Software developers in West Virginia make between $47,000 - $90,000 per year, depending on experience, and NewForce is now accepting applications from those who are interested in entering the tech sector in West Virginia.

NewForce is a tuition-free, in-person, team-based intensive tech training program in Huntington, West Virginia. It was created by employers, community colleges, and nonprofits to ensure West Virginians have the right tech skills for companies who are ready to hire in the Mountain State.

Through the intensive six-month curriculum, NewForce students work together, receive mentorship, and graduate with in-demand software development skills and direct connections to jobs. The program finishes with a Job Interview Day where the program’s employer partners interview NewForce graduates for open positions.

NewForce uses proven curriculum developed in partnership with Nashville Software School

The C# language and the .NET framework are the centerpieces of Microsoft’s technology stack for application development. When combined with other Microsoft technologies or open source technologies developers have the ability to build a wide variety of applications from web applications to server-side web services to enterprise-scale transaction processing systems using this technology stack.

Front-end Development Foundations

Months 1-3

Software Development Foundations

Months 4-6

Jordan Castelloe, Lead Instructor

Before I discovered programming, I managed a family-owned store in Asheville, NC. I started teaching myself to code because the store's database management system couldn't give me the numbers I needed, so I jerry-rigged it with custom scripts. It was a slippery slope: before long, I was having a lot more fun building hacking software for the business than I was managing it. I attended Nashville Software School for full-stack web development and stayed on as a teaching assistant after I graduated. I love working in a field where there's always something new to learn. I'm excited to help NewForce students embrace the learning curve and take their first steps into the new frontier of the tech industry.

Kim Preece, Instructor

As a math major, I was offered a student assistant position in the IT department at the Corps of Engineers. I loved work there and the ever-changing world of technology and soon changed my major to computer science. Before teaching web development at Mountwest, I worked as a Systems Analyst for several years. I love that web and software development are tools to develop creative and innovative solutions that make our lives easier and connect people, not just computers. I am dedicated and excited for this wonderful opportunity to work with the NewForce students!

Joshua Joseph, Instructor

I really found my passion for teaching working as an IT student assistant at Mountwest CTC. But my love of programming came later. Honestly, I hated my programming classes during undergrad. But that changed when I had the opportunity to teach a newly created program in Animation and Game Development. Being a gamer, I was immediately hooked and changed my tune about programming. Years later, I’m teaching full-time at Mountwest and I can confidently say I can't picture myself doing anything else. I’m very excited about the NewForce program and what it brings to our region!