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Liz EgglestonUpdated on October 8, 2025This September, Illinois became the first state to regulate Income Share Agreements, bootcamps expanded into Ukraine and South Africa, and a new accreditor entered the chat. Here's what caught our eye this September in news about bootcamps, certifications, and workforce development. Curious about what happened in bootcamps in August? Check outContinue Reading →- Mike McGeeUpdated on October 7, 2025After a decade in financial services, Spencer Polans found himself at a crossroads. His mortgage lending career was stable, but it wasn't fulfilling, and he knew he wanted to be at the forefront of the AI and technology revolution, reshaping industries. Spencer decided to take the leap, enrolling full-time inContinue Reading →
- Mike McGeeUpdated on October 1, 2025After leaving her job at a veterinary clinic in 2023, Char Burton knew she wanted a career that offered long-term growth and impact. Inspired by her boyfriend’s success in a coding bootcamp, she began researching tech careers – and after comparing dozens of programs, she landed onContinue Reading →
- Mike McGeeUpdated on September 23, 2025After years of working as a dietitian in healthcare and food service, David hit a career ceiling – and with a young family at home, returning to school for four more years wasn’t an option. In this Q&A, David shares how he made the leap into Software QA withContinue Reading →
- Mike McGeeUpdated on September 16, 2025Mai Vang is a Flatiron School graduate who made the leap from political science and finance to software engineering. After graduating from Flatiron School in 2022, she faced a tough job market and treated the job search like a f...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on September 10, 2025Alejandro Sanchez is the co-founder of 4Geeks Academy, who has been revolutionizing coding education since he was a teenager, building interactive websites at 13. From co-founding startups by 16 to scaling 4Geeks Academy into a global coding school with over 2,500 graduates across the US, Latin America, and Europe, Alejandro is now pioneering the next evolution in coding education by embeddin...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on September 8, 2025From federal policy wins like Workforce Pell and expanded 529 eligibility, to innovative new bootcamp partnerships and research on what’s working in alternative education, here’s what caught our eye this August about bootcamps, certifications, and workforce development. Curious about what happened in bootcamps in July? Check outContinue Reading →
- Mike McGeeUpdated on September 4, 2025Ippolito Ricca is a WBS CODING SCHOOL graduate who enhanced his career in music and entertainment by adding AI expertise to his toolkit. Since completing WBS CODING SCHOOL's AI for Business Bootcamp in 2025, Ippolito has leveraged his new skills to consult music tech software...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on September 2, 2025Artificial intelligence is reshaping the way data professionals work – and bootcamps like General Assembly have to move quickly to keep pace. Longtime General Assembly instructor Candace Pereira-Roberts, who is also a Director of Data Strategy and founder of ThoughTrails when she’s not in the classroom, has been on the frontlines of that shift. She help...Continue Reading →
- Mike McGeeUpdated on August 22, 2025In 2017, Tim was working in finance and feeling the familiar mix of fear and uncertainty that comes with a major career pivot. But after enrolling in General Assembly’s Web Development Immersive, he made the leap into tech. Today, Tim is the Manager of Solutions Engineering at Quantum Metric. In this Q&A, he shares how the network ...Continue Reading →
