- Platform caters to recent graduates to seasoned working adults
- Help career switchers, tech enthusiasts learn coding for software engineering jobs
Malaysia’s journey of digital transformation is progressing, with the digital economy predicted to contribute 25.5% of Malaysia’s GDP by 2025. Additionally, with job vacancies registering a year-on-year increase of 29.3%, this is an opportune moment for many professionals to jump into the tech industry.
Seeing opportunity here, Rocket Academy, a Singapore live-online coding bootcamp that aims to help career switchers and aspiring techies learn coding and get jobs as software engineers, has launched in Kuala Lumpur. It targets students from recent grads to seasoned working adults, and also provides tech skills courses to enterprises looking to upskill their workforces.
Kai Yuan Neo, CEO of Rocket Academy said that more companies in Malaysia are looking to hire tech talent, leading to a talent crunch and the company aims to address this, starting by training high-caliber software engineers.
“As Malaysia and Singapore have always been closely related, we hope the lessons we have learnt training tech talent in Singapore will also be relevant to training tech talent in Malaysia. Ultimately, our goal is to help foster a thriving tech community in Malaysia for the coming years,” he said.
While Rocket Academy already has a free introductory coding course for beginners, its inclusivity and scholarship programme will provide a substantial 70% discount on their coding bootcamp course fees to ten Malaysian applicants to help them change careers and become software engineers.
“Personally, we are expanding our engineering hub in Kuala Lumpur and are eager to provide exciting growth opportunities to local talent,” explains Nino Ulsamer, co-founder and CTO of Singapore startup, Stashaway. “It has, however, been difficult to find candidates that complement engineering skills with solid product and business understanding, which is why we would love to see more career-switchers from coding schools apply for our openings.”
Rocket Academy claims that it has trained more than 1,500 people to date in coding, and notably, it has helped more than 200 people shift their career paths towards primarily software engineering. Its students gain exclusive access to valuable networking opportunities with industry professionals, as well as comprehensive interview preparation resources.
Rocket Academy claims that over 90% of job-seeking Bootcamp alumni have received job offers within six months from leading tech companies, including the likes of Grab, UBS, and Ninja Van, advancing their tech careers much faster than through traditional means.
The company said it distinguishes itself as a unique platform for career growth in technology. With their curriculum-focus on job-relevant skills as well as their screened, high-caliber teachers, students can rest assured that their tech skills will be sharpened. For more general information, head to www.rocketacademy.co, and check out the scholarship page directly at https://www.rocketacademy.co/my-code-for-tomorrow-malaysia-scholarship for detailed information about the programme.