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Code the Dream

At Code the Dream, we envision a world in which tech innovation comes from all of us and benefits all of us.

Opportunity. Innovation. Impact.

At Code the Dream, we envision a world in which tech innovation comes from all of us and benefits all of us.
Volunteer
Use your technical skills and professional experience to give back and help diversify the tech industry.
I used to never see people that look like me working in STEM fields but now I can be that person and I can inspire people who look like me to be that person too. – KJ
CTD gave me a chance at the job of my dreams. I couldn’t finish college in my country and now I have a second chance to learn and be what I want to be. – Jose Luis
Learn
Apply for CTD’s free, part-time coding classes, all fully remote. We serve students across the U.S.
Hire
Help change the face of tech while exceeding your business goals by hiring our skilled and experienced grads.
Code the Dream takes things beyond just coding, helping students access all the tools they need to be successful. I really feel proud to be a part of this program. – Shanna
Partner
Increase your company’s productivity and team diversity by partnering with CTD for a customized Tandem Apprenticeship.
About
Learn more about CTD’s award-winning model and the people who power our work.
Code the Dream has transformed my life! – Jorge
Build
Join CTD Labs as a client for custom, cutting-edge web and mobile technologies for your business, university, or nonprofit.
CTD Mentors and Staff
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Code the Dream provides a path to a life-changing career in tech for people from diverse backgrounds and low-resourced communities. Our unique, win-win model creates opportunity that changes lives, builds technology that benefits our communities, and supports the diversity that drives a more just and innovative world.

We accomplish our mission through CTD Learns, our free code school, and through CTD Labs, where our paid apprentices gain real-world experience building apps for a wide variety of clients.  Join us as we change the face of tech by expanding opportunity, innovation, and impact for all.

Learn to Code
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Code the Dream has had a profound impact on my life. Learning to code isn’t just about technical skills, it’s also about discovering a new way to be creative. Thanks to CTD, I now have the knowledge and confidence to pursue a fulfilling path in the tech industry, while helping to support my family.
-Xeniya D.

News

10-Year Anniversary
Nov 15, 2024
Just Getting Started: 10th Anniversary Messages from Daisy, Dan, and Ramiro
In 2014, Dan Rearick contacted Ramiro Rodriguez about offering a free introductory software programming course to people from underserved communities. For Dan, the initial idea sprang from working alongside recent immigrants and refugees and “seeing over and over again how hard somebody could work without getting an opportunity.” For Ramiro, who conceived the program with […]
Volunteer of the Month
Nov 14, 2024
Meet Oksana Feterovskaya, CTD’s Volunteer of the Month!
CTD’s volunteers can serve as class mentors, lead small groups of students through our capstone practicum project, support apprentices in their career search, contribute to our curriculum, and serve in other areas as well. We could not do our work at this scale without them! Each month, we celebrate one volunteer who has made a […]
Nov 7, 2024
Code the Dream welcomes three new staff members
Code the Dream is proud to announce three new staff members: Product/Project Manager Shaya Lyon, Senior Public Benefits Analyst Louise Pocock, and Program Assistant Caitlin Gross. By way of introduction, each of them participated in a short Q&A to illustrate who they are and some — but not all! — of the reasons why they are such welcome additions.

Thanks to Our Sponsors

Code the Dream is made possible by individual donors like you. We also thank the following institutions for their generous support.