Best Offline Coding Classes for Women in USA and Canada

Posted by on Jan 1, 2015 in Tech 101 | No Comments

Offline classes are a lot more social than online classes, even if they’re less convenient. More importantly, those social connections are your future network of fellow-coders. Following up on my previous post on the Best Online Coding Classes for Women, here is a list of offline classes for women in the USA and Canada:

CANADA

Ladies Learning Code
LADIES LEARNING CODE (Toronto, Vancouver, Halifax, London, Ottawa) Started in Toronto but now branching out to all corners of Canada. Open to men and women, but primarily targeted to women. I’m guessing any guy willing to attend a class called “Ladies Learning Code” will check any sexist attitude at the door. Instructors are both men and women. Sponsored by Shopify, FreshBooks, and many others.

Girl Develop ItGIRL DEVELOP IT (Canada) Offline classes for women, some with childcare provided. These are structured as meetup.com groups, rather than at a fixed address. It’s a peer-learning setup (friends learning from friends) versus a trained teacher.” Offline classes for women, some with childcare provided. These are structured as meetup.com groups, rather than at a fixed address. It’s a peer-learning setup (friends learning from friends) versus a trained teacher.

USA

Web Start WomenWEB START WOMEN (Boston)
The same group that offers online courses via codagogy.com also offers on-site classes. Located in the Boston Cambridge area. Meetup group also in Philadelphia.

Girl Develop ItGIRL DEVELOP IT (USA) Offline classes for women, some with childcare provided. These are structured as meetup.com groups, rather than at a fixed address. It’s a peer-learning setup (friends learning from friends) versus a trained teacher.” Offline classes for women, some with childcare provided. These are structured as meetup.com groups, rather than at a fixed address. It’s a peer-learning setup (friends learning from friends) versus a trained teacher.

Chicago Women DevelopersCHICAGO WOMEN DEVELOPERS (Chicago)
Structured as a Meetup group with monthly events for women who “are passionate about coding and women in tech.” They offer a variety of classes and events for women at all technical skill levels. Past events have included classes on Ruby, Python, PHP, MySQL.

Hacker SchoolHACKER SCHOOL (NYC)
See the Wired article for the summer women’s program sponsored by Etsy, Github and Palantir, and this post on the official site. Note that they are looking for a 50/50 gender balance, not 100% women. Tuition is free (paid for by companies looking to hire graduates). Grants for women are awarded to subsidize rent in NYC for the 3 month program.