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Imogen CrispeUpdated on October 7, 2016Terri was a graphic designer in Hong Kong, but when she moved to the Bay Area she wanted to get in on the tech scene. An advocate of #changetheratio, Terri enrolled at Hackbright Academy women’s coding bootcamp to turn herself into a unicorn bridgin...Continue Reading →- Lauren StewartUpdated on October 6, 2016Sergio’s international business background led him to start a marketing company and work at various travel startups. He transitioned to product management and realized his constant interactions with developers made him want to learn code. So he decided to attend Fullstack Academy's Bootcamp Prep in NYC and then their ...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on October 6, 2016Michael is a veteran programmer who loves working with people and helping change their lives. He joined Coding Dojo’s new Chicago campus as the lead instructor and captain in June 2016, and has already found his own unique teaching style. Michael tells us why teaching three stacks atContinue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on October 5, 2016Nick built web applications to solve business problems for 15 years before he became a founding member of Coder Camps coding bootcamp in Houston, Texas. Now, three years later, Nick wears many hats including instructor, campus director, and CTO. We asked Nick why Coder Camps teaches .NET i...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on October 4, 2016How difficult is it to build the elusive idea of community into an online learning platform? We sat down with Flatiron School’s Head of Product, Mat Balez to find out how technology can actually fuel community and make learning more effective. Skip ahead to read about Mat’s thoughts on how online students can leave their mar...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on July 23, 2024Welcome to the September 2016 Course Report monthly coding bootcamp news roundup! Each month, we look at all the happenings from the coding bootcamp world from new bootcamps to big fundraising announcements, to interesting trends. Of course, we co...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on October 3, 2016Cisco has hired a number of Hack Reactor grads (almost half of their CTAO engineering team are alumni), and finds that they are “so well prepared and ready to hit the ground running.” We spoke to Cisco Director of Experience Design Dustin Beltramo and Technical Leader Joe Sutton about what they look for in a new coding boo...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on September 29, 2016Denis was a biomedical engineer on the pre-med track when he realized he wasn’t on the right career path. He had always loved tech and keeping up with the latest tech trends, so he researched coding bootcamps. Denis came across data science and realized it was the perfect combination of his tech and STEM interests, so he enrolled atContinue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on September 28, 2016Corbin found his passion for coding in his late 20s and has worked as a developer in Minneapolis since before the dotcom crash. He always loved mentoring and with all his experience at startups and consulting, he was a great fit to become an instructor at The Software Guild’s Minneapolis campus. Corbin tells us about how he lea...Continue Reading →
- Lauren StewartUpdated on September 28, 2016Stan was a lab assistant who moved to the HR department while pursuing his marketing degree. But he soon realized that marketing wasn’t for him, and decided to switch gears to learn code at LearningFuze web development bootcamp in Orange County, California. Stan is now a web developer at YoloCare and loving it. Find out why Learn...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on September 26, 2016Even while Liz was getting promotions at her administrative job in Health and Human Services, she knew she needed something more. After a personal life crisis, Liz decided to reevaluate her career goals. Sh...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on October 21, 2020With 16 years experience as a software developer and a hiring manager, Harrison Spain saw first hand how hard it was to hire competent software developers. To help fill this talent gap, Harrison decided to launch Redwood Code Academy in Orange County, CA. Harrison tells us where traditional education falls short, why he c...Continue Reading →
- Lauren StewartUpdated on September 23, 2016Jessey was a second-grade teacher in Jordan and a church children’s director before learning to code at RefactorU in Boulder, Colorado. Unfulfilled in her job, she packed up her family and moved from Illinois to Colorado for the 10-week coding bootcamp. But her fa...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on September 23, 2016As of December 8, 2017, Dev Bootcamp will no longer be operating. The DBC staff cultivated and grew their culture and community of students and alumni. In fact, the Dev Bootcamp culture was so integral to the school’s success that they even had a Director of Teaching, Learning, and Culture! We spoke to the man leading...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on September 21, 2016With a background in nonprofits, Wesley has paired his love for coding with a longtime passion for helping people, to become an instructor at Galvanize’s six-month coding bootcamp in Denver, CO. He is really enjoying seeing students succeed and find their dream jobs, just like he has. Wesley tells us about the difference between 12-...Continue Reading →
- Lauren StewartUpdated on September 20, 2016Jasmine was a junior college student studying elementary education before she took a semester off to attend Coder Camps’ 12-week full-stack bootcamp in Houston, Texas. Coming from a family of programmers, she decided to leave university to see if she would enjoy learning to code. Check out how Jasmine enjoyed learning alongside lo...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on September 19, 2016After interviewing Holberton School students, we noticed a trend: they actually enjoyed the application process for the San Francisco-based bootcamp! We wanted to find out what makes the Holberton application special and unbiased, so we sat down with co-founder Julien Barbier to ...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on October 21, 2020In this series, we’re spotlighting coding bootcamps that have released Outcomes Reports. This week, we talk with Juha Mikkola, co-founder of Florida coding bootcamp Wyncode. Not only has Wyncode recently released a verified Outcomes Report, but they’ve also builtContinue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on June 16, 2025Starting college right after the recession, Jane* chose accounting as a safe and stable career path, even though she originally wanted to study engineering. After working for two years at a big accounting firm, Jane realized she had to go back to her original passion and started teaching herself to code. A friend recommended coding bootcamps, so she enrolled atContinue Reading →
- Lauren StewartUpdated on September 15, 2016Chris taught himself to build websites during his 18-year career as a Cleveland book publisher. Knowing that his background in marketing and sales wasn’t his most favorite part of his job, he realized it was time for a career pivot, and enrolled at Tech Elevator. We chatted with him to learn why he choseContinue Reading →
