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Jess FeldmanUpdated on January 12, 2023Travis, a graduate of Coder Foundry’s coding bootcamp wrote a Verified review of his bootcamp experience and won our latest sweepstakes competition! Over 1,500 tech bootcamp graduates wrote a Verified review for their school on Course Re...Continue Reading →- Jess FeldmanUpdated on January 5, 2023Tech is ever-evolving, so what can you expect employers to be hiring for in 2023? We asked two Tech Elevator hiring partners, Kroger and FAST Enterprises, to share which technical skills and soft skills their companies will be hiring for this year. (Spoiler alert: sharpen your Enterprise API Developme...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on December 26, 2023Welcome to Ask a Career Coach, an advice-column where real bootcamp career coaches answer a question from a Course Report reader. Today, Beanie Brady from Flatiron School is answering a question about what you can expect in the current data science/data analytics...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on December 4, 2024Course Report · 2022: The Year in Review for Coding Bootcamp News As we wrap up 2022, we’re reporting on the biggest coding bootcamp news about fundraises and new campuses that we saw in December. A new study released this month detailed how...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on January 3, 2023Course Report · 2022: The Year in Review for Coding Bootcamp News We’re looking back at a very eventful 2022, and rounding up the most impactful news we saw in the coding bootcamp space. Follow along as we call out the top trends in 2022 and...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on January 7, 2026Is your 2026 New Year’s resolution to make a career change into tech? You already know that a coding bootcamp can help you get there – 79% of bootcamp grads get jobs in tech, and the average alum sees aContinue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on January 4, 2023Lighthouse Labs students can expect wraparound support as they make their way through the programs and into tech careers. Cyber Security Mentor, Kimberley Dray and Senior Student Success Coordinator, Kyla Wills take us on a deep dive of Lighthouse Labs’ student support services. Find out how mentors p...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on December 19, 2022In 2019, Bonnie McNeil was worried that the gap in her resume from being a stay-at-home mom might hold her back in changing careers. Knowing that a tech career would afford her better work-life balance, higher salary, and more job prospects, she enrolled at Alchemy. Now a Senior Software Engineer at Quil, Bonnie shares how Alchemy not only helped ...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on December 20, 2022Ethical hacking (also known as penetration testing) is a cybersecurity skill set that requires intrepid tech professionals to investigate networks for vulnerabilities in order to protect organizations. Cybersecurity expert and Flatiron School Instructor, Khester Kendrick, breaks down what to expect in the pen testing career and how to get into the field. Find out how the Cybersecurity Bootcam...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on December 12, 2022In 2014, Ryan Choi was a lab technician pipetting for hours and feeling discouraged by his career path. Realizing his passion for software engineering, Ryan enrolled in the very first cohort at LearningFuze in Irvine, CA to make his career change. Now Ryan is eight years into his career and a Senior Softwa...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on April 7, 2023Anna Fuenmayor knew the basics of web development but she wanted to learn back end programming from an established coding bootcamp to pivot her career from healthcare. She chose the online, self-paced Software Engineering Career Track at Springboard and graduated in seven months, while working a part-ti...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on November 30, 2022Course Report · November 2022 Coding Bootcamp News Roundup This November, two bootcamps announced acquisitions and $70 million was invested in alternative education. We’re covering how November’s midterm elections here in the U.S. could impact sup...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on November 29, 2022Emmanuel Apau was a soccer athlete for twenty years before starting over as a complete beginner in cybersecurity. Emmanuel dedicated himself to the Cyber Security bootcamp at Clarusway and passed the CompTIA Security+ exam on his first try, before he even graduated! Now he works as Security Analyst at Provalu...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on November 29, 2022Ida McCarty was displaced from her job during the pandemic, which inspired her to build on her skill set. Ida already had an IT certification, but as a Product Manager, she wanted to learn how to better communicate with her tech teams. With the city-funded coding bootcamp, Chicago Codes (powered byContinue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on November 29, 2022Ramona Ortega is no stranger to FinTech startups – she is the founder of My Money My Future and most recently WealthBuild.AI. As a CEO, Ramona deeply understands the tech hiring needs of her companies....Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on June 14, 2023Desiree was an animator and graphic designer experiencing burn out from the long hours and low pay. After some success with self-teaching, Desiree decided to pivot into software engineering, and chose TripleTen because they offered a Women in Tech Scholarship th...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on September 30, 2024What is on the horizon for tech bootcamps in 2023? In this Live Q&A, we covered the major trends that our experts from General Assembly, Springboard, Coding Temple, and Code Fellows are expecting in 2023. Meet Your Panelists Lupe Colangelo is the Partnerships Manage...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on November 18, 2022Lighthouse Labs recognizes that people from diverse backgrounds and with varied experiences enrich tech teams and organizations. With that in mind, Amanda Sterling, the Academic Accommodations and Accessibility Expert at Lighthouse Labs, is on hand to ensure that students with different learning style...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on November 18, 2022After a few years of working in fashion merchandising, Liz Kim realized she wasn’t feeling fulfilled by her career. After seeing her friends launch tech careers after attending bootcamps, Liz chose the online Cybersecurity bootcamp at DigitalCrafts because she appreciated the live teaching style. No...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on September 30, 2024When COVID hit, Justin leapt at the opportunity to pursue a career in software engineering. He chose the online Software Engineering Immersive bootcamp at General Assembly (which he could attend from his home in Seattle). And after graduating, Justin got an internship with the U.S. Census Bureau to build a cross-functional app for The Opportunity Projec...Continue Reading →
