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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-f...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on November 11, 2022Interested in TrueCoders but not sure if you have the technical skills to get in? Cruz Sanchez, Vice President at TrueCoders, answers all of your enrollment questions: Do you need to know how to code to enroll at TrueCoders? Which soft skills is TrueCoders looking for? And what can you expect from the admissi...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on November 10, 2022Cam studied accounting in college but decided to make a career shift during the pandemic. Following his interest in tech, Cam chose Codesmith to future-proof his career and learn software engineering. After graduating from Codesmith in 2020 and working as a Software Engineer at Google, Cam and one of his ...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on November 2, 2022Course Report · October 2022 Coding Bootcamp News Roundup Happy October, Course Report readers! This month, interest in blockchain continued to gain traction as we saw a new fundraise in the blockchain bootcamp space. We’ve got an update on ISA reg...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on December 4, 2024Igor Koury spent 9 years working as a Civil Engineer in Brazil, but wanted a better quality of life for himself. After researching his options, Igor travelled to Portugal to learn Full-Stack Software Development at Code for All_'s 14-week intensive and immersive Pr...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on October 28, 2022What does it take to pass Flatiron School’s assessment in order to enroll in the immersive bootcamp? Zach Little, Senior Account Executive at Flatiron School, takes us inside the 15-minute admissions assessment – what applicants should expect and the best ways to prepare for it. Plus, Zach shares a sneak peek of the assessment...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on October 27, 2022Welcome to Ask a Career Coach, an advice-column where real bootcamp career coaches take a minute out of their busy days to answer a question from a Course Report reader. Today, Roger Huang from Springboard is answering a question about whether enrolling at a bootcamp is a good way for career changers to...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on October 19, 2022When Fabian Tovar left the U.S. Marine Corps, he took it as an opportunity to start a new career in software engineering. By using his military benefits, Fabian discovered he was able to fund a coding bootcamp tuition. Find out why Fabian has no regrets about choosing Sabio, and how that intensive coding bootcamp prepared him for a tech apprenticeship at AWS!&n...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on October 19, 2022Learning to think like a software engineer is only the first step in becoming a software engineer; landing that first job after a coding bootcamp is a feat all its own! Not only does Codesmith boast a dedicated Career Support Team, but they also bring their alumni back as Career Support Engineers to help existing students navigate their job search. Watc...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on October 14, 2022Matthew Whisman went to college after leaving the Air Force, but his Computer Science degree left him with a few skills gaps. After working for a startup, Matthew decided to enroll at Coding Temple to round out his education and learn more about front end frameworks. Now Matthew is a DevOps Engineer at a l...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on October 11, 2022Busy mom and former beautician, Draupada Poudel was ready for a career shift when she enrolled in the part-time, online Tech Sales Bootcamp at Springboard. She was sold on Springboa...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on October 31, 2022Rony Iraq was a microbiologist, but when he moved to Austin, Texas, he decided to follow his passion for tech. He chose UT Austin Coding Boot Camp, offered in collaboration with edX, to pivot his career into software engineering. Rony shares what it took to make a career change through UT Austin Co...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on May 30, 2024Zachary “Rex” Rodriguez was a self-taught Salesforce developer before he hit a ceiling with his career —and with self-learning. Seeking mentorship and career support, Rex chose the online Software Engineering bootcamp at TripleTen. No...Continue Reading →
