According to a recent study, digitally intensive jobs are growing at a rate two-and-a-half times faster than non-digital jobs and jobs requiring advanced digital skills offer 38 percent higher wages. Most people have heard of the term “information technology,” a discipline which tends to be broad and systems focused. In contrast, careers centered around “digital technology and cultures” focus on the human side......
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Finding a Program, NCS Web Development Certificate |
February 23, 2018
My Start to Finish Review of the Seattle University Web Development Certificate – Weeks 17-20
Week 17 In the JavaScript course, we learned about creating a good web form experience with helpful validation. We used the jQuery Validation plugin to easily add validation functionality to a common...
Cool Careers, Finding a Program, Going Back to School, NCS Digital Technology and Cultures, NCS Web Development Certificate |
February 16, 2018
Booming Technology Careers Can Focus on Systems or on the Human Side
According to a recent study, digitally intensive jobs are growing at a rate two-and-a-half times faster than non-digital jobs and jobs requiring advanced digital skills offer 38% higher wages. Most...
Finding a Program, Going Back to School, NCS Web Development Certificate |
February 2, 2018
Student Profile: Megan Otis, Web Development
Tell us a little about you I was born in Southern California, but we moved up to Washington before I started kindergarten, so I feel like the Seattle area is...
Finding a Program, NCS Web Development Certificate |
January 26, 2018
My Start to Finish Review of the Seattle University Web Development Certificate – Weeks 14-16
Week 14 This week we focused on learning jQuery to add interactivity to a webpage at http://portfolio.charlessipe.com/wats1020-dom-manipulation/. The project included using jQuery to show and hide text using click events and...
Going Back to School, NCS Digital Technology and Cultures, NCS ORGL, NCS Web Development Certificate |
January 19, 2018
5 Study Tips For Going Back To School as an Adult Student
When I was gearing up to go back to school as an adult student, there was only one thing I dreaded: homework. This was my downfall during my first attempt...
Finding a Program, NCS Web Development Certificate |
December 22, 2017
My Start to Finish Review of the Seattle University Web Development Certificate – Weeks 10-13
Week 10 This week I finished up coding up the imaginary product page and the final version is at http://charlessipe.github.io/wats1010-product-page/ . I also finished up a 1,000-word reflection/research paper on how WordPress...
Cool Careers, NCS Web Development Certificate |
December 8, 2017
Cool Career: Front-End Web Developer
A web developer is responsible for designing, coding and modifying websites, from layout to function, according to a client’s specifications. A web developer is also responsible for creating visually appealing...
Finding a Program, Going Back to School, NCS Web Development Certificate |
December 1, 2017
Student Profile: Jeff Bigler, Web Development
We sat down with student Jeff Bigler, to learn more about him and his experience in the Web Development certificate. Tell us a little about your work and education experience...
Finding a Program, NCS Web Development Certificate |
November 24, 2017
My Start to Finish Review of the Seattle University Web Development Certificate – Weeks 7-9
Week 7 This week we worked on styling the CSS of the CSS Zen Garden webpage. Here is my attempt at redesigning the site: http://charlessipe.github.io/wats1010-css-zen-garden/ I always enjoy tinkering with CSS...