Ever notice how the youngest people in an organization know all the cool tech tricks and secretly scoff at your unavoidably outdated methods? There was a time when you were the graphics wizard, making slide shows that blew clients away, but those times are long gone and an entire generation of baby boomer offspring is happy to show you why. In order to harness the genius of these bright minded, caffeinated tech-junkies, Mendix has set up the Mendix University Program.
Business Engineering 101
This program brings the Mendix platform to the classroom, allowing business information students to create highly functional applications in no time. The idea here is to find a synergy between brilliant university students and a fast growing software company. Students, in addition to class credit and real world experience, get to try a platform made with business people in mind. By cutting out the endless coding, students can focus on the business problem they’re trying to address and how they can use technology to solve it.
Tomorrow’s Business Analyst
On the other side of the equation, at Mendix we take feedback from students and professors extremely seriously. Mendix University Program manager, Chris Kober, explains: “Todays business information students are the future advocates and users of our products and our platform, their opinions are invaluable to us. Part of the reason we are located in Cambridge is that we have the smartest students in the world within walking distance.”
Ivy League only, for now
Although the program is aimed at Ivy League schools for now, the company plans to grow this initiative indefinitely. Any university offering a degree in information technology or business administration can be a part of the fun, and it usually doesn’t take very long for professors and students to become supporters.
Sign up for a whirlwind tutorial during one of our monthly Mendix Essentials or Webinar sessions, just enough to get your creative juices flowing.
