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Jess FeldmanUpdated on September 23, 2024A key component of most coding bootcamps is a capstone project that marks the culmination of everything students have learned. We caught up with Carrie Grossman, Frida Garcia, and Priyanka Farrell, three recent bootcamp graduates from the DigitalCrafts Full Stack Software Development Immersive to lea...Continue Reading →- Jess FeldmanUpdated on October 21, 2020Laura Brennan worked in a variety of administrative jobs (including running her own bar in France!), but she yearned for a career that would fuel her ambitions to be a creative problem-solver. Laura listened to the advice of her supportive family and enrolled in BrainStation’s Web Development Bootcamp....Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on October 20, 2020Rena Silverman was a journalist for 15 years before a move to California inspired her to develop her technical skill set at Berkeley UX/UI Boot Camp (offered in collaboration with edX). Three months after graduating from the program, she used her network to first land a job at Run The World as their Chief UX Writer and the...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on September 9, 2025The three most popular careers in data are data science, machine learning, and data engineering. But what exactly do these jobs entail? Jonathan Heyne, VP and General Manager of Data and Engineering Programs at Springboard, joins us to explain how these three jobs work together, the different tools that machine learning engineers, data scientists, and data engineers use on the job, the salari...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on January 25, 2021The Software Guild and sister company, mthree have launched Aspire 1000, a new scholarship program that gives free training to one thousand underrepresented new techies! The robust prog...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on July 22, 2021Clovette had many years of business experience, but knew she needed stronger hard skills in order to be competitive in today’s tech sales industry. Learn how Flockjay’s online tech sales bootcamp and career services gave Clovette the in-demand skills and reinforcement she needed to land a job as an Account Executive at Zoom. Clovette...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on February 8, 2021Course Report · September 2020 Coding Bootcamp News It’s a new school year, but with COVID-19 ever-present, we read more interesting articles about Gap Year opportunities for college students. There was plenty of buzz around workforce development ...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on September 30, 2022Since 1987, Microsoft Excel has been used in virtually every office by employees with various job titles. But how is Excel used in data analysis today and can it be learned at aContinue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on September 25, 2020Suchaya Rojanasuwan had the drive and the passion to work in data science, but wasn’t sure how to make the career change. Suchaya shares how the Data Science Immersive bootcamp atContinue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on August 18, 2021We’re taking a look at what it takes to get started in network engineering with Jacob Hess, co-founder of NGT Academy. Learn the answers to all of your networking questions: do network engineers need to learn programming? Which certification and soft skills do you need in network engineering? What kinds of salaries can you expect...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on September 23, 2020Tech Elevator has been an immersive bootcamp in campuses across the US since 2015, but the onset of COVID-19 in March prompted a quick shift into a remote platform. Dedicated to a seamless transition, they rolled with the punches and resolved to problem-solve their big...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on September 21, 2020For a decade, Meghan Hein traveled the world and learned many life skills, but when she was laid off from the service industry due to COVID-19, Meghan turned to Lighthouse Labs to guide her way into tech. Meghan shares how their COVID-19 Scholarship Fund made her career change possible, and what sets Lighthouse Labs remoteContinue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on September 18, 2020Madelyn Arsenault was a disheartened college student who wanted a career that she was passionate about. After speaking with satisfied Devmountain alumni and their family, Madelyn enrolled in the immersive Web Development bootcamp in Dallas, Texas. Madelyn explains howContinue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on September 17, 2020Many bootcamps are moving online in 2020, but Hack Reactor has actually offered their immersive bootcamp, Hack Reactor Remote, since 2014! Today, Jonathan Lewis from Hack Reactor walks us thro...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on May 16, 2024What does General Assembly’s online classroom look like? Which tools will you be using to collaborate remotely? And how can you land a job after graduating from an online General Assembly class? Sarah Favreau, Head of...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on July 19, 2021In 2018, 66% of data scientists reported using Python every day, which makes Python the number one language for data science! But how much Python do you need to know for a data science bootcamp? Kim Fessel, Instructor at Metis’ onlineContinue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on May 30, 2024This summer, BrainStation hosted their first Stay at Home Hackathon in partnership with Microsoft. We caught up with two members of the winning team, Data Science alum Nick Mahon and UX Design alum Jung Oh, so they could walk us through their app FocusBuddy. Plus, Jung and Nick share what it was like to work remotely with UX des...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on July 19, 2021What’s the difference between Cyber Security Engineering and Cyber Security Analytics? From skills to certifications to the job market, we’re breaking down these two career paths with the help of two experts, Flatiron School instructors Andrew Mandula and Stephen Barnes. How do you learnContinue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on September 10, 2020Neha Nautiyal’s love for learning led her to enroll in the web development program at Penn Boot Camps. Although Neha loved teaching chemistry, she found a new passion and talent for web development that eventually inspired her to switch careers. Neha explains how the instructors atContinue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on September 14, 2020Should you enroll in a Computer Science degree program or an intensive coding program like The Coding Boot Camp at UT Austin? We caught up with instructor Eric Scott to find out the differences between college and a coding boot camp, the programming skills taught atContinue Reading →
