FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
HOW IS ADA DIFFERENT FROM OTHER EMERGING TALENT PROGRAMS AND BOOTCAMPS?
As a free nonprofit bootcamp, we center our work around the diverse communities that need access into this industry the most. For-profit bootcamps can be cost prohibitive and often struggle to reach diversity targets as they attempt to message themselves as highly competitive and desirable, which can dissuade minorities from applying or exclude them from consideration. Our 95% placement rate, DEI training program for managers, and candidate screening process ensures our interns are successful at your company.
| Ada | Other Bootcamps | |
|---|---|---|
| Nonprofit Bootcamp | For-profit Bootcamp | |
| Tuition-free | Cost prohibitive | |
| Center our work around the diverse communities that need access into this industry the most. | Struggle to reach diversity targets as they attempt to message themselves as highly competitive and desirable, which can dissuade minorities from applying or exclude them from consideration. | |
| 95% placement rate | Lower placement rates | |
| DEI training program for managers | No manager training |
Frequently Asked Questions
Currently we have cohorts in our headquarters in Seattle and in Atlanta, as well as a virtual classroom. If you’re interested in interns in other locations, please reach out to us.
The standard company partnership level is $39,000 and includes a 5-month intern assignment. Ada is a non-profit organization, with a majority of the funding coming from company partners in the tech industry.
The manager Inclusivity Training is for the managers and mentors who are hosting Ada interns. The virtual trainings are led by IDI (Intercultural Development Inventory) certified facilitators and cover topics such as:
- Inclusive Leadership Techniques
- Identity & Intersectionality
- Privilege, Power, and Oppression
- Systemic Racism
- White Suprematist Culture
- Microaggressions
- Gender Identity and Expression
- Management & Racial Harm
- Disability & Neurodiversity
- Critical Race Theory
Sessions are interactive didactic presentations, with both large and small group discussion as well as activities and short readings.
Cohorts happen twice a year.
View our timeline https://adadevelopersacademy.org/timeline/
Ada interns are unique. They go through a rigorous 6 month classroom training and oftentimes, this is their 2nd or 3rd career where they can bring their real world experience to the job. The average age of Ada interns is 30 years old and they are passionate about tech and have the soft skills including communication, determination and a growth mindset which are much harder to teach. For more information on how Ada interns stack up, read this article.
Our team is ready to help you sell Ada’s program to your C-suite. Reach out to get resources, stats and decks to help get funding and buy-in.