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Liz EgglestonUpdated on September 30, 2024Ruby vs Python vs JavaScript vs Java vs .NET – how do you choose your first programming language? Some experts will argue that fundamentals are more important than the language itself, and while we agree, you do need to choose a language in order to learn those fundamentals. We’re running through the pr...Continue Reading →- Imogen CrispeUpdated on September 10, 2019Since Kevin Weng graduated from Hack Reactor he has worked as a software engineer at Gliffy, Lyft, and now Google! Three years ago, Kevin felt stuck in his Mechanical Engineering job, so he decided to atten...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on October 4, 2019Chris Aquino has taught web development for the last 7 years and today, he’s an instructor at DigitalCrafts in Atlanta. We caught up with Chris to find out why he loves teaching new developers at DigitalCrafts, h...Continue Reading →
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- Imogen CrispeUpdated on October 17, 2019Zack had made a career for himself in front end development, but found the UX design part of his job the most rewarding. He wanted to move from Canada to the US and focus on UX so he enrolled in BrainStation’s User Experience Design diploma program in Toronto! Knowing the importance of a great portfolio for landi...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on October 4, 2019After Sanjana discovered an energizing career as a web developer, she wanted to return to her coding bootcamp, Lighthouse Labs, to provide the same mentorship she receiv...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on December 4, 2024Coding bootcamps are ramping up as we get closer to fall – in August we published our latest market growth report (23,000 grads expected in 2019), Flatiron School acquired a cybersecurity bootcamp, and companies like LinkedIn and JPMorgan Chase hired bootcamp graduates! We chat about the history of income share agreements, coding bootcamps for social good, women in tech, and companies hiring...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on August 27, 2019Anthony Johnson had some experience with Python, but was missing the skills he needed to transition from Materials Engineering to Data Science. He researched flexible data science bootcamps and found that Springboard’sContinue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on August 22, 2019In this Final Project Demo, we’re joined by Katie Stakland who took the UX Immersive at Devmountain and created a roommate communication app called Gabble! Because Devmountain teaches tracks in UX design, iOS development, software QA, and web development, Katie got to ...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on August 19, 2019The Tech Academy is partnering with the US Air Force to train personnel in modern, in-demand technologies, so they are able to identify and solve problems using tech. We askedContinue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on October 17, 2019How do people balance a part-time coding bootcamp with other commitments? We spoke with three DigitalCrafts students, Lizzy, Nick, and Sarah, to find out how they juggled their jobs, families, and lives with learning to code in theContinue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on September 30, 2024General Assembly has offered online courses for a long time, but has just relaunched them on a new, revamped platform! These include self-paced online Learning Paths in skills like Data Analysis, Digital Marketing, and UX, that students can work through on their own schedule. Lissa Marten, General Assembly’s Onlin...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on March 24, 2020As Rosie Martinez approached the end of her Doctorate of Science in Public Health, she realized her favorite part of her studies was data analysis. When she couldn’t land a data science job right away, she realized she needed to upskill and learn more modern technologies, so she enrolled at Galvanize’s Data Science Immersive bootc...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on October 3, 2024As summer meanders into its final weeks, does back-to-school season make you long to be back in the classroom? It’s not just high schools and colleges that are about to reboot their classes in fall – these coding bootcamps all have upcoming courses online and in-person to jumpstart your new career starting in Fall 2024! Apply today and you could be a developer by the time 2025 rolls around! I...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on August 5, 2019Nicole fell in love with coding when she took some C++ and Python courses during her math degree. She attempted to teach herself the basics of software development, but wasn’t sure which topics to focus on, so enrolled in nearby coding bootcamp LearningFuze in Orange County, CA. Nicole tells us, how she balances her full-time j...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on May 15, 2024The coding bootcamp space is certainly not slowing down for summer – in July we read about so many new initiatives happening in the edtech space! Schools raised over $5 million and a bootcamp loan provider raised a $9.8 million Series A round, and several companies like Twitter and huge New York banks are partnering with coding bootcamps to train students. We break down a new income share ag...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on July 31, 2019Megan Mulroy decided to pivot careers from graphic design to coding by attending Tech Elevator. One of her capstone projects was to build a website combining front end CSS and coding, back end Java coding, and pulling the website content from a database using SQL for a dynamic website experience. Megan walked us through her pr...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on September 17, 2021Understanding the difference between Product Design and UX Design can be challenging since many of the required skill sets can overlap. Terry Million, Design Product Manager at Thinkful, breaks down the two disciplines for us and the potential career opportunities for each. Learn which technical and soft skills are needed for UX vs ...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on October 24, 2025Data scientists are more in-demand than ever, but how much does it cost to learn data science at a bootcamp? From students looking for free data bootcamps to those wondering if a $17,000 data course is worth it, we understand that cost is important to futur...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on October 17, 2019When it comes to data science programming languages, you have two options: Python and R. Both Python and R will help you analyze data to see valuable business insights, but which one should beginners learn first to maximize their chances of landing a job? We asked Galvanize Lead Data Science Instructor, Sean Reed, to explain the d...Continue Reading →
