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Before becoming a software engineer at Google, Sahil Gaba, 33, was an entirely self-taught computer engineer with a mechanical-engineering background. Many new programmers who start in Gaba's shoes ...

Imagine if UCLA offered a course in building doghouses. With only 10 weeks, you would expect the class to teach students the basics needed to produce a final product – maybe focusing on how to sketch ...

Yes, this is Lounge-ish, but I think it's relevant here. So, my employer has a requirement that everyone book 40 hours of training per year. I signed up for several C++ modules, realizing that I ...

Udacity, the online education company founded by Sebastian Thrun, is launching a new scholarship initiative as part of the Pledge to America’s Workers job training initiative undertaken by the ...

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On a warm summer’s day this June, a crowd of students and staff members gathered near the center of a classroom at the Elementary Institute of Science (EIS), a San Diego-based education center that ...