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Galvanize
Company blog · galvanize.com/blogdataprogramming
Galvanize is the company blog at galvanize.com, writing about data and programming. Since 2015, 15 different Hacker News readers have linked it 17 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-02-03, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (7) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Mostly linked from HN job postings, bootcamp discussions and coworking-space comments. The galvanize.com pages cover its data science and software engineering courses, placement stats and coworking spaces, not essays.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 7 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Galvanize delivers targeted, measurable tech training that bridges strategy and skilled execution, equipping teams with in-demand skills across AI, software engineering, and modern technology.
What Hacker News says?
Galvanize, Inc. ( http://www.galvanize.com ) San Francisco, CA | Denver, CO | Seattle, WA We are looking for a data scientists and software engineers with teaching experience to join our instructional team. Practical, industry-based education is hard to access in the exciting and growing field of data science and software engineering. Galvanize has a tight-knit team of established professionals, educators, and commu…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2015)”Submitted The Hacker's Guide to Startup Fundraising as a story · 8 points
HN discussionGalvanize, Inc. ( http://www.galvanize.com ) San Francisco, CA | Denver, CO | Seattle, WA We are looking for a data scientists and software engineers with teaching experience to join our instructional team. Practical, industry-based education is hard to access in the exciting and growing field of data science and software engineering. Galvanize has a tight-knit team of established professionals, educators, and commu…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2015)”Submitted How Random Forest Modeling Solves Seattle’s Bikesharing Problem as a story · 3 points
HN discussionGalvanize just updated their public placement statistics. They are currently at 81% - https://www.galvanize.com/san-francisco/data-science#outcome...
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on “Flatiron School settles for operating without license, employment/salary claims”Submitted Eight Tools That Show What’s on the Horizon for the Python Data Ecosystem as a story · 3 points
HN discussionLocation: San Francisco, CA Remote: Maybe Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Python, Numpy/Pandas/Scipy/Scikit-Learn, Javascript/jQuery, Hadoop/Spark/Pig/Hive, SQL Resume: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nashcollins Email: nash.collins@gmail.com Website: https://github.com/nashc I'm making a career pivot from Finance/Consulting into technology. Just graduated from the Galvanize Data Science Immersive Program in San F…
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on “Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2016)”Submitted The Hacker’s Guide to Startup Fundraising as a story · 2 points
HN discussionGalvanize, the one mentioned in the article and markets the most, is vague on their curriculum but is more scikit-learn oriented. https://www.galvanize.com/san-francisco/data-science#curricu... Metis, another known bootcamp, does explicitly mention things like k-means, which is something I didn't know: https://www.thisismetis.com/data-science-bootcamps
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on “A Student's Guide to Preparing for Data Science Interviews”Submitted The difference between machine learning and statistics as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI have used WeWorks on occasion when traveling and was always happy with the offering. Currently I use the major local coworking space when I need one or a coffee shop. If there were a WeWork in my city, I would consider it again. There aren't tons of them, but I really prefer the Galvanize coworking spaces [1] -- the crowd is a more diverse mix of people, and they feel more laid back to me. [1]: https://www.galvani…
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on “WeWork chases new financing as cash crunch looms”Submitted How to Visualize Your Data Using Ggplot2, Even If You Don’t Know R as a story · 2 points
HN discussionVery cool, I'll just plug another web dev school that is just opening a little bit north in Fort Collins by way of Galvanize ( http://www.galvanize.com/courses/full-stack/fort-collins/#.V... )
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on “New JavaScript Coding School in Boulder, CO”Submitted Eight Tools That Show What’s on the Horizon for the Python Data Ecosystem as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Seven Python Tools All Data Scientists Should Know How to Use as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Using Data Science to Aid in Disaster Relief as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Difference Between Machine Learning and Statistics as a story · 1 points
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