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Articles by Lelia King
A tale of two women (and one theme park)
By Dana Boone | | June 25, 2015 Views: With the impending closure and destruction of Thunder Road (not to mention the new monstrosity of a thrill ride that is the #Fury325), I’ve had the Charlotte-area theme park on my mind more in the last few months than in the past 10 years combined. Try as I might to tap into early onset millennial nostalgia, I just don’t understand the passion behind the #SaveThunderRoad petition.
Changing media landscape in Charlotte: Hyperlocal is in
We have a fairly new crop of hyperlocal media outlets and blogs popping up in Charlotte. I put together a quick recap in case you are interested in following along (and many of you already are!). Though most of these have significantly smaller audience numbers than traditional media outlets, they can often have a very targeted audience (for most of these, it’s a millennial and Gen X audience, well connected and engaged, local).
A message from The Iron Yard - The Iron Yard Blog
Over the last four years, The Iron Yard has led the code school industry in preparing students for careers as software developers. The industry as a whole is still young and its leaders face the challenge of a nascent market, as well as the demands facing all institutions in the higher education marketplace. In considering the current environment, the board of The Iron Yard has made the difficult decision to cease operations at all campuses after teaching out remaining summer cohorts.
Understanding how to build better projects: InVision in the Iron Yard classroom - The Iron Yard Blog
One of the most common observations our alumni share with us is that the soft skills they gained during their time at The Iron Yard were just as important – if not more important – as the technical skills they learned. Ryder, one of our grads in Indianapolis who now works as a software engineer at Salesforce, put it this way: I feel like the people who succeed have a whole lot of interpersonal skills and ability to put themselves in the shoes of the user.
Thank you, Charlotte. A farewell essay.
Publisher’s note: Lelia King is the former Director of Communications at Center City Partners and has recently moved from Charlotte to Greenville, SC. I still vividly remember driving to Charlotte nearly six years ago on moving day. It was pouring rain. My eyes were set on the U-Haul driven by my husband in front of me, the Atlanta skyline barely visible in my rearview mirror, and a hefty dose of fear that was hard to swallow. Three months before that day, I lost my job.
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