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| Industry | Information Technology |
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| Headquarters | St. Louis, Missouri, USA |
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| Website | www |
LaunchCode, headquartered in St. Louis Missouri, is a Non-profit organization, in 2013, LaunchCode was founded by Jim McKelvey that helps people enter the technology field by providing free and accessible education,[1] training, and paid apprenticeship placements.
Its courses and programs include:
- LC101 is LaunchCode's part-time evening flagship course. In a classroom with mentoring from instructors, teaching fellows and local developers, students learn programming concepts in JavaScript before moving on to a skill track focused on either Java or C#.
- Women+ (formerly CoderGirl)[2]: Is LaunchCode's education program for everyone who identifies as female, students choose one of seven 24- or 45-week specialized skill tracks that lead to an apprenticeship job program.
- Immersive CodeCamp is a 17-week,[3] full-time course taking a deep dive into in-demand technologies and skills.
- Liftoff is a career readiness and project course for pre-apprenticeship.
- Discovery is a free, self-paced online program developed to introduce people to computer programming and help them determine if they want to pursue a career in tech.