Stories, research and dispatches from the work.
Alumni journeys, employer playbooks, curriculum thinking and the occasional opinion. Written by the people who teach here.
From call centre to cloud engineer in 12 months
How Sibu Khoza went from answering phones to running AWS infrastructure for a Sandton fintech — and what she’d tell anyone considering the same leap.
What South African employers actually look for in junior tech hires
We surveyed 47 hiring managers across Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban. The results challenge what most bootcamps still teach.
Section 12H learnerships, explained without the jargon
If your company has a payroll above R500k, you’re probably leaving R80k+ in tax allowances on the table.
Why we rebuilt the AI Software Developer bootcamp from scratch
The pace of change in LLMs means a curriculum written 12 months ago is already wrong.
Announcing the Creator Economy track
We’ve spent two years quietly building this. Today we’re opening applications for the first cohort.
Why mentorship doesn’t end at graduation
The first 90 days in a new tech role decide whether someone stays in the industry.