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Our biggest lessons from COVID-19 – Part 3: Adapt or go bust

COVID-19 has been devastating, but it has also been a learning experience for our education system, businesses, and society. Below, our Head of Education, Nico Kruger, outlines the biggest lessons we’ve learned about the explosion of digital transformation, the importance …

Our biggest lessons from COVID-19 – Part 2: Risk Awareness is Key

Our biggest lessons from COVID-19 – Part 1: You need to be online

COVID-19 has been devastating, but it has also been a learning experience for our education system, businesses, and society. Our Head of Education, Nico Kruger, outlines the biggest lessons we’ve learned about the explosion of digital transformation, the importance of …

HyperionDev Leadership Stories: Nico Kruger

Building one of Southern Africa’s biggest EdTech providers is only possible with one thing: an unrivalled, world-class tech education. This education would be impossible without a course structure that teaches critical programming skills in a well-paced structure that makes sense …

HyperionDev Employee Stories: Sobane Motlomelo

Even the best education is nothing without an orderly, well-structured learning environment and system – and keeping our bootcamps at their world-class level requires a team of expert educators and operations specialists. In this HyperionDev Employee story, we look at …

September 2, 2020 Coding Careers

10 things that make a bootcamp better than university

For decades, university has been the best (if not only) way to learn advanced skills in programming. However, times are changing: in the social, economic, and educational fallout of the COVID-19 outbreak, the popularity of more affordable, accessible, and effective …

August 28, 2020 Tutorials

Make your own Python business sales program with just the HyperionDev Free Trial basics

In this series, we learn how to make simple Python programs for real-world problems using just the material taught in HyperionDev’s free trial. Today, we break down how to code a basic program that goes through a confusing, pages-long text …

August 27, 2020 HyperionDev Team

HyperionDev Leadership Stories: Shimaylan Singh

Creating Southern Africa’s leading provider of tech education takes more than just having the most talented team out there. It also requires a mindset of growth, development, and leadership, so that the talent you have can continue excelling and striving …

August 19, 2020 Coding Careers / Software Development / Web Development

5 ways to know if you’re a good coder

By now, you’ve probably heard about all the exciting rewards that come with learning to code. Programming is a modern skill that fits into any career, enriches your existing skill set, and opens up new career opportunities with remote work, …

August 7, 2020 Coding Careers / Software Development

How Bettina decided to switch careers to tech – and how we help her on this journey

COVID-19 has had a devastating effect on our economy. Retrenchments, pay cuts, and reductions in work hours are a ‘new normal’ thanks to our lockdown, curfews, and growing list of nationwide restrictions on business activity. Just looking at the statistics …

August 7, 2020 Learning Platforms / Programming Information

Lessons from COVID-19: we shouldn’t wait for universities to reinvent themselves

The arrival of a ‘New Normal’ is being touted in all industries and sectors of society. The way we work, how we socialise, and how our societies function at a basic level have been changed by the far-reaching effects of …