, with no prior experience.
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Being an online program means that it's difficult to describe the feeling or ambiance of our school. There are no desks or computers to show you and there are no smells or wall art to draw you in. In lieu of a physical space, we've built a vibrant community and you'll see below how our students experience a uniquely rigorous learning curriculum that's 100% online.
As students work through Launch School, many write articles to help them both retain technical information as well as process the learning journey. Reading these articles can help you understand what it takes to succeed at Launch School.
You can find articles on our Success Stories (below) or on our Launch School Medium publication.
The Launch School Podcast is where you can listen to previous students talk about their learning journeys and get an idea of what it takes to be successful at Launch School. You can consume the Launch School Podcast in a variety of ways:
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These are students who have completed the entire Launch School curriculum, from the Core Curriculum through Capstone. The entire process typically lasts from 1-2+ years. Read their stories to get a feel for their journey and transformation.
Capstone has helped me secure, and perform strongly on, a Level 2 Software Engineer role, with no prior experience.
READ MOREI can't speak highly enough of the support of both the staff and student community fostered at Launch School. Those who commit to the Launch School path will find themselves surrounded by dedicated and encouraging fellow students and staff who will then comprise a strong network of top-notch Software Engineers.
READ MOREEven after accepting a lead instructor position with a notable bootcamp, I was unsatisfied with my career trajectory. It was only once I joined Capstone that I saw the true power of "just-in-time" learning. I refined my understanding of higher level concepts, designed and built an amazing project with a distributed team, and landed an engineering role with a world-class organization led by a legendary tech entrepreneur.
READ MOREI had a mountain of student loan debt that I’d taken on to get an undergraduate and then graduate degree, and knew I’d never be able to pay off. I completed the core curriculum and joined Capstone which then got me a six-figure salary as a Software Engineer within 4 weeks of starting the job hunt.
READ MOREI didn’t just want a job, I wanted a rewarding career where I could meaningfully contribute and grow for years to come. With the baseline knowledge and habits established in the core curriculum and the intensity of the Capstone program, I feel well prepared to stay relevant across an ever-changing industry.
READ MOREI had been working for ten years in a different industry and was ready for a career change. I was at the point where I needed something beyond self-study to prepare me for a career as a developer. Luckily, I found Launch School.
READ MOREIt’s hard to overestimate the role Launch School’s Capstone and the Core Curriculum programs played in me getting my first full time tech job. My first full time tech job far exceeded my expectations in terms of salary and seniority level.
READ MOREI believe that the Capstone program gave me the rare opportunity to get serious mentorship and team experience that would have taken years to receive on the job.
READ MOREExperts always return to fundamentals because they are the foundation on which everything else is built. Launch School’s core program embodies this principle by emphasizing mastery of fundamentals through purposeful individual study.
READ MOREI would not hesitate to say that Launch School was the most well-structured and effective learning experience I’ve ever had the pleasure of participating in.
READ MOREI eventually landed an offer with DigitialOcean - which is beyond my imagination!
READ MOREAnyone who aspires to push themselves to be the best that they can be should consider Capstone. Capstone really is a fantastic career-launching step.
READ MOREThe core curriculum provides a solid platform and jumping off point to go learn almost anything you could want to in programming
READ MOREWithin two weeks of sending out my first application, I was getting contacted so often that I had to start turning away opportunities for interviews. I had the freedom to choose where I would work and I ended up accepting an incredible offer for a Software Engineer II position from a tech startup in Manhattan.
READ MOREI never thought I’d be making 6 figures in my twenties but I just landed my number 1 choice company and in a mid-level Software Engineering role just two weeks after completing Capstone.
READ MOREAnd the end result? I’ve landed my dream job at DigitalOcean as a Software Engineer II for the Network Services team, skipping an entry level role and working on projects & technologies that I thought out of my reach just 2 years ago. And more than doubling my salary from my previous job!
READ MOREYour ultimate goal should be to get one of the top jobs out there. And trust me, the Launch School team and their curriculum are more than capable of helping you to achieve that.
READ MOREWas it all worth it in the end? Without a doubt, my answer is a resounding yes! After 10 weeks on the job hunt, I accepted an offer for a position where I’ll be making more than $100k/year.
READ MOREWithin 10 weeks of my first application, I had accepted a large salary and a small bonus at a company whose mission I was genuinely excited about.
READ MOREFrom the first glance, it was apparent that Launch School had been founded by industry veterans. I have never encountered a curriculum more in-depth and rigorous
READ MOREI often thought about making a career change into software development, but it wasn’t until I found Launch School that I felt confident that I could make that ambition a reality.
READ MOREHad it not been for Launch School and Capstone, I would still be working a dead-end job with no real ambitions. Now that I am on the hiring side, I would not hesitate to hire Capstone graduates from Launch School, especially from personal experience that Capstone is the real deal.
READ MORECapstone - If I could sum it up in one phrase it’d be this: you will blow yourself away. Your foundational investment will payoff as you build something truly awesome.
READ MOREI was able to join a company in a new domain with a new tech stack because Launch School doesn't focus on the hot topic of the day but the more important underlying ideas and concepts
READ MOREI can say with confidence that there is simply no better way to launch a career in software engineering than with Launch School
READ MOREThanks to Launch School's guidance, philosophy, curriculum and Capstone Program, I am now a Software Engineer working a job in NYC and earning well over $100k/year
READ MOREI have not once regretted my decision to join Launch School and its Capstone program
READ MOREThe fact of the matter is that I simply would not have been provided the top quality job opportunity that I ultimately accepted if it wasn’t for the process that we followed and the mentoring that we were given.
READ MOREThese stories are from students who did not participate in the Capstone Program, and either completed the Core Curriculum or stopped Launch School before completing the entire Core Curriculum. Despite not completing Capstone, many still landed great opportunities and there's a common theme of learning with patience. If you look carefully, you'll notice that many of these non-Capstone students also spent years at Launch School.
If you cannot do Capstone for whatever reasons, let me assure you that the Core Curriculum is more than enough to prepare you for a successful entry into the software engineering world.
READ MOREThis could be the program for you if you're looking for something that's more on the hardcore end of the spectrum
READ MOREThe biggest take away that I got from Launch School was confidence. I solve software engineering problems for a living and every day I reach back to the patterns that I learned here.
READ MORESuffice to say, I'm excelling at my job and it's all thanks to a tremendous amount of hard work, dedication, and Launch School.
READ MOREAside from being a good resource for beginners, Launch School has proven transformational to me as a prior startup founder with a few years of programming experiences and a MS in Software Engineering
READ MORELaunch School has given me the belief that I can accomplish anything that I put my mind to; perhaps the most valuable lesson of all
READ MOREI've gained the attitude of constantly looking for better ways to do things, understanding my tools more deeply and working to become a better developer
READ MOREIt is clear that the Launch School team really cares about offering the best program they can
READ MOREI even believe I've learned how to learn better, and I've become a better problem-solver in general throughout the coursework
READ MOREI got a different role making significantly more than twice what I had been making as a 'web specialist', putting me firmly in six-figure
READ MOREThere was never a moment when I felt as though I was glossing over a key detail and that aspect of the program gave me the confidence to tackle increasingly difficult problems as the months went by
READ MOREIt was the best investment of my time that I made. Even better than going to university!
READ MORELaunch School has already given me not only the ability to create full stack web applications from scratch - it's also given me the confidence to get a new job writing code and solving problems
READ MORELaunch School gave me all of the core tools I needed to start building meaningful, useful software applications
READ MORELaunch School truly prepares you to be an asset on day one of a real job in the industry.
READ MORELaunch School doesn’t just teach you the fundamentals of programming and web development, but it also gives you the tools and context to learn anything you want to learn on your own
READ MOREI'd like to share my experience with new Launch Schoolers, don't doubt, trust Launch School, follow the syllabus, make your efforts, your decision is 100% correct
READ MOREI've been working as a Rails developer for almost 2 years now. It's quite likely that I wouldn't have made it if I hadn't chosen Launch School.
READ MOREThis programme opened possibilities for me that would have taken me years to reach
READ MORETaking this program is one of the best decisions that I have ever made.
READ MOREI landed what I consider being the perfect junior ruby developer job before even finishing the program
READ MOREIn the end I landed a great job after I completed my study at Launch School
READ MOREIn the end I truly believe that Launch School changed my life
READ MORESigning up for Launch School was a life-defining moment for me
READ MOREI still can't believe that I went from a job that was basically shuffling papers to a job that lets me build an app for Olympic games
READ MOREBottom line, complete this program and you will have all the skills you need to land a job or build your own products
READ MOREAfter only 3 weeks of finishing the program I was working full time as a Jr Developer in an amazing company in downtown Toronto
READ MOREThis is the course to go for to get a concrete foundation on programming
READ MOREIt's probably the best investment (time and money) I did for myself in a long time
READ MOREThis program is by far the most advanced, cost effective way of learning how to be a real programmer and get paid like one
READ MOREI highly recommend Launch School's program for anyone who wants to learn how to code and land a job as a software engineer
READ MOREThe ones that I had on my short list were Bloc.io, Thinkful, General Assembly, and Launch School. I chose Launch School because it was the only one that was forcused on building students a robust foundation and because its model allowed me to work through the courses at my own pace
READ MOREIf you are considering doing a bootcamp or any sort of online course to become a web developer, you have found the one - Launch School
READ MOREThe true value of this course is actually learning how to think like a developer, how to approach your problems, and how to seek out the answers
READ MOREIf you're really considering becoming a Web developer from scratch, this is the right place for you
READ MOREI highly recommend Launch School for beginners to web development or programming in general
READ MOREIn just 2 months after completing the last course and submersing myself into the local Rails community, I got an offer as a Rails developer from a Fortune 100 company
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These are articles that current students are writing about while working through Launch School. Topics range from technical explanations to reflections on learning to mastery. Great results are obvious when the curriculum is rigorous enough, but if you really want to get an idea of what it feels like while on the journey to mastery, read these reflections.
Recap 2020
READ MORERubyConf 2020 -- Launch School Retrospective
READ MOREThankful, 2020
READ MOREPodcast S2E9: Student Panel Discussion
READ MOREWhen am I ready to take Launch School’s 109 interview?
READ MOREJS OOP Deep-Dive: Object.assign
READ MORETurning array-like objects into arrays with JavaScript
READ MORELearn OOP the Fun Way: Build a Command Line Frogger Game
READ MOREEncapsulation, Polymorphism, and Abstraction in Ruby (review for RB120-129)
READ MOREStudious Learners
READ MOREAre you upset about your grade? This one is for you
READ MOREThe Guide I wish I had for JavaScript Object Creation Patterns
READ MOREPodcast S2E8: Community Learning at the SPOT with Leena, Rodney, and Christian!
READ MOREFacing the Scary Parts: LS Exercise ‘After Midnight’
READ MOREA shallow dive into the 'constructor' property in Javascript
READ MOREWhat to expect from Launch School’s RB109 Written Assessment
READ MOREWhat people misunderstand about Launch School
READ MORERuby - Hashes and Mutable Default Values
READ MOREGetting to know Launch School’s JS129 assessments
READ MOREJavaScript Scope, Hoisting, and Closure Exercises
READ MOREAre interview assessments brutal? (they're not)
READ MORELaunch School Written Assessment Tips
READ MORE7 Things I Learned from my Written Assessment
READ MOREOvercoming test anxiety to pass Launch School’s RB109 written assessment
READ MOREDeferred Payment Program Webinar Recording (Sept 3rd, 2020)
READ MORESecret Sauce Comes in Many Flavors
READ MORELocal variable scoping rules when Ruby converts a Proc into a block.
READ MOREAnnouncing Our Deferred Payment Program
READ MOREThe Pros & Cons of Codewars for Launch School Assessments
READ MOREKeep Calm and Code
READ MORESome of the things I can now fully appreciate after finishing most of the core curriculum
READ MORE4 Years Ago I Decided to Be a Self-Taught Developer Instead of Going to College
READ MOREEducational Entrapment
READ MOREHow does the Internet work?
READ MOREA comparative guide to JavaScript's object creation patterns
READ MOREA Comprehensive List of RB109 Practice Problems & Other Tips
READ MOREWhen Coding Goes Wrong: Or, My Advice for Launch School’s 109 Interview Assessment
READ MORELessons from the Core Curriculum
READ MORE2019 Capstone Salary Retrospective
READ MOREPodcast S2E7: Sunny Beatteay comes by the podcast to chat about Digital Ocean, his day to day there, how he got promoted so quickly, and salary numbers. And really, so much more.
READ MOREMy Preparation Process for the LS 129 Written Assessment
READ MOREPreparing for the 129 Interview Assessment
READ MOREThe Night before the Live Assessment
READ MOREJS109 Written assessment - Afterword
READ MOREOn preparing for - and FINALLY taking - the Launch School RB109 assessment
READ MOREWhy (insert previous job here) should become programmers
READ MORELetter to a Launch School n00b
READ MOREExploring let, const and var
READ MOREFully Re-embracing the Fuzziness: Unpausing the Launch School After a Long Hiatus
READ MOREJS Prototypes
READ MORERecap on JS129 Assessment Preparation
READ MOREEncapsulation –a quick explanation of a core concept of object-oriented programming with Ruby
READ MOREProgramming Clickbait
READ MOREentropy.reverse!
READ MOREMy General Tips and Learning from JS101 and JS109
READ MOREMy Complete Study Guide for the JavaScript 109 Written & Interview Assessment
READ MOREPodcast S2E6: From Launch School to making $250k at Facebook
READ MOREProblem-Solving Patterns: Parsing
READ MORELaunch School 109 Interview Assessment: Tips for Internal Processors
READ MORENotes on Learning to Program During a Pandemic
READ MOREAn Open Love Letter to Launch School
READ MORETowards a Conceptual Model of Object Oriented Programming
READ MOREOur First Non-Five Star Review
READ MOREA feedback about my experience so far, how much time it took to complete js101, why I chose JavaScript track, what I liked and describe my expectations for the JS109 Assessment.
READ MOREMy Study Tips for the JS129 Assessment
READ MOREDealing with Nerves and Assessments at Launch School
READ MORELaunch School’s First Assessment for JavaScript Track (JS109)
READ MOREFirst Assessment Experience (RB 109)
READ MOREDeep Equality Comparison of JavaScript Objects
READ MOREObject-Oriented Javascript Methods: Comparing Pseudo-Classical, OLOO, and the 2015 Class Syntax
READ MOREPreparing for the JS109 Interview Assessment
READ MOREPodcast S2E5: Six figure remote job
READ MOREA Beginner’s Guide to Surviving Launch School 101
READ MOREJavaScript: A Beginner’s Guide to Understanding Spread and Rest Syntax
READ MORELaunch School: Learnings From Week of 2/12/2020
READ MOREPassing Launch School's First Assessments: RB109
READ MOREWe turned our $30k marketing budget into scholarships
READ MORERecording: How to Navigate a Recession
READ MOREPodcast S2E4 - Gabe, Ben, and Arthur on the importance of studying together and community.
READ MOREUsing Ampersand (&) with blocks in Ruby
READ MORELaunch School's Response to Covid-19
READ MOREJavascript Implicit Return using Arrow Functions
READ MOREHalfway Point of Launch School
READ MOREKy’s (Somewhat Poignant) Guide to Subjectively Thinking Objectively
READ MOREPodcast S2E3 - Sasha Prodan
READ MOREHow Does The Internet Work?
READ MOREReflections of a Launch School Alumnus
READ MORE5 Study Lessons from a Beginner
READ MOREPost First Project Thoughts
READ MORE4 Pillars of Object-Oriented Programming: Encapsulation, Polymorphism, Inheritance, and Abstraction
READ MOREUnderstanding Currying in JavaScript—A Practical Guide
READ MORETwo Ruby patterns around map and reduce
READ MORELaunch School Podcast S2 Episode 2 is Live!
READ MORESQL Indexing for Devs — Part 2: Practical Indexing Advice
READ MORESQL Indexing for Devs — Part 1: Execution Plans
READ MOREHow the Internet Works
READ MORELearning at Work
READ MOREThe Race to Explain the Internet
READ MORELaunch School Podcast Season 2 is live!
READ MOREJoining Integers, Making Strings
READ MOREThinking Slow
READ MORELearn To Struggle
READ MORE(Another) AMA with a Launch School Capstone Grad
READ MOREHow Long Will It Take?
READ MOREClose Your Eyes, Breathe, and then…Jump in
READ MORE7 Problem-Solving Principles to Adhere to In Your Programming Journey
READ MOREThankful
READ MOREDe-Isolate Your Studying
READ MOREIf You Give a Programmer a Cookie
READ MOREPlanning, Pivoting, and Mastery
READ MOREHow I Memorized Rails Routes
READ MOREKy's Guide 1.2 - The Powers of Preparation and Procrastination
READ MOREThreads to Chains
READ MOREWhat I did after I completed the Launch School Core Curriculum
READ MOREReviewing the Launch School Core Curriculum
READ MOREManaging Anxiety in Launch School Assessments
READ MOREReflections on a Bad Problem Solving Process
READ MORERebuilding A Career After Stay at Home Parenthood
READ MOREThe Definitive Guide For Creating Ruby Gems
READ MOREWhy fundamentals are important?
READ MORETips on Studying Part-Time at Launch School
READ MOREWhat's up with the & (ampersand) in Ruby closures?
READ MORE"Just in Time" Learning
READ MORECloning in JavaScript v. Cloning in Ruby
READ MOREHow to Prepare for Getting Stuck on a Launch School Interview Assessment
READ MOREReflections at the Halfway Point
READ MOREClarifying "this" in JavaScript
READ MOREWhen JavaScript Goes 'Splat'
READ MOREThe names you choose in programming
READ MOREStoring Objects in YAML with Ruby
READ MOREMy Favourite Codewars Kata to Prepare for Launch School's 109 Oral Assessment
READ MORELaunch School’s Course 202 — A Traveler’s Guide
READ MORE15 Tips for the Road to Mastery...in Launch School
READ MORETips for Launch School Assessment-139
READ MOREHow I Prepared for Launch School's 109 Written Assessment
READ MORERotation Braid
READ MOREThe Road So Far: RB120 and 129
READ MOREA Place to Start
READ MOREEmbracing Structured Problem Solving
READ MOREIterating in Ruby: 4 ways to go
READ MOREThanks Launch School - a life-changing experience !
READ MOREMy Study Habits
READ MOREObject-Oriented Programming in Ruby. Basics and definitions (2/2)
READ MORESimple Ideas, Well Executed
READ MOREJoining the Curve
READ MOREJob hunt without breaking yourself
READ MORETricky OOP Rules to Remember
READ MOREShort Term vs Long Term
READ MOREObject-Oriented Programming in Ruby. Basics and definitions (1/2)
READ MORESometimes the key to learning fast is looking dumb
READ MOREThe Road So Far: RB101 and RB109
READ MORENotes From the Halfway Point
READ MOREFrom biology to computer programming: review after 6 months with Launch School
READ MOREWould you rather get what you want to slowly or get what you don’t want much faster?
READ MOREAm I a “real” Software Engineer yet?
READ MOREMedium is the Hardest
READ MOREWhy PEDAC is like Chocolate Cake
READ MOREReflection: After Launch School’s Core Curriculum
READ MOREHow I Navigated the Job Hunt and Landed My Dream Job
READ MOREA New Thing for High School Students
READ MOREHTTP Request — Response Cycle, a Letter in the Mail (pt.2)
READ MOREJavaScript Closures
READ MORERuby Quick Reference
READ MORERock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock!
READ MOREWhy do programming bootcamps fail to live up to their job placement expectations?
READ MOREMastery-based Learning with Chris Lee (podcast episode)
READ MOREHow I Architected a Single-Page React Application: Part II — Redux
READ MOREHow I Architected a Single-Page React Application: Part I — Data Structures, Components, and APIs
READ MORETips for the Launch School RB109 Assessment
READ MORETips for the Launch School RB139 Assessment
READ MORERuby as a Second Language
READ MORERubocop Musings
READ MOREMy review of the launch school core curriculum and other thoughts
READ MOREDiscipline vs. Enthusiasm From Beginner to… Sophisticated Beginner
READ MORECoding crisis: Stuck in a loop
READ MOREWhat The Heck are Collaborator Objects?
READ MOREHTTP Request — Response Cycle, a Letter in the Mail
READ MOREUsing Ruby's .digits method
READ MORESolid Study Habits for Coders
READ MOREUsing Ruby's .zip method to combine arrays
READ MOREHow To Approach Any Algorithm Interview Without Panicking
READ MOREA practical guide to containers
READ MOREFrom an idea to a working game in 7 days — part 3
READ MOREFrom an idea to a working game in 7 days — part 2
READ MOREFrom an idea to a working game in 7 days — part 1
READ MOREThe Physical Side of Programming
READ MOREArrow function: forEach, $.each, .each
READ MOREBuilding SpaceCraft: A Real-Time Collaborative REPL
READ MOREFull time job AND Launch School?
READ MOREMy List of Books & Resources for LS Students
READ MOREThis is an article about how to deploy an AWS Lambda function via the AWS console, AWS command line interface, and the AWS software developer kit.
READ MOREThoughts on Await and Try...Catch
READ MOREBAM! — A Serverless Framework
READ MOREBuilding bam-lambda.com using BAM!
READ MOREArrow function: What is this? (1)
READ MOREThe Basics Of OOP Ruby: An Overview Of Key Concepts
READ MOREElevate Your Learning
READ MOREIt’s Not About Content
READ MOREReflections on my Journey and Launch School After Course 101
READ MORE500 Hours Learning Programming Fundamentals Taught In 10–30 Hours By Other Sites
READ MOREPreparing For My First Launch School Assessment
READ MOREAMA with a Launch School Capstone Graduate
READ MOREThe EDD Theorem for Education Design
READ MOREWhat are Web Workers
READ MORELaunch School Stories
READ MOREThe Dangers of Learning Just Enough
READ MOREHaving Fun with PEDAC Approach, List and Functional Abstractions
READ MOREMDN vs. Launch School
READ MORERules Are Meant to Be Broken: Ruby’s Shorthand for Methods that Don’t Take an Argument
READ MOREHow Can Full Stack Developers Learn So Many Skills?
READ MOREHow Long Does it Take to Become a Full-Stack Developer?
READ MORENew JavaScript Debugging Exercises
READ MOREJavaScript Object Creation and the Prototype Chain
READ MOREJavaScript Design Patterns: Building a Mental Model
READ MOREAn Education Engineer’s Approach to Teaching
READ MOREA Closer Look at the BCrypt Gem
READ MOREJavaScript Weekly: Graceful Error Handling
READ MOREFirst Programming Language and Learning Approach Matters!
READ MORECan a 10-12 Week Coding Bootcamp Turn You into a Full Stack Web Developer?
READ MOREJavaScript Weekly: Data Types and Mutability
READ MOREA Tale of Two Websites: the importance of slow progress and self-reflection
READ MOREBuilding A Location Finder App Powered by the Google Maps JavaScript API
READ MOREJavaScript Weekly: Making Sense of Closures
READ MOREHow I Discovered Launch School
READ MOREWe're Not a Bootcamp
READ MOREJavaScript Weekly: Learning Alone, Together
READ MOREJavaScript Weekly: Understanding Links on the Object Prototype Chain
READ MOREWhy I chose Launch School for my Software Development journey
READ MOREHow to Stand Out During the Tech Interview
READ MOREJavaScript Weekly: An Introduction to Iteration and Enumerability
READ MOREEasily Deploy your Sinatra app to DigitalOcean with Docker
READ MOREJavaScript Weekly: Using a Structured Problem-Solving Approach
READ MOREHow I went from student to drop out to software engineer
READ MOREJavaScript Weekly: Fundamental Object Design Patterns
READ MOREJavaScript Weekly: An Introduction to First-Class Functions
READ MOREJavaScript Weekly: What in the World is this?!
READ MORESinatra From Scratch: Building a toy version of a Ruby web framework from the ground up.
READ MOREJavaScript Weekly: All About Scope
READ MOREBuilding Layr: An Experimental Decentralized Cloud Storage System
READ MOREThe Two-Layer Problem
READ MOREKnowing is not enough: You need tactics too — How to be prepared for Launch School written assessments
READ MOREA Brief History of PostgreSQL
READ MORERuby Methods: String#gsub
READ MOREThe Dangers of Instant Gratification Learning
READ MOREHARD Goals - Part 2
READ MORETaking a study break with a side project
READ MOREFrom Bootcamp to Mastery: A Five Year Journey
READ MOREHow to Succeed on the 209 Assessment
READ MOREWhat I Learned About Life by Learning to Code
READ MOREAnnouncing Our New Website
READ MOREMastery-based Learning at Launch School
READ MORE"We don't even teach PHP," or Learning the Fundamentals
READ MORERiding with Training Wheels: a Good Learning Platform Let’s You Focus on the Important Stuff
READ MOREBeginner's mental model of ruby object model
READ MOREWhy You Need an Interview Script
READ MOREWhat it took to land my dream software engineering job
READ MOREMind the Gap…Mind the Gap!
READ MOREMy Journey to Become a Programmer: Letting Go of Anxiety Towards Uncertainty
READ MOREThe JavaScript Pseudoclassical Object Creation Pattern: A Step-by-Step Walkthrough
READ MOREPour Some (Syntactic) Sugar On Me
READ MORETech and Talk: A Webinar Series
READ MOREUnderstanding Git and GitHub
READ MOREReflections on Capstone and Solving Large Problems
READ MOREJavaScript Expressions and Statements
READ MORECapstone week 6.5: A balance of research, learning new technology, and learning how to learn
READ MOREObject Oriented Design: Part 1 - Purpose
READ MORECapstone Week 5: Know-how is Useless Without 'Know-why' and How to Learn Frameworks Like an Engineer
READ MOREHalfway There: Reflections After 9 Months With Launch School
READ MORECapstone week 4: Problem Solving on the Shoulders of Giants
READ MORECapstone week 3: Mastery Vs Comfort
READ MOREPassing variables to blocks when chaining collection methods
READ MORECapstone Week 2: Recursion and Dynamic Programming
READ MOREHow Launchschool Saved My Life
READ MORESolving Coding Problems With PEDAC
READ MORECapstone Week 1: The power of a Good Mental Model
READ MOREThe Fast Track for Impatient Hacks to a Gig in Software Tinkering
READ MORETwo ways of thinking
READ MOREBuilding Conclave: a decentralized, real time, collaborative text editor. (Capstone Project, August 2017 cohort)
READ MOREOn Launch School Written Assessments
READ MOREDarth Vader is a mouth-breather (and what that has to do with your coding studies)
READ MOREReflections on 2017 —LaunchSchool vs Coding Bootcamps
READ MOREA Bunch of Sets
READ MOREHow Do We Grow?
READ MOREBreaking Into the Programming Mindset
READ MOREJavaScript ES6 var-let-const
READ MOREDeveloping a Good Habit on Making the Original Object Immutable
READ MOREThings I’ve done to support my Launch School habit
READ MOREMaintaining Motivation While Living Life On The Plateau
READ MOREEvent Delegation & Bubbling
READ MORESix Questions to Understand the CSS Box Model
READ MOREConsistency: the key to success
READ MOREOn Excursions and Distractions
READ MOREIntroduction to Functional Abstractions In JavaScript
READ MORELean Forward, then Backflip
READ MOREThe Technical Interview: Learning How To Be Uncomfortable
READ MORETic Tac Toe in Terminal
READ MORE"No object is an island"
READ MORELaunch School So Far
READ MOREAdvice for 109 Written Assessment (4 part series)
READ MORE3 simple steps for writing recursive methods in Ruby (or any other language)
READ MOREHow I Built a Custom Framework and App with Rack: Part 1
READ MOREPseudo Classical Style vs Objects Linking to Other Objects, in their own voices.
READ MOREJavaScript: Building Custom Functions, for Greater Programming Enjoyment
READ MOREKeep Pushing Through the Pain
READ MOREDemystifying Ruby Applications, Ruby Application Servers, and Web Servers
READ MOREParams in Rails: Where do they come from? Rails Params Explained
READ MOREOn LaunchSchool Interview Assessments
READ MOREHow to Solve a 1 kyu Kata on Codewars
READ MOREInfinite Recursion and Variable Scope in JavaScript
READ MOREWorking with the DOM
READ MOREObject-Oriented JavaScript
READ MOREMastery
READ MOREWhen will I be a “real” software developer?
READ MOREObjects, Context and Closures
READ MOREJavaScript Fundamentals
READ MORETime tracking my coding and learning…
READ MOREDestructive Methods with No Bang (!)
READ MOREJavaScript Prototypal Inheritance: Constructors vs. OLOO
READ MOREPractice makes Precision
READ MOREYear One (at Launch School)
READ MOREWhat I Learned From Practicing Live Coding with Another Student at Launch School
READ MOREAt My Edge: Number Bases
READ MOREAm I Doing Launch School Right?
READ MOREThe Tediousness of the Plateau
READ MOREBrowser and Web APIs
READ MOREA journey of a thousand miles...
READ MOREDiligence vs Enthusiasm
READ MOREReflections and Advice I've Found Useful
READ MOREApplications and Tools I've Found Useful
READ MOREIntentional Coding
READ MOREThis is from the Twilio blog and is only included here because one of our own Launch School students is featured! Congrats Ryan!
READ MOREA flexible Bannerize program, a walk-through on problem solving and decomposition.
READ MORESpeed up your Sinatra development with OpeningAct
READ MOREMy Burnout Experience at Launch School
READ MORESetting HARD Goals - Part 1 (from a book by Mark Murphy)
READ MOREHow to learn better and why I am continuing my learning with Launch School.
READ MOREHow Long Does It Take?
READ MOREUsing Assessments to Know and Improve Yourself
READ MOREWhen You Have An Itch, Scratch It
READ MOREMastery Learning and Stoicism
READ MORETools Are Rarely a Limitation
READ MOREThoughts on Time Spent Studying
READ MOREHow to Practice Effectively
READ MOREWhy programming, and why Launch School
READ MOREUpdate: Challenge 500/60: 200/500 hours
READ MORERubyTutor: My first Ruby gem Part 4
READ MORERubyTutor: My first Ruby gem Part 3
READ MORERubyTutor: My first Ruby gem Part 2
READ MORERubyTutor: My first Ruby gem Part 1
READ MOREHow I Prepared For My First Assessment
READ MOREChallenge 500/60: 100/500 hours
READ MORE5 Things I learned in 25 Days
READ MOREHow Hard is Hard Work
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READ MOREDo you really know how functions work?
READ MOREMany times I tried learning a basic Ruby concept and ended up on something like containers in Docker. It is easy to get lost.
READ MORELaunch School's Ruby Course on Core Programming
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READ MORELearning to program is not easy. Passed on courses that promised superstar status in weeks. The @launchschool path is a game changer.
READ MORENew webinar series Watch Others Code: https://t.co/8g0VVUoqHh
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READ MOREI am happy that @launchschool assesses us early and often. It lets us know what to work on before moving forward. #learntocode #ruby
READ MOREI honestly can’t recommend these guys enough for anyone else wanting to get started and I urge you to try them out.
READ MOREThe TAs at @launchschool are awesome. My first #ruby #codereview was a great experience. If you want to #learntocode, this is the place.
READ MORECheck out AcornCache, a configurable HTTP proxy cache written in pure Ruby, built by our students @vincedevendra and @PerryCarbone!
READ MORE@launchschool doing the prep courses now, and you guys answer my question in the next line I read, loving it so far !
READ MOREFinally!!! A Dev Program that isn't being paraded around like a Get Rich Quick Scheme! Thank you @launchschool. https://t.co/ZGiYX07Dab
READ MOREwish more people knew about @launchschool everyone I've shown has been impressed with not only the content, but the methodology as well.
READ MOREnot sure why people aren't talking about @launchschool more. it's much better than other coding bootcamps available.
READ MOREMy first 6 weeks of learning to code w/ @launchschool. https://t.co/J8h56yXjYZ
READ MORESo many bootcamps don't care about teaching fundamentals to proficiency, which explains why so many bootcamp grads are in our program.
READ MOREAnything worth learning is worth learning well.
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