Spotlighting the Anyone Can Learn to Code Student Showcase

It’s been an amazing two years since Anyone Can Learn To Code was founded, right here at 1871. Since then, we’ve graduated dozens of new developers over five cohorts in Chicago, and even expanded to San Francisco in late 2015. This year holds even more great things in store, which we can’t wait to announce over the coming weeks. At our two-year anniversary, we want to take a look back at what we and our developer graduates have accomplished.

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Our “Mentoring @1871” interview series will  feature 1871 community members who have made a valuable contribution to our network. The new interview initiative is a collection of stories, stories that highlight what Chicago leaders have gained by participating in the 1871 mentorship program.

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Not every solution or app needs to set the entire world on fire or to be built on a platform just slightly less grand than the Taj Mahal. It’s not always “smart” to build your app to run on the hottest and newest smart phone and nowhere else. You might get some buzz and some early adopters, but being in the shiny new thing biz isn’t the path to building a big business when ready access and broad availability trump haptic feedback, VR capabilities and other gee whiz features. Mass ultimately always matters–there are millions more Fords than Ferraris– and when the real value and design of your business is to touch and impact as many people as possible, the lower the bar to use and adoption, the better.

[Read more…] about Tullman: mRelief: The Beauty of a Powerfully Simple App