If you’re reading this, you may be wondering how to get into tech. Breaking into the technology industry can seem daunting at first, especially if you have just started your tech journey- but, there’s no need to worry! Whether you’re searching for entry-level tech jobs, looking to enhance your tech skills, or trying to navigate the tech job market, we have many coures to get you started.
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THE NEXT GEN OF TECH TALENT​

We’re on a mission to close the gender gap in tech by providing employment through free education.

We’ve already helped more than 150,000 women learn to code and by working with companies globally, we’re boosting employability, diversity and social mobility, transforming local economies and communities.

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COMPANIES

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OUR IMPACT

SO FAR

Our community of employable coders, instructors, and mentors is one of the largest and most diverse globally. We continue to help more women and non-binary candidates to break into and excel within the industry by linking amazing talent with businesses.

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FREE COURSES

From beginner to more advanced, we want to make getting into tech for women super accessible and create the next generation of future tech leaders. Explore our Code First Girls courses below.

SOFTWARE OR DATA ENGINEERING


The skills you will learn in our Software or Data Engineering CFGdegree will allow you to explore a software engineering career pathway, with roles including software engineer, back-end programmer, Cyber Security, cloud engineer, solutions architect, devOps and more!

DATA SCIENCE


The skills you will learn in our Data Science CFGdegree will allow you to explore a data career pathway, with roles including data analyst, machine learning, data architect, data scientist, AI or ML, applications/data visualisation engineer, business analyst, just to name a few!

FULL-STACK DEVELOPER


The skills you will learn in our Full-Stack CFGdegree will allow you to explore all sorts of roles as a developer as you'll learn both front-end and back-end skills, and how to connect the two. You'll be able to take on roles like full-stack developer (obvs!), front-end developer, back-end developer, mobile app developer and loads more!

PRODUCT MANAGEMENT


The skills you will learn in our Product Management CFGdegree will allow you to explore a product management career pathway, with roles in digital product management, growth product management, and technical product manager just to name a few!

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COMMUNITY

Meet some of our alumni, instructors and ambassadors to find out more about different tech career pathways, journeys into tech and more! You can also catch up on our #REPRESENT interviews with amazing tech leader role models who are doing great things across a range of companies, check out our socials with stories of uni grads, mumswhocode, tech returners and more, AND read our blog, where we feature a range of community members showcasing their stories and experiences.

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TECH HIRING IN PORTUGAL

TUI leveraged our program to hire Junior Software Developers from a cohort with 75% career switchers and 100% non-computer science backgrounds.

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HIRING TECH TALENT IN GERMANY

Commerce Tools used our programme to hire entry-level tech talent for Junior Software Engineering and Junior Site Reliability Engineering roles.

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ROLLS-ROYCE HIRING IN THE USA

Rolls-Royce exceeded hiring targets by 150%, bringing in software engineers, data ops managers, and scrum managers, with 83% from underrepresented ethnicities and 50% first-generation university attendees.

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OPPORTUNITIES IN TECH IN INDIA

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CLASSES TO CFGDEGREE: HIRING IN INDIA

Unilever leveraged our pipeline to place CFGdegree graduates in roles like Solutions Factory DevOps Specialist and Solutions Factory ML Ops Specialist.

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TECH TALENT PIPELINES IN SINGAPORE

The Economist’s program supported tech pipelines with 78% oversubscription, drawing a cohort of 84% beginner-level women, 69% from underrepresented ethnicities, and 44% career switchers.

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TRAINING TECH TALENT IN HILVERSUM

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TECH HIRING IN KRAKOW AND WARSAW

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FROM BEGINNER TO SKILLED IN HUNGARY

Morgan Stanley used our program to hire entry-level software engineers from a cohort with 99% underrepresented ethnicities and 85% career-focused participants.

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FINDING TECH TALENT IN poland

Goldman Sachs used our oversubscribed program to hire in Poland and the UK, drawing from a cohort with 63% career switchers and 44% first-generation university attendees.

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TECH TOPICS UNLOCKED IN SWITZERLAND

Credit Suisse enhanced its employer brand and hiring pipeline by training a cohort that was 81% new to tech, 63% from underrepresented ethnicities, and 61% career switchers.

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FINDING SOFTWARE ENGINEERS IN SPAIN

Skyscanner’s pipeline achieved a 4% year-over-year increase in women in tech roles, with 62% beginner-level participants and 85% career switchers.

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HIRING TECH TALENT IN SPAIN

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CLOSING THE TALENT GAP IN GERMANY

Capgemini’s pilot program closed Germany’s talent gap, placing 80+ graduates globally and generating job-ready candidates for junior infrastructure admin roles.

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UNLOCKING TECH TALENT IN POLAND

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ENTRY-LEVEL TALENT IN THE NETHERLANDS

Booking.com used our program to hire junior software engineers from a cohort with 94% underrepresented ethnicities and 50% career switchers.