The tech community isn’t so much a community as it is a sprawling metropolis, with more and more programmers released into the Silicon Valley wilds by the year. IBM alone hopes to train 1 billion data scientists over the next few years. It’s training these scores of workers with the help of Galvanize, Inc., a company that turns programming amateurs into skilled developers and data scientists.

Galvanize’s COO Ben Deda spoke to John Walls and George Gilbert (@ggilbert41), cohosts of theCUBE, from the SiliconANGLE Media team, during the Apache Spark Maker Community event about the many ways Galvanize creates programmers who are workforce-ready.

Demand for developers, data scientists continues to grow

Galvanize’s success is due in part to its rigid schedule: Classes span the course of three months, with students working five days a week for nearly 10 hours a day. It’s an immersive experience that reaps real-world results: 94 percent of Galvanize’s students are placed in a job within six months of graduating.

Deda said the growing number of graduates is matched by the number of jobs in tech. Companies like IBM demand more and more skilled developers and data scientists every year. These same industry partners provide real-world programming applications so that students at Galvanize are quick to pick up on the realities of programming.

Deda said it won’t be long before Galvanize expands its purview both geographically and by modality. “We’re looking to create an immersive educational experience both online and part time,” he said.

Watch the full interview below, and be sure to check out more of SiliconANGLE and theCUBE’s coverage of the Apache Spark Maker Community 2016.

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