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Liz EgglestonUpdated on October 21, 2020After four years in the Marine Corps, Samuel Warren considered a few different career paths. He decided to develop his analytical side by enrolling at San Diego Code School (SDCS) and found his military background had prepared him for an intensive learning experience. Samuel tells us about the real...Continue Reading →- Michelle LaiUpdated on February 11, 2019To launch your career as a software engineer, you’ll need to approach your education with your job goals at the forefront. So where should you put focus in order to equip yourself to land your first software engineer role and excel in that role?Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on February 14, 2019On this episode of the Course Report podcast, we are talking about a New York City initiative that is helping certain lucky students attend coding bootcamps for free. It's called the NYC Tech Talent Pipeline, and it aims to increase the number of employees with software skills in the city. We chat with a founder and a graduate ofContinue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on February 18, 2019Roger wasn’t looking for a career change, but after ending up in technical product roles, he realized he needed coding skills to advance his career. With a full-time job and family commitments, Roger chose to learn to code via an online bootcamp through The University of Georgia’s School of Continuing Education, which isContinue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on December 3, 2024Turing School’s seven-month Front End and Back End Engineering programs are designed to be challenging. To enhance student success, the Turing team is launching a new, three-week, six-session online pre-course called Mod...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on July 16, 2021In January 2019, the top news in the tech bootcamp industry was all about Income Sharing Agreements and university coding bootcamps – it was a flurry of fascinating news! We start with a potential policy change being discussed in congress, talk through a $30 million fundraise, and summarize articles about ISAs from the New York Times, Fortune, Vice, and TechCrunch. Plus, we will tell ...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on January 8, 2021Kelly’s creative background was on the back burner while she worked in customer support, until she discovered the fun of designing websites. So she decided to pursue a career in user experience (UX) design! Kelly chose to learn with Springboard’s online, self-pacedContinue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on January 28, 2019Burnt out from teaching high school math and science for four years, Joanne Jordan decided to search for a new career direction. After discovering the potential of Machine Learning at a startup, she enrolled in Lambda School’s online Data Science Track. Joanne tells us how the vibrant online community kept her motivated to keep st...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on January 24, 2019With classes spread between Salt Lake City and Provo, the DevMountain team has decided to bring all its Utah operations under one roof in centrally-located Lehi. We sat down with DevMountain Executive Director Krissy Weekley to hear h...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on January 22, 2019Logan Weir believes in continually learning to grow and improve his skills. After five years at a startup, he felt like a jack-of-all-trades and decided to hone his skills in data science withContinue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on January 16, 2019When the demands of lengthy concert tours kept Audio Engineer Tre Ammatuna from his wife and three young kids, he wanted to find a career that allowed him to be closer to home. He had dabbled in web design, so decided to enroll in Hack Reactor Remote and study from home in Athens, Georgia, rather than commute to another city. Tr...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on October 21, 2020After working for a religious nonprofit after college, Isaiah Ascher wanted to get into tech. He started learning to code, then a friend helped him get a customer services and sales job at an insurance company, where he thrived. But Isaiah wanted to go a step further and get into software sales, so he enrolled in preHIRED’s SaaS sa...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on February 8, 2021With a degree in creative fiction and plans to write a book, Erica didn’t expect to fall in love with coding as a career. But once she started learning JavaScript, she enrolled at Lighthouse Labs to learn full stack web development in Vancouver, Canada. Now, three years after graduating, Eric...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on January 4, 2019Bhaumik Patel is the Program Director for Thinkful’s new Nights & Weekends web development course, a live classroom experience delivered online. The course mirrors the instructor-led classroom schedule of the full-time Engineering Immersion course but ...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on January 3, 2019When Roniece first signed up for Flatiron School’s Access Labs bootcamp, she wasn’t sure there was space in the coding and development world for a queer woman of color like herself. Now, she’s paying it forward in Atlanta as a Teaching Fellow at the newestContinue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on December 27, 2018As we near the end of 2018, we're rewinding and reflecting on the most interesting and impactful coding bootcamp news of the year. Come with us as we look at trends, digest thought pieces, break down the ~$175 million in new funding, and more. We’ll also look at our predictions for 2019 and our hopes for the future of coding bootcamps! 2018: Course Report in Numbers We added 89 new scho...Continue Reading →
- Nikki CarterUpdated on April 7, 2021As the new year approaches, you might be thinking about the big things you want to accomplish next year – namely, getting accepted to and completing a coding bootcamp. Although it’s tempting to spend the holiday period relaxing and indulging, there are a number of low-stress things you can s...Continue Reading →
- Brandi ButlerUpdated on October 2, 2024Should you learn Python? Many people choose their coding bootcamp based on what coding language they want to learn. Python is becoming an increasingly popular teaching language at both coding bootcamps and data science bootcamps, so we asked General Assembly Python Instructor Brandi Butler to explain the t...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on December 14, 2018As he was finishing his degree in Biotechnology and Molecular Genetics at the University of Toronto, Nadim realized he wanted a more technical career. He tried sales, then heard that BrainStation was launching a Data Science Diploma Program in Toronto. As an internationa...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on October 4, 2019With the aim of making education as accessible as possible, Holberton School has offered income share agreements for students since it launched in 2016. We wanted to find out exactly how the ISA works, and whether it is a good deal for ...Continue Reading →
