We are thrilled to have successfully concluded our latest workshop on “Breaking Down Prejudices.” This inspiring workshop was conducted by the talented professionals from NCBI and took place at our office in Luzern. Our dedicated volunteers from HiCoders had the opportunity to gain valuable insights and deepen their skills in addressing biases and stereotypes. We...
At HiCoders, we recently had the pleasure of hosting three impactful workshops focusing on Active Listening, Nonviolent Communication (NVC), and Feedback. These sessions were led by the esteemed NVC instructor, Ms. Yael Bornstein, whose expertise and passion for these topics profoundly impressed us. Our mentors and employees participated in these workshops at our office in...
In September, we had the pleasure of hosting a workshop on the collaboration between HiCoders and HEKS MosaiQ in our offices in Luzern. It was a fantastic opportunity to exchange knowledge and explore new avenues of cooperation. Our guests, Ursina Dumelin, Natalie Strässle Baumann, and Bilal Said Cilesiz, enriched the workshop with their wholehearted engagement...
Exhausted but happy, the participants returned home after the winter camp. It was a weekend with a full focus on further education and cooperation for the HiCoders Mentors. We met in snowy Teufen in Appenzell for the winter camp. From 7 to 9 January, the Alpstein group accommodation was home and place of work...
Practice, practice, practice. That was the motto of our penultimate bootcamp this year. For this, all participants of the Fullstack Web Programming course came to Olten. The participants of our Fullstack Web Programming course met in Olten for the penultimate bootcamp of this year. This time, on-site participation was mandatory for all participants living...
It was a great experience! We were coding from Friday at 5 p.m. until Sunday at 5 a.m. to create applications for HackZurich. We made teams that each tackled a different challenge. Working through 36 hours at a stretch – that’s what our teams did at Europe’s biggest hackathon. On Friday 16 September, two...
Meeting and learning from each other in a relaxed atmosphere – that’s what we assembled for at the “IT verbindet” event at the Becozy Hotel in Zurich on 28 October. First, software engineer Ilyas Türkben taught us the basics of blockchain and non-fungible tokens. Then the participants were able to create their first NFT themselves....
We met in Einsiedeln on 18 November for the HiCoders Mentor Camp. Together with our mentors we looked at the structure of our courses, gathered feedback, and held workshops. The HiCoders Board would like to thank everyone for their support, commitment, and tireless efforts! One more time we had the pleasure of meeting in...
Meeting and learning from each other in a relaxed atmosphere - that's what we assembled for at the "IT verbindet" event at the Becozy Hotel in Zurich on 28 October. First, software engineer Ilyas Türkben taught us the basics of blockchain and non-fungible tokens. Then the participants were able to create their first NFT themselves.
At our “Say hi” event in Lucerne, the Fullstack Web Programming course participants met their HiCoders instructors, mentors, and peers in person for the first time. In addition, graduates of the previous course presented their final projects.
