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THE CODING SCHOOL FOR REFUGEES IN BELGIUM
Refugees often experience challenges in finding a suitable job to apply and further develop their skills. Yet, the number of unfilled vacancies in the IT sector is increasing at a fast pace.
HackYourFuture was founded in 2015 in Amsterdam, with the aim to enable refugees to build digital skills for a career in web development, facilitate the integration of newcomers, and address the shortage of qualified workforce in the IT sector. Since 2015, HackYourFuture coding schools have also opened in Copenhagen and Malmö.
On 20 May 2018, HackYourFuture Belgium launched its first class in Belgium with 13 highly motivated students at BeCentral, the digital campus in Brussels. Apply now for class #4, which starts on 17 March 2019.
The students are trained to perform well as junior web developers in a modern IT team, write clean code, and think like problem solvers.
Our graduates are eager to start their career as developers. Drop us an email at contact@hackyourfuture.be and tell us about your hiring needs.
Our six months course is divided into eight modules which cover programming languages such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Node, Databasing in MySQL/MongoDB and React. However, what we value most is that our students learn how to think as a programmer, how to solve problems, and how to manage a project. This fundamental knowledge prepares our students for their first job as a web developer.
We teach motivated refugees who want to start their career in web development. The course is open to anyone staying in Belgium. Women are strongly recommended to apply.
You have to be very motivated to start a career in programming.
You have to speak English at an intermediate level.
You have to study around 25 hours per week to keep up with our program.
We accept students from all over Belgium and we cover transportation costs.
We provide laptops for students that don't have their own during the training.
Our coaches are volunteers who have experience in the field of programming, who are passionate about what they do and who are eager to share their knowledge with the students. Our six months course is divided in 8 modules of 3 weeks. As volunteer coach, you commit to teach one specific module for 3 Sundays in a row.
You can also mentor one of our students. Mentors don't need to have technical skills. Together with the students, you'll make sure that their CV & LinkedIn profiles are up to local standards, you'll prepare them for the first job interviews and share feedback.
Interested in becoming a volunteer coach or mentor? Complete the registration form below and we will get in touch with you soon.
“Thanks to organizing Open Summer of Code every year with Open Knowledge Belgium, Hack Your Future has access to an extensive pool of social impact coaches”
“However, what we value most is that our students learn how to think like a programmer, how to solve problems, and how to manage a project”
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contact@hackyourfuture.be
BeCentral, Cantersteen 12, 1000 Bruxelles
applications@hackyourfuture.be