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Imogen CrispeUpdated on December 3, 2024How much do coding bootcamps cost? From students looking for free coding bootcamps to those wondering if an $18,000 bootcamp is worth it, we understand that cost is important to future bootcampers! WhileContinue Reading →- Asher King AbramsonUpdated on February 10, 2016Getting into an elite coding bootcamp is hard. You take a bunch of coding tests and technical interviews and it’s easy to get stressed out during the process. Top coding schools are also extremely selective. App Academy (where I'm an instructor) has an acceptance rate of 3% - that’s lower than Harvard. But we want you...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on May 13, 2024General Assembly teaches technology, business, data, and design in cities across the U.S. and abroad. Their newly-announced, fifteenth (15!) campus will open in the LoDo neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. We caught up with Anna Lindow, the GM of Campus Education, to hear all aboutContinue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on May 22, 2025You've heard of household bootcamps like General Assembly, Springboard, and Flatiron School – but have you noticed universities that offer coding bootcamps? Universities have now been partnering with coding bootcamps since 2016, but these university coding bootcamps aren't all the same! Research your options below and find out which coding bootcamps offer college credit, which are ...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on February 8, 2016Ilana Horowitz decided to take the leap and attend RefactorU coding bootcamp after feeling burnt out in her job as a legal assistant. She had to decide between doing a CS degree or a coding bootcamp, but after starting the degree, she chose to switch to a bootcamp, allowing her to upskill very quickly. Ilana tells us about her pat...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on October 21, 2020Online coding school Thinkful offers career placement services to graduates of theirContinue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on January 18, 2018The January News Roundup is your monthly news digest full of the most interesting articles in the coding bootcamp space. If you're part of the bootcamp world or just want to stay current on coding bootcamps, then check out everything you may have missed in January! Let's Recap January... Olivia Vanni from BostInno argues thatContinue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on February 4, 2016Startup Institute is an immersive, eight-week program that gives students the skills, mindset, and network to find a job they love in web design, web development, technical marketing, sales, and more. With a hiring network andContinue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on February 3, 2016Thinking about applying to Anyone Can Learn to Code? The part-time Chicago programming bootcamp just opened a new campus in San Francisco and is a great option for career-oriented bootcampers who can't quit their day jobs quite yet. But not everyone is accepted intoContinue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on January 26, 2016Laura Baumgartner graduated from CodeCraft School in Boulder, CO in December 2015, and was offered a job two days later. She tells us how her experiences in marketing and politics made her realize that she loved tinkering with code. Laura is now working as a UI/UX developer. Read about why she absolutely loves her job and i...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on October 21, 2020We often hear the argument that the tradeoff between a Computer Science degree and a Coding Bootcamp is “theory vs. practice.” So what exactly does this computer science theory include, and more importantly, can a coding bootcamp work these principles into their curriculum? The team at Fullstack Academy, a MEAN Stack bootcamp in New York, accep...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on January 19, 2016Since opening their first Florida coding bootcamp in 2014, the team at Wyncode has expanded from Miami to Fort Lauderdale, and most recently announced their newest campus in Miami Beach! We sat down with the Wyncode Miami Beach team to learn all about the classroom setup at WeWork, the instructor tea...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on January 19, 2016In our most recent Coding Bootcamp Student Outcomes report, we found that music majors saw the most drastic increase in salary after graduating from a bootcamp, so we caught up with a musician-turned-programmer to find out if the correlation is true. Michael Angelo was an opera singer in New Yo...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on January 18, 2016Shehzad Popat graduated from TurnToTech in fall 2015, and is now a mobile iOS developer at Transfast. He has lived in Japan, and worked as a chef in New York, before he realized he wanted to become a tech innovator. Shehzad tells us about his learning experience, job search, and why he chose to attendContinue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on January 13, 2016Ben Reid is the founder of Elasticiti, a tech services company that builds advanced advertising analytics SAAS systems for online web publishers. His team uses data to help companies make informed decisions, so Ben sees NYC Data Science Academy graduates as a fantastic talent pool. We chat about ramping up bootcamp grads, his experience with their first b...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on January 12, 2016Beth Adele Long was an actor, author, and writer – not to mention an experienced developer – when she moved to Portland and began working as an instructor at Code Fellows, and as a developer at Planet Argon. Beth tells us about th...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on February 2, 2018In Coder Foundry’s Master Programming Class, students learn .NET, C#, Angular JS and HTML5. T.J. Jones is the Director of Strategic Partnerships at full-stack coding bootcamp Coder Foundry in North Carolina. He tells us why the school has a focus on .NET and C# courses, and what sorts o...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on January 8, 2016More than 1000 coding bootcamp graduates entered our sweepstakes competition to win an Apple Watch just by leaving a review for their school on Course Report. The lucky winner was Lenard from Wyncode! We caught up with him to find out a bit about his coding bootcamp experience. Check outContinue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on January 8, 2016Elliott Hindman taught English in Japan for five years where he discovered his passion for code. He returned to the US and enrolled in Coding Dojo in Seattle. He tells us how his hard work and many frustrations paid off to land him a front end developer job at Metaps in Tokyo, Japan. Q&A What were you up to before you went...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on October 21, 2020SooJeen Park was going through the motions as an accounting clerk when he decided to quit his job in search of a fulfilling and challenging career. After graduating from a full-time web development immersive at the Toronto Lighthouse Labs campus, SooJeen landed a job as a Software Developer at real estate startup HoodQ. Now ...Continue Reading →
