2022 Asheville Bootcamps

The job outlook for bootcamp participants in Asheville is great and only expected to scale alongside the city. The city has invested in the technology space via its’ Venture Asheville program, a public-private partnership supporting entrepreneurs and the startup community. In addition to creating more than 200 jobs, the group has also established the Elevate Program, offering mentorship and executive coaching. Investors have taken notice of the area’s thriving tech sector as well; Asheville-based startups that have been acquired by national companies including Homegauge and Doctor Directory. RISC Networks, a local startup responsible for developing a SaaS-based analytics program that helps organizations migrate to the cloud, was acquired by the 1,4000-employee strong Flexera in 2019.

Asheville’s unique location and culture have attracted several different types of organizations eager to hire and expand in the Southeast region. As the home to the National Centers for Environmental Information, the area has earned its’ nickname of the “Climate City.” The centers contain the world’s largest repository of climate and environmental data and have attracted climate-conscious companies as well as individuals pursuing careers specializing in data science and data analytics. The Collider, a nonprofit that acts as a hub for and forges connections between firms in the climate industry have recently opened a co-working space downtown, further accelerating this growing field. Another unique organization found in Asheville is Education and Research Consortium (ERC) Broadband, a non-profit that provides fiber-based network services to the greater Wester Carolinas. The back-end service supports organizations in data management, cloud computing, sustainability, and cutting-edge weather databases. This infrastructure has attracted major players, including Google— the company invested more than $1.2 billion dollars and created more than 200 jobs in a data center complex in Caldwell County, North Carolina, just one hour outside of the city. Despite its smaller size, bootcamp participants can combine the “hard skills” they learn in data science, management, or development to their passions in climate science, entrepreneurship and more.