{"id":1864,"date":"2020-11-30T12:37:56","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T12:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/?p=1864"},"modified":"2020-11-30T12:37:56","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T12:37:56","slug":"enterprise-computing-coding-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/2020\/11\/30\/enterprise-computing-coding-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Enterprise Computing coding contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Connect to the IBM Z platform and use coding challenges to skill up on REXX and bash, COBOL and Python, z\/OS and Linux, and Ansible!<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>You are invited to a unique, virtual contest, open globally to\u00a0all tech students interested in gaining skills to land high paying jobs on the fast track.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ibm.biz\/z-vs-code-email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">Register now<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0learn about confidential computing \u2013 the systems behind the scenes running and protecting global businesses.\u00a0 Connect to the IBM Z platform and use coding challenges to skill up on REXX and bash, COBOL and Python, z\/OS and Linux, and Ansible!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>What can you expect:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Gain tech skills<\/li>\n<li>Earn employer-recognized badges<\/li>\n<li>Win prizes<\/li>\n<li>Take part in invite-only workshops<\/li>\n<li>Connect directly to employers<\/li>\n<li>Receive a fast pass to entry-level jobs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Complete Level 1 and put your tech for good passion to work.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>With just one hour of your time, we will feed two children for a day through Nobel Peace Prize winner, UN World Food Programme\u2019s #ShareTheMeal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Opens 14 September, closes 17 January<\/strong> &#8211; complete the levels at your own pace.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Did you know that Forrester Research found that\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ibm.biz\/enterprise-careers-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">careers in Enterprise Computing<\/a>\u00a0offer better salaries and are often more rewarding than other IT careers? Check out entry-level jobs\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ibm.biz\/ibmz-jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Global businesses are looking to hire students who can bring their own innovative ideas and passion\u00a0while leveraging the company\u2019s existing technological investments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>It\u2019s these foundational enterprise tech skills covered in the IBM Z + VS Code initiative.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ibm.biz\/host-an-mtm-event\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">register<\/a>\u00a0&amp; confirm your email address! See you at the next workshop!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connect to the IBM Z platform and use coding challenges to skill up on REXX and bash, COBOL and Python, z\/OS and Linux, and Ansible! &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/2020\/11\/30\/enterprise-computing-coding-contest\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5829,"featured_media":1866,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[205105,9658,112,205104,5343,205133,205130,205131,205132],"tags":[9658,504,19174,872,175901,9666,145910,679,818,149978,178057],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5829"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1864"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1865,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864\/revisions\/1865"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}