What We Do

We give people with zero coding experience a path to technology competence and workplace readiness in less than a year. Our students receive real-world training and support for job placement from a network of employers who want to hire more of our graduates.

Why Choose CPU Code School?

Our courses are developed and led by a consulting expert with 20+ years of experience building full stack software systems that run organizations. Our course conforms to your schedule with prerecorded video classes, all homework is hand marked by our mentoring staff and we provide strong support for successful completion.

At every step of training, we focus on building proven competencies and skills that make you hirable by our highly engaged employer network. Our graduates are workforce ready at the fraction of the cost & time spent on a college degree, accelerating their path to employment in the technology field without burdensome student loans.

Mission

Today, anyone with the intelligence and determination to learn can build a career in software development

We are committed to providing affordable, practical, accessible skills training that helps students go from a blank slate to being equipped to land their first job in technology and having the foundation to propel them to excellence throughout their careers.

Our Values

A passion for student success drives everything we do.

Meet the founder

Michael Gellis

Hi, I’m Michael Gellis. As a technologist, I’ve spent 20+ years building complete software systems for businesses of all sizes and across many industries. I currently run my own development firm and hire many of my CPU graduates to work on my team.

I have co-authored two books on software development (MCSD Test Success: Visual Basic 6 Distributed Applications, Visual Basic Developer’s Guide to Uml and Design Patterns) and was a featured speaker at Microsoft Tech-Ed conference.

I’m not content with just teaching students to code. I and my team are laser-focused on crafting software developers who can grow and thrive in the real world. Our priority is launching students into tech careers.

What Our Employers and Students Say

“Taking the CPU Code School course was the best thing I ever did for my personal and professional development. As someone who never programmed before, it taught me all the fundamental skills needed to be a successful software developer. The course was challenging, but timely help was always available and questions were answered in a helpful manner. Upon completion of the course they also helped me find a job that I really enjoy. If you are looking to break into the software industry, I highly recommend this course.”

“CPU’s graduates are prepared to enter and integrate well within a development team. CPU’s emphasis on providing strong foundations of information allow the graduates to contribute value to the team quickly.”

“Taking the software development course by CPU Code School was one of the best decisions I’ve made. Mr. Gellis taught everything beginning with the basics and working up to more advanced computer programming. I gained so much knowledge and a solid foundation to move forward in my career as a software developer at Beable Education. The skills that Mr. Gellis taught help me in my current position even when using languages unfamiliar to me. Even after the 10 months of the course were over, I was never left alone to figure things out on my own, but rather I continued to receive guidance both with programming questions and with job placement. I highly recommend this course for anyone interested in this field.”

“Community Playthings has engaged the services of CPU Code Dev on several software projects over the past 5 years. I have had the privilege of working intensively with four different CPU Code School graduates over the course of these projects. They have been consistently good communicators who produce quality code on time. As participants in an Agile team process, they have advocated for best practices, good architecture, and forward-looking technical choices. I have confidence in the long-term maintainability of software developed by CPU Code school graduates.”

“Going with the video course track allowed me to arrange the courses around my schedule, while still coming out with the same clarity of the material thanks to the mentoring program. With the help of CPU Code School's job placement efforts, I found a great job where I can put the skills I acquired during the course to use every day.”

“CPU Code School was a great experience from when I joined until I completed the course, and the skills I gained continue to help me to this day. Mr. Gellis or one of his employees always made themselves available when I needed assistance with homework, and once I graduated I had them on my team while I searched for my first job. Not only did I learn the basics of programming, I gained the necessary skills and background knowledge to learn new languages as well as how to collaborate with others on projects and additional workplace skills.”