Coding, In The Time of COVID-19
Sabio is both an online and an in-person coding bootcamp, which is located in Southern California and serves adult learners all over the world. Since our inception, back in the summer of 2013, we’ve had our students’ interest at heart, and we will continue to do so today, in 2020 in the middle of an unfortunate viral pandemic known as COVID-19.
What does this mean for students?
Our in-person campuses are open for students that are feeling well, and that are able to come into campus. All of our locations have ample cleaning supplies like soap, warm water, and plenty of Clorox wipes to keep the facility clean. Every morning students that are not feeling well are encouraged to work from home. If students are unwell, they are encouraged to stay home.
In the fall of 2018 Sabio received authorization to process tuition payments for Military Veterans via the U.S. Veteran Administration. Working with the VA has many benefits and it also comes with a great deal of responsibility. Not to get too into the weeds, but VA students get paid a monthly housing allowance while they are students at Sabio. The amount of the monthly housing allowance depends on a number of factors. If a student trains with us in-person their monthly housing stipend is larger than those VA students that train with us via Remote Login. For this reason, our three residential locations are still open. We do not want to put our Military Veterans’ financial well being in jeopardy by closing our physical locations. We would only close our physical training locations if the U.S. Veteran Administration allows us to do so and we are given certainty that our Military Veteran Students will not be negatively impacted.
What Can Be Done To Support All Students During This Difficult Time?
Our online course is open and 100% free for anyone that is looking to pick-up awesome tech skills during this difficult time. Also, our Free Online PreWork class does come with 6 hours of weekly live support via Zoom Video Conference. In addition, via our SabioCandidates.Slack.Com online resource you can find community and support.
Join over 500 people that are also coding with us via PreWork.
What Will Happen In April?
Currently, we have a part-time cohort scheduled to begin on Saturday, April 11, 2020 and an immersive cohort to begin on Monday, April 13, 2020.
Both of these courses are scheduled, and we are 100% confident we will begin new cohorts in April online and at our three locations.
To wish you all health and peace during this difficult time, and we are here to keep your mind focused on gaining great skills that will always be in-demand.
Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Liliana Aide Monge
Sabio Co-Founder & CEO
email: liliana@sabio.la
