All good things must come to an end. The current bootcamp will be the final @theSchoolOfCode Bootcamp. It’s been an incredible 10 year journey of building a social mission and a community like no other. The mission was to create an open and equal opportunity for everyone to access a unique experience that masquerades as a coding course but is a Trojan Horse for personal growth. The key was mixing different types of people together. Working with people different from you is hard, but that's where the magic happens. Looking at the random bunch of people that make up our alumni and their different stories, seeing how they collaborate, support, and challenge each other makes me incredibly proud to be a part of it - School of Code is a microcosm of society at its best. To everyone who has been part of this mission, thank you. There are just too many people to mention, truly. This intensive bootcamp requires a community to make it work: the team, supporters, employers, mentors, board, and our incredible bootcampers. It takes real courage to give up everything, pursue a new direction, venture into the unknown, and throw yourself outside of your comfort zone and start again. I'll always admire those who dared to take the opportunity that the Bootcamp offered. School of Code has been a weird and wonderful journey: - ⁠helping everyone from 500,000 school kids with a free coding game, to the homeless, the eldery, and taking our training to all corners of the UK, whether over Zoom or in Wembley Stadium ⁠- starting a free coding bootcamp that has gone from experiment to directly helping almost 1000 people from 0 to tech professionals working with some of the world's best companies, from start-ups and local small businesses through to global giants, and helping people finding the confidence, capability, and community to thrive in the future - managing to take our bootcamp model from project no one thought would work to national policy, engaging with fantastic people in government, starting with Andy Street and the WMCA team, all the way through to the DfE, it's been eye-opening and rewarding seeing the mission come to life that all bootcamps can be free There's just been too much to mention, but it's been a wild ride. As we wrap up the bootcamp, our focus is finishing on a high with our current cohort (who are flying) and alumni, and supporting our team's next steps. This started as a small project to help people after my PhD because I just couldn't see past the cliff edge of automation, and I wanted to help create the national retraining scheme I felt was needed to help people deal with ever-more rapid change. In the blink of an eye it’s turned into more like 10 years. The only reason I've stuck it out this long is the sense of mission and social good that resonates through the people in School of Code that have made everything so worthwhile. It’s the right time for a new chapter. Thank you again, and wishing you all the best. Chris

Day 20 of #100daysofcode: My brilliant team presented our @theSchoolOfCode Code Fest Hackathon submission today! Had fun creating the ux/ui case study this morning! We're using the yellow of the Smeg fridges at the @Sage_Publishing office. Feedback on this will help me learn!

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Day 17 of #100daysofcode: Attended my 2nd hackathon yesterday! Spent the day in London at the @Sage_Publishing office for a hackathon hosted by @theSchoolOfCode. My team is working on making improvements to a career-guidance-related chat🤖

And we’re off! @theSchoolOfCode #CodeFest

Day 16: - learning how to use helper functions - using different npm packages like Helmet - writing more complicated GET requests using dynamic urls and returning json payloads - wrote my first POST request handler #100DaysOfCode @theSchoolOfCode

Day 45 Paired with Kit on our "Stitch the Weather" project today ✅ deployed to @Netlify ✅ worked on styling with CSS 😅 ✅ went over @Coderbyte challenge So thankful for my @theSchoolOfCode friends, love that we build each other up! #100DaysOfCode

Understanding others' perspective is so important. This is why we promote setting aside differences, to work from a basis of shared values and identifying what can be agreed on.

Enjoying todays Guest Talk at @theSchoolOfCode , with Daarren.

Having fun at @theSchoolOfCode, Alex and I just did a talk on RESTful API Design, some great Q and A

Really enjoying todays guest lecture Elly and I are giving at @theSchoolOfCode BC16 seems like they're off to a great start. Some great Q and A!

Announcing our workshops across three Ahead of the Game events: 💻Coding @theSchoolOfCode 🏡Property Investment with ProSports Property Partners 🧑‍🎓Careers Zone with career coaches @Mokasujee 🎶DJ Production ⚽️VAR with @FA_PGMOL Haven't booked yet? Visit app.laps.careers/events

We’re underway! Some really interesting ideas are floating around already 🎅🏻😀 #FelizNaviHack @theSchoolOfCode

Are you hiring junior Software Engineers in 2024? We have 30 @theSchoolOfCode boot campers coming to Feliz Navi:Hack in Birmingham on Saturday. You’ll get to see how they work as a team, as well as what Christmas-themed hacks they produce. Message me if you’re interested 🙌🏻

Navigating @theSchoolOfCode bootcamp and home life has been a challenging journey, pushing my limits and, at times, overwhelming me. My sewing (started on day 34 of #100DaysOfCode) has been my solace. Completed just in time for Demo day #MentalHealthAwareness #careerchange

Saturday 20th Jan - I’ll be hosting 30 @theSchoolOfCode boot campers at @travelperk offices in Birmingham. If you’re planning on hiring Junior Developers in 2024 then this is a fantastic opportunity to see what they can do. Please DM for info. Retweets/Likes appreciated 🫶🏻🎅🏻💻

Day 99 of #100DaysOfCode and it's another late one working on our final @theSchoolOfCode app, Habitap. Something tells me I won't get much sleep before demo day next week. Now I'm looking forward to starting work on something else!

Finished @theSchoolOfCode final 4-week project just before Xmas. It's time to start another #100DaysOfCode challenge😊. This time I'll challenge myself to explore some learnt topics in more depth and learn some new concepts.

Congratulations on reaching 100 days of code! 🥳

#100DaysOfCode Day 100. Phew, made it! Thought I'd challenge myself and try my first Codewars level 3 kata. Turned out not to be as bad as I had feared and managed to complete it. This journey has been fun and very educational, thanks to @theSchoolOfCode for recommending it.