Resources: Build

Already identified your next step? Use these resources to learn about how you can continue building new skills that will help you in your career and educational journey.

The Lambda School
The Lambda school is a new model of learning where you pay nothing up front, learn to code in a rigorous environment, and pay only when you are fully employed and working with your new skills.

Kenzie Academy
Kenzie Academy uses a similar model, also having students pay only $100 up front, learn to code in a rigorous environment, and pay only when you are fully employed and working with your new skills.

General Assembly (GA)
GA offers two in-person locations in Santa Monica where you can build up skills in data, tech, coding, and more.

San Diego Workforce Partnership
A collaboration between the UCSD extension school and the San Diego Workforce board, this partnership also offers programs in marketing, BI, web development, and Java for no upfront cost; students pay when fully employed.

NPower
NPower is an on-campus experience to help launch your career in tech.

Certificate programs through different local campuses: USC Continuing Education, UCLA Extension School