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Jess FeldmanUpdated on September 3, 2020James Dinh didn’t have the confidence to pursue his love for technology until he discovered LearningFuze. After spending years in college to become a history teacher, James enrolled in the Full-Immersion Coding Bootcamp atContinue Reading →- Jess FeldmanUpdated on November 5, 2021Marine Veteran Schaine McDougall used his Post-911 / GI Bill to earn a degree in cinematography when he first separated from the military. When Schaine was laid off from his film ...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on May 16, 2024Curious who might be teaching you at a bootcamp? We caught up with General Assembly instructor, Terry Rice who teaches business development and career development workshops in addition to the Digital Marketing Bootcamp. Terry explains ...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on August 27, 2020Course Report · August 2020 Coding Bootcamp News Over $100M was invested in coding bootcamps this August! We cover those fundraises and why coding bootcamps are looking so appealing to investors these days. This month, we also saw new research about ...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on August 21, 2020Jupyter Notebooks is an IDE used to interface with Python and it’s becoming more popular in data science bootcamp curriculums. But what exactly is Jupyter Notebooks? Anurag Srivastava, lead instructor and mentor for Lighthouse Labs’ <...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on August 20, 2020Kendall Lu, a graduate of Codesmith’s software engineering bootcamp wrote a Verified review of his bootcamp experience and won our lates...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on August 20, 2020University of Denver Coding Boot Camp is training the next generation of developers with a 24-week JavaScript curriculum and a dedicated instructor staff. We caught up with instructor Sarah Cullen, who has ...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on August 18, 2021Jon Mallory wasn’t satisfied with his career path in chemistry, so when he found NGT Academy, he decided to take a leap into IT and cyber security. Jon shares how a short IT course at NGT Academy convinced him to enroll in NGT Academy's remote c...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on November 11, 2020Joshua Akan-Etuk nearly finished their Computer Science degree before dropping out and starting work as a Help Desk Technician while learning to code. After many rejected job applications, Joshua turned to Thinkful to better prepa...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on February 8, 2021Unsatisfied working in the construction field, Ashley Austin looked to Codesmith’sContinue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on December 26, 2023Unlike colleges, coding bootcamps aren’t interested in your high school GPA or SAT scores. What they do care about is passion, grit, and determination to change your career. So what does the path look like to get admitted to a coding bootcamp? Follow these 8 steps to get into the bootcamp of your choice! Step 1: Narrow down your bootcamp options There are over 500 bootcamps around the world,...Continue Reading →
- Rylan ClarkUpdated on January 8, 2021Design thinking is a technique used by companies large and small to provide their end-users with easy experiences that satisfy and delight. You’re also likely to see it in any quality design bootcamp curriculum. But what is Design Thinking? Rylan Clark, Springboard Mentor and UX Consultant, walks ...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on August 4, 2020After a severe injury disrupted her dreams of competing in the summer Olympics, equestrian Bronte Sewell took a chance on her nascent love of tech and enrolled in Flatiron School’s Software Engineering Progra...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on July 30, 2020This July, there was so much going on in U.S. politics and we saw it trickling into the coding bootcamp sphere. We also continued to see discussions around opening the gates of tech to more diverse, qualified candidates and reskilling initiatives as well as a fascinati...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on July 29, 2020Curious what you’ll get in a remote coding bootcamp? Today, Matt Lane from Rithm school is here to share a virtual tour of theContinue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on July 23, 2020U.S. Army veteran Isaac Winters grew up around code, but after medically retiring from the Army, he had difficulty finding a career path that suited his needs. When a tech i...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on August 4, 2020In “normal” times, 79% of bootcampers are employed after graduating from a coding bootcamp. But the question we hear most often in 2022? Will I get a job if ...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on July 16, 2020Phoenix Shane dove into programming by teaching herself SQL, but she knew it was only the beginning. In order to get a better footing with her tech career, Phoenix enrolled in Devmountain’s Web Development Immersive to develop a broader understanding of coding languages and t...Continue Reading →
- Rachel MeltzerUpdated on April 4, 2025Codecademy and Datacamp both offer on-demand data science classes that run on monthly subscriptions delivered entirely on an online platform. Both schools offer multiple career tracks, which include portfolio projects. And these tracks can take students from total begi...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on July 8, 2020The U.S. Army helped Josi Reis-West discover her love of computers and programming; Devmountain gave Josi the skills to turn that passion into a career. Josi shares why the Devmountain campus...Continue Reading →
