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Start Your Career in Technology with an Apprenticeship
While the technology skills gap isn’t a new conversation, the real, demonstrable cost of this deficiency is hitting home — this year alone 5 million positions could go unfilled costing the U.S. economy upwards of $160 billion. Yes, billion, with a B. The solution? You! There is no better time to jumpstart your career in technology. And a technology apprenticeship is an exciting first step. The High-Tech Future Economy Starts [...]
Chris Coleman Joins CredEd for Meet-The-Expert Series
The recent COVID-19 pandemic has affected every aspect of life including learning and education. The new modus operandi of virtual learning has exposed huge technological gaps in the education system. While both teachers and students have been forced to undertake online learning, many schools have struggled to adapt to the use of technology in conducting lessons. Teachers are ill-equipped in terms of coding and technological knowledge and as such unable [...]
Apprenticeship Promises to Address Tech Skills Gap for Private Sector
You've read the headlines: Is There Still a Skills Gap in Big Tech? Manufacturers to Spend $26.6 billion on Upskilling in 2020 Is an Aging Workforce Really Creating Your Skills Shortage? According to the World Economic Forum, disruptive changes will significantly impact the skills requirements across all industries, which will require upskilling and reskilling of the global workforce. In fact, there are nearly 17 percent more job openings than available [...]
What Web Technologies Should I Learn?
Do you want to be a front- or back-end web developer? Maybe, you've set your sights on becoming a full-stack developer. Each area has its technologies, but there are certain web technologies you should know regardless of the type of development. The fundamental component of a web application is the web stack. A web stack is a bundle of software that makes up the environment for a web application. Most stacks are [...]
Who is the Father of the Internet?
Have you ever wondered how long it took to create the internet or who is considered the Father of the Internet? When we think of the internet, we think of requests disappearing into "a cloud", where a response usually is returned. But the idea was just beginning in the 1960s. J.C.R. Licklider of MIT was the first person to float the idea of networked computers that could be used to [...]
What is the Golden Ratio?
Certain numeric values are named because they have unusual properties. The golden ratio and Fibonacci sequence are two such numbers. Pi is another value known more by its name than its value. Pi is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. No matter the size of the circle, the ratio will always be pi or 3.14159. We have known about pi since Archimedes first calculated it (287-212 [...]