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Liz EgglestonUpdated on May 13, 2019CD Baby is one of the largest music distribution companies for independent artists. As they’ve built out their technical team to support the 21st-century music industry with digital and streaming services, CD Baby has hired several bootcamp graduates fromContinue Reading →- Imogen CrispeUpdated on June 21, 2019Why is Lighthouse Labs changing their web development bootcamp curriculum again? In 2017 they lengthened the bootcamp to be 10 weeks long, and now it is becoming a 12-week program! Amy Mansell,Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on January 8, 2021Data Scientists need a whole toolbox of skills to be able to analyze and manipulate data on the job. One of those skills is Natural Language Processing (NLP), which helps machines understand and classify human speech and writing. To learn more, we asked Data Scientist Lauren Washington, who also mentors Thinkful data science stu...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on May 7, 2019Ashley had found success in social work but was searching for a job with less stress and more balance for her young family. She attended DigitalCraft’s 16-week full stack immersive bootcamp in Atlanta and is now an Associate Engineer withContinue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on May 1, 2019After college, Hinesh found himself in a technical support role, and discovered a passion for software development. He decided to pursue programming full time and attended Rithm School coding bootcamp in San Francisco on a friend’s recommendation. After 16 weeks of bootcamp study, a real-world project with Course Report, and ...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on October 17, 2019Each month, the Course Report team rounds up the most interesting bootcamp industry news that we read and talked about in our office. In April, we were showered with a ton of exciting fundraising and acquisition news, ISAs (income sharing agreements) continued to be a hot topic, and coding bootcamps began getting approved for a new veterans program called VET TEC. We also saw some great d...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on April 29, 2019As a self-taught UX designer and coder, Nick was looking for a way to pay it forward and help others transition into an exciting career. He found an opportunity to be the first UX Design instructor forContinue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on April 25, 2019After seven years in finance and a three-month self-discovery biking trip, Elishka decided to pursue a career in software development. She chose Makers Academy’s 12-week coding bootcamp in London on the recommendation of a fellow female developer and has now landed a developer role at Deloitte Digital! Elishka tells us abou...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on April 24, 2019Herman wasn’t quite sure which career path he wanted to pursue – until he discovered he wanted to build iPhone apps! With eyes on the future, and some Bitcoin to sell, he invested in DevMountain’s iOS immersive coding bootca...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on October 21, 2020Shannon was pursuing a career in dental hygiene, but after three years, she reached a professional plateau, and was concerned about the toll the job was taking on her body. She decided to switch into software sales, and discovered preHIRED’s online software sales bootcamp. Shannon tells us why she initially thoughtContinue Reading →
