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In its four years, Ada has grown from a tiny “one-room schoolhouse” of 15 students to a major tech workforce training program in Seattle that will have graduated 150 by the end of 2017 and will train an additional 96 students annually going forward. Our…

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1. What were you doing before you became a Software Engineer? I came to the US at 17 and got an industrial engineering degree from the University of Washington. Not long after, I started working for a private company as a laser engineer. The bulk…

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1. What were you doing before you became a Software Engineer? My previous career was in clinical research compliance, which involved a lot of reading research studies to make sure they complied with federal regulations and were ethical. Compliance is a rather small piece of…

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by Cynthia Tee, Executive Director It has been an honor to be Ada’s executive director and to help carry forward Ada’s bold, important mission. We just graduated Cohort 6, yet another amazing group of Adies out to change the world. Cohort 7 is presenting their…

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It’s been a wild 5 months for our current cohort! 2 weeks ago, they found out where they will be going for their internships. And currently, they are tapping away at their keyboards to get their capstone projects complete. We want to take a moment…

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1. What were you doing before you became a Software Engineer?  I was a couple years out of college, living at home with my parents, working as a graphic designer/marketing catch-all at a small HVAC company. The day-to-day of my job consisted of writing copy…

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