Education

Thinking about what to do after Matric? Here are some options.

It can be hard to decide exactly what to do after Matric. There’s lots of contradicting advice, and pressure for you to have it all figured out. Luckily, you’ve got options available to you.

Finishing Matric isn’t easy – and it’s not just the exams we’re talking about. There’s huge pressure on matriculating students to know what they want to be, and to have it all figured out. If you’re stuck and wondering what …

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Coding Careers / Student Success Stories

Student Success Story: Sonny – from Sales Consultant to Solutions Architect

Within weeks of his HyperionDev Software Engineer bootcamp, Sonny Dube went from Sales Consultant to Solutions Architect for a banking group. Thanks to his background in tech, his hard work ethic, and the skills he picked up on his HyperionDev coding bootcamp, Sonny has found the better pay, working hours, and career opportunity he was looking for.

Working in retail is a tough, often unglamorous job – especially during a lockdown, where customers start spending less with each new month of lockdown belt-tightening. For Johannesburg-based Sales Consultant Sonny Dube, it was a temporary stepping stone to what …

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HyperionDev Team

HyperionDev employee stories: Mitso Qalaba

Our award-winning coding bootcamps depend on reliable systems to successfully teach thousands of students how to code. Today’s HyperionDev employee story focuses on the newest member of the team that makes those systems work: Mitso Qalaba. As a Front-end Developer, Mitso makes sure that our bootcamps, website, and internal systems are running optimally.

Our bootcamps rely on more than just amazing mentors, up-to-date educational material,  and expert code review to help students graduate as job-ready developers. They also need a stable online learning platform, a responsive and functioning website, and reliable internal systems. …

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HyperionDev Jobs / HyperionDev Team

6 Key Considerations When Choosing an Employer

Navigating how different employers approach work can be difficult. Considering these 6 factors when getting to know a potential employer, can make the journey more manageable.

Our society has reached a time where employers can differ like night and day. We have suits versus flip flops, bean bags versus office chairs, a two minute walk to our home desk versus an hour commute to an office, …

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Software Development / Student Success Stories

Student Success story: Craigen – from Waiter to Java developer

Working as a waiter in Johannesburg, Craigen Chitate had aspirations to grow into a career that would give him open doors and better pay, instead of late nights and low seasons. He decided to sign up for a HyperionDev Software Engineer bootcamp. Shortly after graduating, he found a job as full-time software developer – all thanks to the skills he learnt on his bootcamp.

Craigen Chitate worked as a waiter in Johannesburg, but wanted something more. He knew that hard work and determination were half the battle; he also needed the right set of in-demand tech skills to find work and pursue a career …

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