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Lauren StewartUpdated on October 21, 2020Jay Wengrow founded part-time web development bootcamp and apprenticeship program Actualize in Chicago in 2014 to make learning to code efficient and accessible. Now the coding bootcamp has campuses in New York and ...Continue Reading →- Liz EgglestonUpdated on June 15, 2017As an experienced recruiter, Ceren Nomer knows how to get coding bootcampers in the door at tech companies, and she brings that perspective to her students as Head of Career Success at Fullstack Academy. We sat down with Ceren to ...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on June 14, 2017“I want to see more women in the tech industry, because the more women who work in this field, the safer and better it is for everyone.” Kate Humphrey has a background in technology consulting, and enrolled inContinue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on December 4, 2024For some students, the traditional 12-week, full-time coding bootcamp may not seem like enough time to acquire the skills that employers want. As the coding bootcamp industry has evolved, longer coding bootcamps such as Turing, Galvanize, C4Q, Ada Developers Academy, Learner's Guild, ...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on June 12, 2017Justin Marsh enjoyed traveling the world as a professional poker player, but when he hit 30, he wanted to transition to a more settled career in software engineering. After attempting to teach himself, Justin felt he needed more guidance when he got stuck, so he enrolled inContinue Reading →
- Lauren StewartUpdated on June 7, 2017Sean Renton did one year of college and decided that it wasn’t for him. He then practiced massage therapy for five years, but still felt stuck. Sean saw his father’s work-life balance as a remote developer, and chose to dive into the tech industry withContinue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on June 6, 2017Sportsrocket has hired four New York Code and Design Academy alumni into product management and software engineering roles (plus, all four have received promotions after one year on the job)! We sat down with...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on June 2, 2017Tariq Hook got his start in software development through an apprenticeship, so he can relate to his students at Zip Code Wilmington, who are drinking fro...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on June 5, 2017Need an overview of coding bootcamp news in May? You’re in the right place! We’ve collected all the most important news in this blog post and podcast. This month, we read about a number of insightful surveys about employers, programming languages, and learners. We read advice about choosing a bootcamp, learned about efforts to encourage women and veterans to learn to code, and heard abou...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on June 1, 2017Ariana Rodriguez has a degree in Applied Math and was working as a statistical programmer. She had always wanted to be in tech and didn’t think it would be possible without a CS degree. She considered going to grad school to study data science before realizing that she could reach her goal by going ...Continue Reading →
