MongoDB University partners with Women Who
Code, MyTechDev, and Lesbians Who Tech & Allies to certify 700
developers
Partnership with LinkedIn Learning and
Coursera makes MongoDB University content widely available to
upskill millions of new learners
NEW
YORK, June 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- MongoDB,
Inc. (NASDAQ: MDB) today announced new education partnerships and
initiatives to enable and empower future developers through
education and help close the widening software-development skills
gap globally. To ensure the training is accessible to more
developers globally, MongoDB has established distribution
partnerships with Coursera and LinkedIn Learning, both with
networks of millions of global learners. And, to ensure that
developers from traditionally underrepresented groups have an
opportunity to gain skills with MongoDB Atlas, new partnerships
with Women Who Code, MyTechDev, and Lesbians Who Tech & Allies
will provide free certification to 700 developers. In addition to
these partnerships, the MongoDB for Academia program now offers new
benefits for educators such as free MongoDB Atlas credits and
certifications. MongoDB University is releasing new online learning
courses to reskill database administrators and professionals that
use SQL—a querying language for relational databases—on how to take
advantage of non-relational database technologies. To start
learning with MongoDB University, visit learn.mongodb.com.
Whether it's to compete against incumbents in their market or
aggressively go after new opportunities, organizations across all
industries are digitally transforming themselves by building their
own software. However, despite the increased importance of
developers to a company's success, there is a lack of software
engineers to meet this growing demand. Software developer roles are
ranked as the number-one profession in the 2023 Best Jobs Report
from U.S. News & World Report, which takes into account median
salary, current job openings, and long-term demand. The backbone to
every application is the database, and the choice of which database
to use has a direct impact on not only the success of an
application, but also how fast it can be built, deployed, and
continually updated. Tens of thousands of customers and millions of
developers rely on MongoDB every day as their preferred database to
power applications because of its flexible data model, speed to
deploy new features, and performance at scale. MongoDB has
been named as one of the most desired database technologies for
aspiring developers who are learning to code since StackOverflow
introduced databases as a category in their Annual Developer Survey
in 2017. The new initiatives announced today make it possible for
new developers across the globe to quickly learn and become
certified using MongoDB in order to build a wide variety of modern
applications across high-demand industries:
- Women Who Code is an international non-profit
organization that provides community and programming assistance to
women pursuing technology careers and career services and connects
them with companies seeking professional developers. MongoDB
University is partnering with Women Who Code to certify 100 members
by the end of 2023.
- MyTechDev is a non-profit organization focused on
empowering African students by providing them with practical coding
skills and specialization pathways in enterprise technologies.
MongoDB University is partnering with MyTechDev to certify 500
people in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, and Egypt over the next two years. Software
developers represent the highest-paying profession on the African
continent according to research from Business Insider Africa.
- Lesbians Who Tech & Allies is a community of
LGBTQ women, non-binary, and transgender individuals in and around
tech. MongoDB University is partnering with Lesbians Who Tech &
Allies to certify 100 members beginning in October 2023.
- Linkedin Learning: MongoDB University developer
courses have been added to LinkedIn Learning to reach a wide
audience of global learners who are interested in broadening their
software development skills. The MongoDB University courses include
Introduction to MongoDB and additional courses for using
MongoDB with the popular programming languages Java, Python, C#,
and Node.js. These courses will be packaged into Learning Paths to
prepare students for the MongoDB Associate Developer certification.
Millions of people turn to LinkedIn Learning every day to get the
skills they need to transform their careers, with LinkedIn members
adding 446 million skills to their profiles over the last year
alone. This partnership presents an opportunity to expand the reach
of MongoDB University content and expose new learners to MongoDB to
prepare themselves for a career in software development.
- Coursera: MongoDB University's Introduction to
MongoDB course is available to more than 124 million global
learners on the Coursera platform. Upon completion of the course,
electronic certificates will be available to add to LinkedIn
profiles or users can opt to receive a physical certificate.
Learners on the Coursera platform are able to use official
educational materials developed, maintained, and updated by experts
at MongoDB.
- Academia: In addition to upskilling and certifying
those who are already in the tech industry, MongoDB is helping
close the technology skills gap by educating and empowering the
next generation of developers. The MongoDB for Academia program
recently launched new program benefits for educators,
including more than $400,000 of
MongoDB Atlas credits, free certification, and access to free
curriculum resources to prepare students with in-demand database
skills and knowledge. The program also offers students MongoDB
Atlas credits and free certification through the GitHub Student
Developer Pack. These benefits are available globally and allow
students to enter the workforce with industry-relevant skills and
certifications.
- New content for upskilling existing professionals on
MongoDB University: To support professional developers who
want to broaden their skill sets, MongoDB University is releasing
new online learning courses for database administrators and SQL
professionals. The new MongoDB for SQL Professionals
learning path will help those with a SQL background build on and
expand their database knowledge and skill set so they can build
applications using the most popular non-relational database in the
world.
Since refreshing MongoDB University last November, more than
50,000 developers per month have taken advantage of the free,
ungated courses with more than 600 individuals becoming MongoDB
certified professionals.
"At MongoDB, we love developers and are pleased to provide free,
on-demand educational content for new learners and professional
developers who want to expand their existing skill sets on the
learning platform of their choice," said Raghu Viswanathan, Vice President, Education,
Documentation, and Academia at MongoDB. "Along with providing a
free and frictionless learning experience via our website, we're
excited to partner with LinkedIn Learning and Coursera to
distribute our content to meet more learners where they are and
partner with non-profit organizations to help train individuals
from traditionally underrepresented groups."
"Our goal is to empower diverse women to excel in technology
careers with more than half of our 343,000 members identifying as
software engineers," said Alaina
Percival, CEO at Women Who Code. "MongoDB is one of the most
popular database options for building modern applications, so we're
thrilled to help our members get certified using the official
MongoDB University course curriculum."
"There is a huge demand for software development skills among
African youth, but many don't have access to inputs needed to
master coding with a focus on enterprise technologies," said
Wilberforce Oshinaga, Director at MyTechDev. "Getting students
MongoDB certified in Nigeria,
Kenya, Egypt, and South
Africa will boost their knowledge and help them start or
grow their careers."
About MongoDB
Headquartered in New York, MongoDB's mission is to empower
innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries by
unleashing the power of software and data. Built by developers, for
developers, our developer data platform is a database with an
integrated set of related services that allow development teams to
address the growing requirements for today's wide variety of modern
applications, all in a unified and consistent user experience.
MongoDB has tens of thousands of customers in over 100 countries.
The MongoDB database platform has been downloaded hundreds of
millions of times since 2007, and there have been millions of
builders trained through MongoDB University courses. To learn more,
visit mongodb.com.
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