MakerSquare, a 12-week coding bootcamp with locations in San Francisco and Austin, announced the official launch of its Los Angeles location. To celebrate, their new MakerPrep program and diversity-focused scholarship was also announced in conjunction with the launch. The scholarship provides full-ride coverage of the $16,920 12-week program fee for selected applicants with eligibility open to women and underrepresented applicants.
“Access to becoming a great software engineer should not be limited by gender or race,” said Harsh Patel, Co-founder of MakerSquare. “As we launch our new LA location and MakerPrep, one of our goals is to encourage all types of people to enter the field through our diversity-focused scholarship.”
MakerSquare LA’s monthly 12-week bootcamp will teach curriculum covering the software industry’s most in-demand skills. Classes start the first of the month with the next starting on August 17, 2015.
The class will provide both programming skills and real-world career skills with an emphasis on achieving mid-level and senior-level software development careers.
In addition, the new MakerPrep – a monthly four-week, nights/weekends course that teaches beginners the fundamentals of programming and web development, runs from July 6-August 1, 2015.
MakerPrep grads that wish to move forward will have their already-paid tuition apply to their MakerSquare tuition as credit.
To maximize student confidence in the program, MakerSquare offers complete transparency with its post-graduate numbers. MakerSquare works with grads on job placement, along with baked-in program training to prepare for real-world hiring situations, and the result has been a 96% hiring rate within three months of graduation and an average starting salary of $87,688 for MakerSquare graduates in California.
