Meet Catarina 👋. After doing her PhD and Postdoc in Cognitive Neuroscience, she wanted to go deeper into Data Science and sharpen her knowledge of cutting edge industry tools. Like 1000+ Spicedlings, she discovered Spiced Academy’s intensive bootcamp and decided …
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Meet Mariia 👋. She was working as a translator before she decided she wanted to be a part of Berlin’s fast-paced tech scene. She joined another bootcamp before Spiced, but struggled to find a job in 2020. She joined Spiced Academy …
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Meet Natasha 👋. She moved to Berlin in 2016 and was struggling to find work without speaking German. She found out about Spiced around 2 years after moving, and graduated from our coding bootcamp in 2018. 3 years later, she’s got a load …
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Meet Ronan .👋. He was working as a professional trumpet player and teacher, but wanted a higher salary, more flexibility and more security. He decided to take the leap into Web Development around 3 years ago, joining Spiced in 2018. …
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Meet Ting-Yi 👋. She’s been working in the ad-tech industry in Berlin since 2014. Recently, she landed a job at Google as a Gaming Growth Manager, and before starting her new job she wanted to land some new skills. Unlike …
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Meet Magali 👋. She worked in Corporate Sustainability for 7 years, but missed some creative stimulation in her working life. Like 900+ other Spicedlings, she decided to take the leap into Web Development with our Coding Bootcamp in Berlin. We spoke …
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Meet Ash 👋. They’re one half of one of the hardcore outfit Minimal Violence, and have been working in the music and arts scene for over a decade. We spoke with Ask about their decision to join our coding bootcamp in …
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Meet Oliver 👋. Olli was leading a team of 5 as the head of IT for a medium-sized company in Hamburg. Recently, he decided to go his own way, and took our Data Science course in order to overcome some of …
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4 Data Science grads in Berlin have been involved with O’Reilly Media in the German translations of 3 key books. We’re super proud! Read on for more info on the books 👇. Generatives Deep Learning (Marcus Fraaß, Konstantin Mack, our …
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Meet Sam 👋. He studied Mechanical Engineering and is working as an R&D engineer in the field of radar sensor development. He considered himself an advanced Python user before studying at Spiced – but wanted to bring his programming skills …
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Meet Ross 👋. After working as an energy engineer, Ross decided to quit his job and go traveling for a year. Before he knew it, one year traveling turned into 4 and he started a job in Customer Success. That’s where …
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Meet Andi, who took our 12-week, intensive Coding Bootcamp in Stuttgart. He works as a Consultant and Team Lead at the KI Group, and took a break to attend Spiced. Here he tells us all about why he chose Web Development, and how he’s …
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Meet Kayla, from the US. She became a Spicedling 🖖 over 3 years ago. She’s now working as a Front End Web Developer, where she gets to work heavily with design and UX. Here she tells us all about why she chose …
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Meet Nenad, who took our 12-week, intensive Data Science Bootcamp in Cologne. He works in the Financial Services industry in Dusseldorf, but took a break to attend Spiced. Here he tells us all about why he chose Data Science, and …
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Lina graduated from Spiced a couple of years ago, and is one of almost 1000 Spicedlings enjoying a fast-growing career in Berlin’s tech scene. Initially, she was skeptical about learning to code as she didn’t think she had a “scientific …
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Due to the global public health situation relating to COVID-19, a lot of the planet, Spiced staff and students included, are currently working and learning remotely. Being at home for such an extended period of time can come with some challenges, …
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Friends of Spiced, These are unprecedented and uncertain times, and our individual and collective efforts matter a great deal. At the moment, the best advice for all of us is to stay at home and reduce the risk of …
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Like hundreds of other 🖖 Spicedlings, Parinaz took the leap from Project Management to Full Stack Web Developer. She’s now working at global tech giant eBay, where she gets to work on her own cool projects, travel to conferences, and …
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Giovanni graduated from Spiced in July, 2017, and upon graduation moved to Hamburg to take a job as a Full Stack Web Developer. In 2020, he decided to move his family back to Berlin, where he continues his career. Here …
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Before SPICED Before SPICED I was living in Essen, a town in west Germany. I had a decent job, a good salary, a great relationship with my girlfriend, and great friends at home and in Germany. On the surface, everything …
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Before joining SPICED, Kent had just finished up a graduate program at Princeton having worked for five years in finance and economic research. Here on the blog, he tells us all about his decision to learn Data Science, and his …
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Lisa grew up in Eastern Ukraine before moving to Germany. At university in Leipzig, she studied Neuroscience for several years before making a change. We spoke to her about why she decided to make the leap from academia to full stack web …
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As one half of techno outfit Brothers Black, Jamie was making waves in Berlin’s electronic music scene when he decided to balance his music career with a coding bootcamp. Here we caught up with him to discuss his experience learning at …
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Having graduated from SPICED, Lillian is currently working as a Data Science Consultant here in Berlin. We spoke to her to find out more about what brought her to Berlin, and what she learned from her experience at SPICED. When was it …
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We’re thrilled to find out that we were voted one of Europe’s top coding bootcamps by She Can Code! Coding bootcamps in Europe are becoming increasingly popular, giving students more choice than ever when deciding which coding bootcamp to attend. That …
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Marco joined SPICED in 2018 and, since graduating, has moved back to his adopted country of Finland to take a job as a Full Stack Web Developer at Uplause. Here he tells us about how he went from the world …
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Last week a group of SPICED graduates from our Data Science and Full Stack Web Development courses emerged victorious in a Hackathon organized by N3XTCODERS and Goethe Institut, Berlin. Here they tell us all about the event, and how they ended up …
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Zeina came to Germany from Syria as a refugee in July, 2015. Here she talks to SPICED about her journey from arriving in Germany to becoming a Full Stack Web Developer. How did you feel arriving in Germany? Settling in was …
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In November 2018, our Data Science cohort Tensor Thyme visited Mobius Labs. The project manager and two engineers took a lot of time to present the company and answer our questions. Here are our main takeaways: What does Mobius Labs …
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Course Report sat down with our alumni, Mike Smith, to discuss life in Berlin, working at SoundCloud and much more. While most people join coding bootcamps in order to improve their salary, Mike was actually a banker in London before joining …
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