A “code school” program is now available in Durham with a big money-back, job-linked guarantee:

Complete the course, get a job.

All graduates of the 60-hour per week, three-month intensive coding academy run by partners The Iron Yard and Durham startup Smashing Boxes are guaranteed web development positions within six months of completing the program.

It’s the first in-person code academy to launch in Durham and the second in the Triangle.

The guarantee is simple: Participants within any of the offered programs (there will be three in Durham) will get positions in the software industry within six months or they’ll get their money back.

The “Iron Yard Academy” powered by Smashing Boxes is a 12-week intensive coding and business skills course developed by The Iron Yard, an organization that now runs nine in-person academies across the southeastern United States.

Participants pay $9,000 to enroll in the program and are expected to complete roughly 60 hours of work per week. No prior coding skills are necessary, said a spokesperson for the company.

For another $1,000, the company will purchase participants a brand new MacBook Air.

Durham’s first courses – Front End Engineering and Ruby on Rails – begin on June 2, 2014. The program is competitive, with only participants will be selected for each course.

Classes will be held at the American Underground at the American Tobacco Campus.

“We benefit a great deal,” said Nick Jordan, founder of Smashing Boxes. Jordan was approached by The Iron Yard to partner on the programs. “We wanted to make a change that would positively impact our tech ecosystem in the Triangle.”

Across all programs, The Iron Yard boasts a 100 percent job placement rate, to date. It’s an impressive metric, and one that Jordan is sure that Durham’s program will meet easily.

“We’re uniquely positioned in the Triangle as a firm that does this type of work for a living,” said Jordan. “We have a strong grasp of where there is demand for our students.”

It’s not just Jordan getting involved and launching an additional startup. He’s asked his employees to participate as guest lecturers and teachers. “It’s cool to be able to offer them the chance at furthering their professional development,” he explained.

Participants have ranged in age from 18 to 50, according to The Iron Yard. Programs are designed to teach the process of learning to code as well as the hard skills involved in the process.

The program in Durham is off to a great start, said Jordan. A local campus director has been hired to organize and manage the application process for applicants, and many of the guest lecturers and teachers have already been contacted. According to their website, The Iron Yard is continuing to hire in the region, as well.

Interested parties can review additional information at The Iron Yard’s Durham website: http://theironyard.com/locations/durham/.