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Lauren StewartUpdated on November 21, 2017Emily Maskin has hired three Grace Hopper Program graduates for contact lens startup Simple Contacts. As the Engineering Manager for the web team, Emily took a chance on hiring her first bootcamp graduates (all wome...Continue Reading →- Lauren StewartUpdated on November 20, 2017Pedro Acosta was a security guard training with the NYPD when he realized a career in software development would allow him to really excel and stimulate his mind like never before. Pedro quit the NYPD training and chose to learn part-time with Flatiron School’s Online Web Developer Program so that he could continue working...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on April 30, 2019Allstate Product Design Manager, Dustin Hamilton, started mentoring Designation (now Flatiron School) UX and UI students, and soon realized that many of them would be great additions to his team. He has now hired six Designation graduates, and continues to mentor and ...Continue Reading →
- David WintrichUpdated on October 14, 2024What are the benefits of learning Java as your first programming language? Is Java just too hard to learn in 14 weeks? When starting out in tech and choosing a coding bootcamp, it’s difficult to know which language to focus on.Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on July 24, 2018With the speed that tech evolves, coding bootcamps need to constantly iterate to keep their curriculum relevant for students. New York Code + Design Academy is working on a big revamp to their...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on November 13, 2017As Philip Percesepe was transitioning out of the Marine Corps he came up with an exciting tech startup idea. He realized he needed more specialized technical skills to build the idea, so he used the GI Bill to enroll at Sabio coding bootcamp in Los Angeles. Since he graduated in February 2017, Philip has continued to work on his sta...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on May 20, 2021One of the first questions we hear when someone starts researching coding bootcamps is “which programming language should I learn?” You hear these terms floating around like full stack vs front end vs back end – but what should you make of them? Today we’re diving into everything that goes into the application “stack” – from how each piece works together to the skills and tools you need...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on November 9, 2017One of the challenges that bootcamps face and have really taken head-on is building diverse classrooms. If you’ve looked at demographics research, you know that tech is not diverse – and that means everything from a lack of racial to gender to cognitive diversity. But a lot of bootcamps are doing interesting things in this realm, around scholarships, community outreach, and partnerships w...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on April 7, 2021Timur Meyster always dreamed of becoming an entrepreneur. When he realized his finance degree wasn’t going to help him actually launch his own business, Timur decided to build his technical skillset to create his own products. Since graduating from App Academy in 2015, Timur has flourished as a developer, working as a Full-St...Continue Reading →
- Lauren StewartUpdated on November 6, 2017Sheldon Smickley is the CEO and Founder of Podible, a podcast discovery platform. After a stint in marketing agencies and solutions engineering, Sheldon actually built the prototype for Podible while attendingContinue Reading →
