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Cameron BuckinghamUpdated on August 22, 2014Cameron Buckingham is a student at gSchool, a 6-month coding school in Colorado. He blogs each week about his experience at gSchool- this week, he talks about interacting with alumni and shares a sneak peak at his project deployed on Heroku!Continue Reading →- Ahmed OmranUpdated on August 21, 2014Ahmed Omran is a passionate educator, web developer, and graduate of HackerYou in Toronto. Here, Ahmed describes "Learning Velocity," a measure of bootcamp efficacy, and how bootcamps can help their students accelerate through the course. Whether you're a student looking for advice or a bootcamp administrator lo...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on August 20, 2014Realizing that traditional university courses wouldn't do the trick, Michael Kohen taught himself to make iOS apps through books. But learning on his own had it's limits, so he decided to apply to Code Fellows for more structured learning and feedback. Read our Q&A with Michael to find out why Code Fellows appealed to him...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on August 18, 2014David Silva taught himself to code using books and tutorials in Colombia. He won an AngelHack Hackathon in 2013 and when AngelHack launched their education vertical with One Month Rails, he got involved. David is now instructing and mentoring students at AngelHack Education- we talk to him about the structure of the co...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on August 15, 2014Between their stellar instructional staff and impressive student outcomes, Hack Reactor is often described as the "Harvard of Coding Bootcamps." We talk with founder Shawn Drost about the conscious decisions they've made to be at the top of the class, why JavaScript is their preferred teaching language, and what exciting new ...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on August 14, 2014Lighthouse Labs and CodeCore are the two top coding bootcamps in Vancouver, Canada. With similar offerings, which bootcamp should you attend? Let's compare the two schools to find which is the best fit. Teaching Style CodeCore prides itself in stro...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on August 14, 2014Online, mentored coding bootcamps offer convenience and structure without forcing you to quit your job or move to a new city. But not all online programs were created equally, so which one is right for you? We'll learn from alumni at each online coding bootcamp, ready to answer your questions about their experience during class, how they found mentorship and community online, and how thei...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on August 14, 2014Apollo Education Group recently completed their pilot coding bootcamp, Rockit Bootcamp, teaching JavaScript and PHP to a cohort of eager students in Phoenix, Arizona. We talk to the Rockit management team Graeme Wood and Dominick Campagna about what made the pilot a success, how their education background is helping them i...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on August 12, 2014Rak Chugh and Richard Hu have been working with Byte Consulting, a research, analytics and technology firm, for 15 years. When it became clear that there was a demand for technologists in the financial sector, they founded Byte Academy, a 12-week immersive program to transform students into financial technology programmers. W...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on August 11, 2014Lillian Ng had a background in electrical engineering, but wanted to work in computer programming, so she enrolled in the Code Fellows Ruby on Rails Development Accelerator in January 2014. Two months later, she had a new set of skills and a job with Simply Measured as a Junior Software Engineer. We talk to Lillian about a ty...Continue Reading →
