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Jess FeldmanUpdated on October 21, 2020Christopher Angeles was on the path to medical school, but after a few years as a Biology Engineer in New York, he realized he wasn’t inspired by his work. That’s when he decided to move to France, change careers, and learn how to code! After taking an online, self-paced web development co...Continue Reading →- Liz EgglestonUpdated on May 1, 2020On the hunt for a remote data science job? We spoke with Springboard’s Head of Career Services Patty Kwok for her expert knowledge on the best ways to find a remote data science job today. From networking to portfolio-building,...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on February 8, 2021Rene Goertzen has always taken her education into her own hands – so she found the self-driven, collaborative classroom at Holberton School to be perfect for her learning style....Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on May 27, 2020Course Report · April 2020 Coding Bootcamp News As much of the world sheltered in place this April, we’re sharing musings about the future of work and how alternative education like coding bootcamps can help with reskilling. And we’ve continued keeping tab...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on January 2, 2025We caught up with Flatiron School’s Head of Career Services, Gretchen Jacobi, to create a checklist of the most important things you should do daily and weekly to structure a successful online job search. Plus, Gretchen weighs in on the state of the tech job market during COVID-1...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on April 30, 2020How important is networking online? With its well-established online presence in the tech community, we reached out to Thinkful’s Career Coach Brenda Brid...Continue Reading →
- Rachel MeltzerUpdated on May 10, 2024Remote jobs are rapidly becoming more popular in nearly every industry, growing by over 173% in the past decade. This phenomenon is sweeping the US, Canda, and most of Europe asContinue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on May 17, 2024Even with 20 years teaching experience, Sarah Panaligan hit a roadblock when her music teaching positions kept getting cut out of school budgets. Sarah decided that there couldn’t be a better time to change careers and enroll in General Assembly’sContinue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on April 22, 2020When Eli Kittross-Schnell realized that his legal career didn’t inspire him, he turned to his second interest: technology. After careful consideration, Eli applied to Lighthouse Labs and attended their 12-week intensiv...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on April 7, 2021Anna Peery was in search of a fulfilling career, and after enjoying a bootcamp prep course, she decided to take the leap into software engineering at Hackbright Academy. Even though her career change wasn...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on April 8, 2020BrainStation just launched more than 70 new online courses in design, web development, data science, and marketing. We sat down with Julia Osmar, the VP of Education Ex...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on April 9, 2020Benton Wong’s career path traveled through the biotech industry, law, and business leadership. But he found a true interest in the software development process, and enro...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on December 4, 2024Nicholas Roberts is the Director of Advanced Support Technologies atContinue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on March 31, 2020In the face of the global coronavirus pandemic, this month has shown that coding bootcamps are uniquely prepared to deliver quality remote learning to those now staying indoors, working from home, or even unemployed. In addition to COVID-19 news, March brought a $19 million fundraise, regulatory news, several scholarships to close the gap in diversity in tech, and 6 new schools in the Cours...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on December 29, 2023Danielle Katz was on a business track at Morningstar when she discovered her passion for coding. She spoke to leadership about switching into the tech track, and they agreed to sponsor her Fullstack AcademyContinue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on February 1, 2024High-level languages like JavaScript and Python may be the most popular programming languages today, but there’s no argument that these languages are doing a lot of work for the developer, from memory management to runtime interpretation. On the othe...Continue Reading →
- Jennifer InglisUpdated on February 28, 2025Quality Assurance (QA) Engineers are the gatekeepers of all things quality control when it comes to software. They are responsible for making sure that code “passes muster” by testing it at all steps in the development process, looking for bugs or problems, and then working with the developers to ensure that those issues are resolved before the software is released. And according to Google’s ...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on May 10, 2024After Alex Merced spent 10 years in the finance industry, he decided it was time for a remote tech job. After struggling to learn online by himself, he joined General Assembly’s Software Engineering Immersive Remote bootcamp. And with ...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on March 20, 2020Meet Angie Huetteman, a Data Analytics Tutor at CareerFoundry’s new self-paced, onlineContinue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on July 22, 2021Wondering what kinds of digital marketing jobs you can get after graduating Thinkful’s Online Digital Marketing Flex course? We spoke with Thinkful’s Associate Director of Career Delivery Stephanie Bermudez on how Thinkful’s...Continue Reading →
