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Empowering careers through coding and AI

What We Do

We give people with zero coding experience a path to technology competence and workplace readiness in less than a year. All students receive real-world training, and Team Track students also get job placement support through CPU’s network of employers eager to hire our grads.

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Why students and employers trust us

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Learn coding that solves real-world problems

Focus on Business-Driven Software Development

We emphasize real-world business applications. As a student, you will learn to:

  • Understand business needs
  • Work with actual project workflows
  • Use real software tools for issue tracking and code review
  • Build client-ready software systems

No shortcuts — just a proven system for growth

Structured Path from Zero to Mastery

You really can start from wherever you are and end up where you want to be in the world of tech.

  • No prior experience? No problem. All complex things are made of simple parts.
  • We break down the learning journey into small, achievable steps — fundamentals first, then layering complexity.
  • Graduates often outperform peers at their first jobs due to the depth of preparation.

Gain an edge by coding with AI, not against it

Learn to Harness AI, Not Just Use It

CPU teaches you how to integrate, customize, and work with AI as a teammate — mirroring real-world applications. You’ll learn how to:

  • Collaborate with AI in software projects
  • QA and critically assess AI-generated code
  • Embed AI services into your own applications

It should come as no surprise that we have built our own proprietary AI mentor (Charlie) to help you along the way. Charlie is familiar with all our course content and provides contextual help with on-demand mentoring as you code.

Charlie helps you practice role playing; sometimes you’re the developer and Charlie is the client, sometimes you are the client and Charlie is the developer, and sometimes you and Charlie are co-developers. We also use dev AI tools to simulate collaboration with team mates. For our Team track, you get to work with our human software developers!

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Get more value with lower costs

Affordable and Effective

At every step of training, we focus on building proven competencies and skills that make you hirable. Our graduates are:

  • Workforce ready in far less time than a college degree
  • Accelerated on their path to employment in tech
  • Free from costly and burdensome student loans

We measure success by your growth and confidence

CPU Code School Is Designed for Your Mastery

Our course is built by a master developer with decades of real-world experience. During the course, you will learn through crystal-clear video instruction along with animated visuals to simplify and clarify complex concepts. You will construct the entire software stack from scratch from spec and design to implementation so you fully grasp and master each layer.

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Collaboration, respect, and shared success

Built for a
Values-Aligned Community

CPU Code School offers a values-based learning environment where trust, respect, and shared purpose are part of the culture.

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.

The core beliefs behind CPU Code School

Our Values

A passion for student success drives everything we do.

Be Committed

We are committed to our students. This shows in the hours put into developing/upgrading our courses, personally marking every homework assignment, and building a network of employers who are open to hiring our graduates. If our students are committed to succeed, we’re committed to get them there.

Do the Smart Thing

We focus our coursework on what students really need to learn so they don’t waste time and money on things that don’t deliver value for their career goals. We are always learning ourselves to continuously improve our courses and stay flexible in the changing world of tech.

Provide Value

There is no substitute for value. Our course provides value by focusing on real-world skills, best practices, and resume and connection building. We train our students to provide value to employers with big-picture vision and Devops experience.

MEET THE FOUNDER OF CPU CODE SCHOOL

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.

TESTIMONIALS

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.”

Chayi Loevinger
Graduate of CPU Code School
“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.”
Avigail Soroka
Program Manager, Chorus
“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.”
Brocha Schwartz
Software Developer, Beable Education, Inc

“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.”

Tom Potts
Employer, General Manager, Community Playthings

“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.”

R.G.
Programmer, Concept Pharmacy
“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.”
Tzivia Gurwitz
Software Developer, LTC Consulting Services

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