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Atlanta Tech Village Welcomes the Iron Yard!

February 19, 2014

Get the education you need to take your career to the next level!Iron Yard's Code Academy is here.

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We are excited to announce that the Iron Yard is bringing their code academy to Atlanta, and they've chosen to house it at Atlanta Tech Village. The Iron Yard teaches intensive, three-month courses that mentor students into professional junior-level programmers. The program goes far beyond tactical skills and teaches students to think like a software engineer, showing you how to learn so that you remain highly valuable for the rest of your career. The Iron Yard is all about creating professional-grade engineers who can tackle real-world problems on day one.Being housed at the Village offers a culture and ecosystem that perfectly aligns with the mission of the Iron Yard. With hundreds of founding teams of tech startups all under the same roof, students of the Iron Yard will learn both inside and outside the classroom. What's more, the Iron Yard guarantees you'll get a job after going through their program (yes, guarantees!). Each class runs in a three-month cohort. An array of courses are offered:Front End EngineeringLearn Front End Engineering using HTML, CSS and JavaScript and basic server-side tech. At the end of the class you’ll have the skills to create beautiful, fully functional websites and web applications.Rails EngineeringLearn Ruby on Rails, one of the most popular server-side frameworks in the world. At the end of class you’ll know how to build rock-solid servers, manage databases and know the basics of front end app development.Mobile EngineeringLearn iOS app development using Xcode 5 and a whole lot of Objective-C. At the end of the class you’ll have the skills to create beautiful, fully functional iOS apps and the foundation to pursue building Mac apps.SOUNDS AWESOME, RIGHT? SIGN UP TODAY!

February 19, 2014
Karen Houghton