KodeGo offers subsidized short courses to fast-track Filipinos into software engineering jobs

KodeGo, 917Ventures’ new web-development “educational boot camp,” is aiming to raise the caliber of Filipino software engineers and address unemployment gaps in the country. The program looks to produce front-end, back-end, or full-stack web developers through extensive hands-on experience, peer-programming, and building real-world projects.

“We want to produce great innovators, so we equip our students to become frontrunners in digital transformation through web development essentials, client-side and server-side programming, server hosting, activities, and real-world projects as well as career development… Since technology is continuously moving forward, more and more companies are looking for excellent software engineering skills to push technology limits further,” said Joshua Sta. Ana, KodeGo Venture Builder.

After completing a three-month online course, graduates are referred to partner companies including Globe and other subsidiaries of the Ayala Group of Companies to help fill thousands of software engineer’s jobs.

Short-term courses are available to both fresh graduates and career shifters with an option to pay a percentage of their income after completing them instead of paying up front. More tech and non-tech courses will also be available at KodeGo in the future.

KodeGo is one of the businesses taken in by 917Ventures under its Velocity program for promising ventures. A subsidiary of Globe, 917Ventures is the largest corporate venture builder in the Philippines. Among its portfolio companies are mobile money service giant GCash, digital marketing firm AdSpark, telehealth companies KonsultaMD and HealthNow, customer engagement and loyalty undertakings RUSH, and online grocery shopping PureGo.

SOURCE: Manila Standard