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Liz EgglestonUpdated on November 30, 2016Liz Howard is a coding bootcamp veteran; before landing at Galvanize as a Curriculum Developer, she was a founding instructor at Hackbright Academy and taught at Tradecraft. And at Galvanize, she’s found a unique support system for instructors that emphasizes blended learning and iterating to keep up with changing technology. Liz ...Continue Reading →- Lauren StewartUpdated on November 29, 2016Lexus Davis specialized in technology engineering and innovation management before jumping into the tech scene. Not satisfied in her construction management position, and realizing most of the new positions she was interested in required some type of programming language, she decided to learn to code. Find out about Lexus’ experience learning full stack web development atContinue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on July 27, 2021Despite an incredibly difficult job market with almost every industry impacted by COVID-19, Flatiron School job-seeking graduates saw an 86% job placement rate, thanks in major part to the consistency, determination, and focus of students inContinue Reading →
- Lauren StewartUpdated on November 28, 2016Think coding bootcamps are only for tech newbies? Warren Longmire has been programming since he was 13, has a computer science degree, and worked in game design, but he realized it was time to take his skills to the next level. He set an ambitious goal to work in web development at a New York startup, so he attended Startup Institute’s 8-week Web Development program in NYC. Check out what W...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on October 21, 2020Robby and Sierra spent three weeks working on their final project called Book Kit, an application to share and save online resources. But even though they worked closely together every day, they were actually in separate cities! That’s because Robby and Sierra were students in Thinkful’s Web Development Career Path, a full-ti...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on November 22, 2016Salt Lake City coding bootcamp DevPoint Labs recently decided to move the HTML/CSS part of their courses into a pre-work module. We spoke to senior instructor Dave Jungst about the reasons behind this shift, and how DevPoint Labs iterates on and updates the curriculum for both their f...Continue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on October 18, 2022If you’re wondering what type of career help you’ll receive if you attend LearningFuze’s 14-week full stack coding bootcamp or part-time program, look no further. We chatted with Career Services Manager, Andreana Pettersen, to learn more about the job placement process and how they help students find roles as software developers....Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on November 22, 2016Duran Gradwell and Debbie Westwood both learned to code at Coder Camps, but what we found most interesting is that Duran studied at Coder Camps’ Seattle campus, while Debbie studied online remotely from Phoenix, Arizona. We wanted to examine the difference between studying in-person vers...Continue Reading →
- Lauren StewartUpdated on November 21, 2016Anna Garcia played music- trumpet to be exact- professionally since age 11. But when she blended her entrepreneurial spirit with her love for healthy living to create a startup called Juice Crawl, Anna knew that she needed tech skills to build the website. Intrigued by the process of building that website, Anna was motivated to learn software development, and enrolled inContinue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on November 21, 2016Wojciech Hupert originally studied advertising and graphic design, but as the market demand for web skills increased, he transitioned into UX design. Now Wojciech is a UX Design Mentor at online coding bootcamp CareerFoundry. He also works full-time as a UX/UI Designer at Berlin startup BigchainDB. Wojciech explains why h...Continue Reading →
- Lauren StewartUpdated on December 3, 2024Jack Yeh was in the Marines, has a master’s degree in environmental management from Yale, and led global supply chain management teams for Walmart, Groupon, and the Chinese Postal System. Working at these companies Jack was intrigued at how software could optimize business processes. He chose to learn web development atContinue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on November 18, 2016Rona Chong studied sociology at college, and enjoyed interning in the IT department, but when she graduated she wasn’t sure what career she wanted. Rona had enjoyed dabbling with code as a child, so when her twin sister told her about Holberton School’s two-year program in San Francisco, they both applied and were accepted....Continue Reading →
- Lauren StewartUpdated on December 4, 2024Entering the world of coding bootcamps and learning software development can be a little scary when you don’t know all the coding lingo. Not to worry – we’re defining all of this Djargon (you’ll get that joke once you’ve read this glossary) in easy-to-understand terms (including examples) and explaining how each term will relate to you as a coding bootcamper. We list everything from coding la...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on November 17, 2016Kevin Hurley taught high school math and computer science for 17 years, when he realized his programming side projects were more interesting than his teaching job. He had taught himself Java and Unity, but to streamline his career switch, he enrolled at Fullstack Academy in Chicago. Kevin tells us why he valued the strict ...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on November 16, 2016Sean Witt was a sound engineer for The Who in London, and managed a number of Guitar Center stores in the U.S. before deciding to join the tech industry. His mom suggested he try coding, so he joined Dev Bootcamp’s first cohort in their new Austin location. Sean tells us why he likesContinue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on November 15, 2016[As of October 13, 2017, The Iron Yard will no longer be operating.] As Director of Instruction at The Iron Yard, Sam Kapila is always thinking about the future of technology when working on curriculum and hiring new instructors. Sam was recently interviewed for the documentary “What Comes Next is the Future” where she talked...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on November 14, 2016Jon Dyson was a Civil Affairs Operator in the US Army, and founded his own manufacturing and import business before he decided to learn to code at RefactorU. Coding had always been a hobby of Jon’s. He built the website for his business, but wanted to formalize and polish his coding knowledge. As a veteran, Jon choseContinue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on February 21, 2019People with different backgrounds, from around the country and the world, attend Flatiron School remotely through their online campus,Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on November 8, 2016Casey Borders has an extensive tech background, working as a developer for startups, Fortune 25 companies, on a variety of software projects. He is passionate about the tech industry, and joined Tech Elevator as a Java instructor to give back to the Columbus tech community. Casey tells us why he identifies with the mission of ...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on November 8, 2016Colleen Spiegel has an extensive background in engineering and data science, and is now the Head of Curriculum Development at K2 Data Science’s online data science bootcamp. Colleen joined the team because she was excited to help people advance themselves and change careers, without quitting their jobs. Colleen explains how th...Continue Reading →
