Andela Kenya is accepting applications for its fifth fellowship. The fellowship is a 4-year, paid opportunity to master the craft of professional software development while working for leading technology companies around the globe. Graduates are expected to be tomorrow’s most successful leaders both on the continent and around the world.
Applicants that make it through the screening process are invited to participate in a free, two-week-long Boot Camp led by senior developers hailing from some of the world’s top engineering schools. It is one of the most rigorous training experiences in the world and you will learn fundamentals of programming.
“Impress us during your Boot Camp experience, and you will be invited to become an Andela Fellow. If you accept, you will begin our paid software developer training program and receive at least 1000 hours of hands-on training in HTML, CSS, JavaScript and other web and mobile software development skills,” Andela Kenya said.
Andela described its model as a new kind of academic experience.
“It is somewhat like a university, except instead of paying tuition, you earn a healthy income and benefits. Once you are done with basic training and ready to advance, usually within 6 months, we place you as a remote member of a team with one of our partner companies around the globe. You will get to apply your new knowledge to real work while Andela provides you with ongoing professional development and coaching to ensure that you evolve with the industry and graduate with maximum potential for long term success. Simply put, the Andela Fellowship is an unparalleled opportunity.”
The Andela Fellowship begins with an intensive paid three-month-long immersion training program where successful applicants will receive 1000 hours of highly valuable software development training. After three months of training, they will work on practice projects in collaboration with other fellows in the program, to enhance teamwork and problem-solving skills. Within 6 months, participants will gain sufficient confidence to be placed as a remote Junior Developer on project teams at top technology companies around the world.
“As a high-performing Andela Fellow, you are guaranteed ongoing professional development training and employment with Andela for a period of four years. After the four year program, Andela Fellows can be expected to; start their own technology companies, go on to work at other companies seeking employees of the highest caliber, or be hired by Andela to continue our mission of training 100 thousand young Africans across the continent,” said Andela.
