About Life Choice Coding Academy

Address

312 Imam Haron Road

Company Size

15-50
Summary

What Do We Do

We work with young people to tackle inequality. We are re-imagining a world in which tech enables us to level the playing ground. We provide youth-centered coding bootcamps that equip youth with specialized skills to join the industry. Evaluations show that 85% of our youth obtain a job through our program and that the youth improve in resilience, emotional intelligence and overall professionalism. And we have only just started!!!!

The Challenge

The coding academy is moving into its third year and we are entering a new era because we have made the strategic decision to include curriculum development and implementation as an in-house function. We are seeking to establish a diverse team that embodies a creative, dynamic and disruptive approach to solving both the educational and employment challenges that youth face in South Africa. We aim to disrupt the status quo of coding education by developing a modular curriculum that is in line with industry trends and needs.

Why Work For Us

We guarantee personal grow and inspiration.

This is how our team describes the LC environment:
- Laid-back but professional and stimulating
- Unconventional
- Amazing people driven by purpose
- Client centered (youth)
- Challenging the status quo and oneself

Our Culture

The Life Choices team is a family with a mutual passion and determination to empower youth. We constantly push and encourage each other to strive for excellence in all that we do. We keep things simple, practical and fun. We are on a continues journey, to learn & develop ourselves, with an aim to come up with creative solutions to change the world.

Our Hiring Process

This is a 2 step process:
- Round 1 is a face-to-face meeting at our offices
- Round 2 is a second interview and/or a practical assessment

Perks
Great annual leave
Casual Dress Code
Accessible location and free parking
Develop yourself
Be part of the leadership (flat structure)
Work with a ground breaking team
Work with youth
Working for the greater good
Tech Stack

Application and Data

Javascript
Node.js
Python
MySQL
PHP
MongoDB
HTML5
Bootstrap

DevOps

GitHub
Git

Business Tools

Google Apps
MailChimp
Salesforce
Group if graduates deep in thought while developing their digital portfolios.
Candice discussing a topic of interest in a class of graduates. Its normally not this serious :)
A life coaching session on personal budgeting and how to manage your income.
A coding lecture being facilitated in one of our three classrooms.
Two of our successfully placed graduates deep in work. Gcobisa on the left is now a full time junior engineer at ROAM and Evan is currently a junior back end developer at Lima Bean. Testament to the success and the impact of the program.
What does looking the part mean? This is part of the life coaching session where we talk dress etiquette at an interview and public speaking.
Servant Leadership as part of your leadership approach to work and life is a crucial pillar to developing our youth.
Mock interview sessions with our graduates getting them ready for the real deal as they say.
Part of a 3 day design thinking program. Solving complex problems with unique solutions in teams.
Another image of graduates that are currently fully employed or in the process of there internships at companies.