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Mike McGeeUpdated on December 2, 2025From attending meetings on your behalf to developing critical soft skills, AI tools are reshaping workplace efficiency in unexpected ways. But how can you move beyond basic automation to truly leverage AI as a thinking partner? Kat Kemner, AI Instructor at General Assembly, shares her insights on leveraging AI to address real-world workplace challenges, develop leadership skills, and prepare ...Continue Reading →- Mike McGeeUpdated on November 20, 2025AI automation is transforming how businesses operate, creating new roles like AI Automation Specialist, Automation Designer, and Agentic Developer. Careerist’s 8-week AI Automation Bootcamp prepares students for these emerging careers by combining hands-on technical training with real-world business context. Instructor Vadim Vozmitsel, who has nearly a decade of product-building experience, ...Continue Reading →
- Mike McGeeUpdated on November 7, 2025Vibe coding is changing how developers write code, but where’s the line between learning and letting AI do the work? At WBS CODING SCHOOL, instructors like Garrett Lander are helping students navigate that question. Garrett explains how WBS CODING SCHOO...Continue Reading →
- Mike McGeeUpdated on October 29, 2025The accelerated learning industry continues to evolve this October with shifts in how AI is reshaping STEM education and growing questions about traditional college ROI. We're also covering the explosive growth of AI certifications and California's $30 million investment in apprenticeship programs. Plus, learn about the newest coding bootcamp we added to the Course Report directory in October...Continue Reading →
- Mike McGeeUpdated on October 23, 2025As the job market evolves, Springboard’s approach highlights both the promise and the fine print behind money-back guarantees in the bootcamp space. Its updated Money Back Guarantee reflects how bootcamps are continuing to balance accountability with student outcomes, outlining clear eligibility criteria, timelines, and career-readiness milestones that students must meet to qualify for a refu...Continue Reading →
- Mike McGeeUpdated on October 23, 2025TrueCoders is making a significant shift, expanding from their traditional nine-week intensive bootcamp to a flexible 45-week hybrid model explicitly designed for working professionals. Cruz Sanchez, the Vice President and Director of Enrollment at TrueCoders (and a TrueCoders graduate himself), explores how ...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on October 8, 2025This September, Illinois became the first state to regulate Income Share Agreements, bootcamps expanded into Ukraine and South Africa, and a new accreditor entered the chat. Here's what caught our eye this September in news about bootcamps, certifications, and workforce development. Curious about what happened in bootcamps in August? Check outContinue Reading →
- Mike McGeeUpdated on October 7, 2025After a decade in financial services, Spencer Polans found himself at a crossroads. His mortgage lending career was stable, but it wasn't fulfilling, and he knew he wanted to be at the forefront of the AI and technology revolution, reshaping industries. Spencer decided to take the leap, enrolling full-time inContinue Reading →
- Mike McGeeUpdated on October 1, 2025After leaving her job at a veterinary clinic in 2023, Char Burton knew she wanted a career that offered long-term growth and impact. Inspired by her boyfriend’s success in a coding bootcamp, she began researching tech careers – and after comparing dozens of programs, she landed onContinue Reading →
- 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 →
