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Liz EgglestonUpdated on June 27, 2016Raag switched from computer science to study criminal law at college, but after graduation realized his passion was in programming, and enrolled at Coding Temple coding bootcamp in Chicago. After the 10-week program, Raag found a job as an applications developer at ATI Physical Therapy i...Continue Reading →- Imogen CrispeUpdated on November 27, 2024As coding bootcamps have evolved towards JavaScript-heavy curricula, the debate between frameworks like React, Angular, and Ember is fierce. But what exactly are these technologies, and what types of projects are they used for? We spoke toContinue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on June 22, 2016David was working in technology sales when he discovered his passion for coding. He tried to teach himself but had too many unanswered questions, so decided to attend LearningFuze coding bootcamp in Orange County, CA. He graduated in ea...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on June 21, 2016Sabio’s Orange County campus opened in January 2016, and so far they have graduated 7 new developers and 100% have found jobs. We spoke to Sabio VP of Engineering, and lead OC instructor, Aaron Gibson about how he first got involved withContinue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on November 3, 2021With a job market in flux, coding bootcamps like Tech Elevator have rapidly adjusted to ensure their bootcamp students still receive the career preparation they need to land their first tech role. Kelly Brucker, the Lead Pathway Program Director atContinue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on June 15, 2016Jennifer Sardina had a lot of interesting jobs, as a foreign language teacher, a chemistry lab technician, a health coach, and a full-time mom. But she wanted a career. She had never been interested in computers before, but when her brother gave her a programming book, she couldn’t put it down...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on June 15, 2016Ashi started learning to code at age 6, and has since worked at NOAA, Google, Dev Bootcamp, and is now an instructor at women’s coding bootcamp Grace Hopper Academy in New York City. We spoke to Ashi about why i...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on December 6, 2019Pat Poels is the VP of Engineering at Eventbrite, and since 2012, he has hired several software engineers from Hackbright Academy, a Python coding bootcamp for women in San Francisco. Here, Pat answers all of our questions about his experience hiring from a coding bootcamp, why he values engineers with non-traditional bac...Continue Reading →
- Christine ZimmermanUpdated on April 16, 2020User experience is a science as much as it is an art. This makes it an attractive career choice for technologists who enjoy working with people as much as they love building products. What does it take to launch your career as a user experience designer? What skills and experiences are most important to hiring managers seeking junior UX designers? We went straight to hiring managers...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on June 8, 2016[As of October 13, 2017, The Iron Yard will no longer be operating.] After working with the state of Florida to get licensed as a post-secondary education institution, The Iron Yard is ready to hit the ground running, teachi...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on June 7, 2016As a technical writer for 12 years, Zee Adams had always loved new technology, but when she decided to start her own business she realized she needed to learn to code. Now Zee is four months into the two-year, full-time full stack program atContinue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on June 7, 2016Joseph Alves was a self-taught PHP and JavaScript programmer for five years before he stepped into an instructor role at Fullstack Academy in NYC last January, so his unique perspective as a teacher is crucial to anyone c...Continue Reading →
- Amanda D’AvriaUpdated on June 6, 2016You know the stereotypes of the creative-minded artist and the technically-minded programmer. One with the creative writing degree but lost when it comes to tech; the other focused on computer science but too mechanical to be imaginative. One whose workshop is the artist’s studio or...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on October 21, 2020THE WINNER: Congrats to Jessica H., the recipient of the Course Report Flatiron Scholarship! Because there were so many amazing applicants, Flatiron School also decided to award a Learn scholarship to Dallin W. Thank you so much for applying, a...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on June 2, 2016Aravind is no stranger to statistics and analytics- he has a Master’s degree in Statistics from Columbia and has been working as an Analyst at a global investment firm building statistical models. But Aravind wanted to strengthen his programming and machine learning skills, so he considered ...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on June 1, 2016Dan Oostra has been programming and working with computers for 30 years, and was a NASA applications developer when he decided to join Coding Dojo. Now he is Lead Instructor and Site Captain for the new Coding Dojo DC campus which opens on June 20th. Dan tells us how he first got into codin...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on May 31, 2016Welcome to the May 2016 Course Report monthly coding bootcamp news roundup! Each month we look at all the happenings from the coding bootcamp world, from acquisitions, to new bootcamps, to collaborations with universities, and also various reports and studies. Read below orContinue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on October 21, 2020Inceptures Software School is about to start its first class in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It’s a six-month part-time full-stack programming school inside a web development agency, where students learn on evenings and weekends. We spoke to IncepturesContinue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on December 1, 2025What is it like to study at an online coding bootcamp? How will you interact with your instructors, mentors and other students? And will your learning portal be a place you look forward to learning each day? We have done the research and asked some of the most popular online bootcamps to give u...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on May 19, 2016Multidisciplinary tech bootcamp Startup Institute aims to prepare all their students to find great jobs they can excel in after they graduate. Startup Institute has already published anContinue Reading →
