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Mike McGeeUpdated on September 23, 2025After years of working as a dietitian in healthcare and food service, David hit a career ceiling – and with a young family at home, returning to school for four more years wasn’t an option. In this Q&A, David shares how he made the leap into Software QA withContinue Reading →- Mike McGeeUpdated on September 16, 2025Mai Vang is a Flatiron School graduate who made the leap from political science and finance to software engineering. After graduating from Flatiron School in 2022, she faced a tough job market and treated the job search like...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on September 10, 2025Alejandro Sanchez is the co-founder of 4Geeks Academy, who has been revolutionizing coding education since he was a teenager, building interactive websites at 13. From co-founding startups by 16 to scaling 4Geeks Academy into a global coding school with over 2,500 graduates across the US, Latin America, and Europe, Alejandro is now pioneering the next evolution in coding education by embeddin...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on September 8, 2025From federal policy wins like Workforce Pell and expanded 529 eligibility, to innovative new bootcamp partnerships and research on what’s working in alternative education, here’s what caught our eye this August about bootcamps, certifications, and workforce development. Curious about what happened in bootcamps in July? Check outContinue Reading →
- Mike McGeeUpdated on September 4, 2025Ippolito Ricca is a WBS CODING SCHOOL graduate who enhanced his career in music and entertainment by adding AI expertise to his toolkit. Since completing WBS CODING SCHOOL's AI for Business Bootcamp in 2025, Ippolito has leveraged his new skills to consult music tech soft...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on September 2, 2025Artificial intelligence is reshaping the way data professionals work – and bootcamps like General Assembly have to move quickly to keep pace. Longtime General Assembly instructor Candace Pereira-Roberts, who is also a Director of Data Strategy and founder of ThoughTrails when she’s not in the classroom, has been on the frontlines of that shift. She help...Continue Reading →
- Mike McGeeUpdated on August 22, 2025In 2017, Tim was working in finance and feeling the familiar mix of fear and uncertainty that comes with a major career pivot. But after enrolling in General Assembly’s Web Development Immersive, he made the leap into tech. Today, Tim is the Manager of Solutions Engineering at Quantum Metric. In this Q&A, he shares how the netw...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on August 6, 2025Welcome back to our Course Report Q&A series – where we talk to bootcamp instructors, alumni, and career coaches to understand what you can expect from top tech bootcamps. Today, I’m joined by Elise Deitrick, who is on the TripleTen curriculum team, to discuss their ...Continue Reading →
- Mike McGeeUpdated on July 31, 2025July 2025 marked a major turning point for the bootcamp industry. With the passage of Workforce Pell and new 529 plan flexibility, the financial landscape for bootcamp students is shifting fast. Meanwhile, AI education continues to boom—from U.S. teachers learning AI through major public–private partnerships to new AI-focused bootcamps launching around the world. In Africa and the UK, we’re s...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on July 24, 2025Course Report · How Yellow Tail Tech Delivers Dedicated Career Support If you’ve explored the world of IT training, you’ve lik...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on July 16, 2025After 15 years in education and school administration, Miriam Chait was ready to return to her original passion: technology. With a Computer Science degree but a long gap in technical work, she turned to Springboard’s Software Engineering Career Track to refresh her skills and re-enter the workforce. Miriam landed a f...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on July 15, 2025Julie Liu already had an impressive foundation in UX design – a double major from UC Berkeley, the Google UX Design Certificate, and real-world product experience. But when the job market got tough in 2023, she turned to Springboard’s UX Career Track bootcamp to sharpen her skill...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on July 14, 2025Jenna Hunte brings over a decade of engineering and tech education experience to her role as a mentor in Flatiron School’s Data Science program. After starting her career in software engineering and moving into AI consulting and engineering leadership, she now plays a key role in helping bootcamp students navigate a ...Continue Reading →
- Mike McGeeUpdated on July 24, 2025The bootcamp industry continued its evolution throughout June, marked by significant shifts in federal education policy, the mainstream adoption of AI education, and growing momentum around skills-based hiring practices. From new accreditation models to global bootcamp expansion, this month highlighted how alternative education pathways are becoming increasingly central to workforce developme...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on July 7, 2025You’ve made the leap into tech – maybe you’ve just graduated from a coding bootcamp, or you’re mid-career and wondering what comes next. But once you land that first job, what’s the path to real growth? And how do you move from being the “new person” to someone who leads projects, mentors others, and shapes the future of your team? At a recent panel hosted during an online alumni conference h...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on June 16, 2025When Kiffany Scammell was furloughed in 2020, she used the unexpected pause to reflect on her career path and take action. After discovering a newfound interest in analytics, Kiffany embarked on many Udacity courses that helped transform her career. Now a Senior Product ...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on January 9, 2026In 2025, the tech job interview process is shifting under our feet. The rise of generative AI tools has raised new questions about remote assessments, candidate authenticity, and the skills companies are really testing for. So what do today’s technical interviews actually look like? And how are career changers supposed to prepare? To find out, Course Report hosted a live Q&A webinar with...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on June 12, 2025After graduating from the Yellow Tail Tech Lnx for Jobs program and launching a successful career as a Senior System Administrator at the NIH, Georges Rousseau returned to the classroom to help others do the same. We caught up with Geo...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on June 5, 2025The bootcamp industry continues to evolve this May, with new campuses opening around the world, innovative partnerships forming between bootcamps and colleges, and AI-focused programs gaining traction at universities and training providers alike. In this May 2025 news roundup, we’re highlighting news about big moves from Le Wagon, Resilient Coders, and Zip Code Wilmington, tracking the rise o...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on June 9, 2025Breaking into tech has never been easy, but in today’s bear job market, it can feel especially daunting for new graduates. The good news? It’s still very possible to land a meaningful tech job – but you have to know how to stand out from the crowd. We sat down with Alisha Patterson, a Career Coach atContinue Reading →
