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Liz EgglestonUpdated on December 22, 2014Aaron Brager is a seasoned iOS Developer who gained notoriety by contributing extensively to the Stack Overflow community. Now, he's the iOS Course Director at Bloc, an online, mentored bootcamp with cou...Continue Reading →- Liz EgglestonUpdated on December 19, 2014Although John Shiver had a stable job as an underwriting lawyer, he turned to Code Fellows when he was ready for a career change. We talk to John about his initial skepticism of a bootcamp education, instructor Cris Ewing's teachin...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on December 19, 2014Introducing Sue Li, Instructional and Curriculum Designer at CareerFoundry. Sue’s extensive background in K-12 education and project-based learning made her the perfect fit for the Berlin-based educational platform where she works on the design of the curriculum for CareerFoundry’s online courses inContinue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on December 3, 2024A former Lotus Notes developer in Washington, DC, Timothy Taylor tried a few online coding courses to update his skills. It wasn't until he found Eleven Fifty in Indianapolis that Timothy felt a genuine support system and learning community. We talk to Timothy about his experience with Eleven Fifty's iOS and Ruby courses...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on December 18, 2014Ilya studied computer science and went into product management before deciding to make the switch to become a professional web developer. He recently completed theFirehoseProject - a mentor driven online coding bootcamp. Shortly after completing theFirehoseProject, Ilya received multiple job offers from Startups an...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on December 15, 2014Zeke Nierenberg has been teaching since he was in college (he even taught a Computer Science class while he was still an undergrad!) and made the transition to teaching at Fullstack Academy when he saw an ad on Hacker News. He was won over by Fullstack's impressive students and relevant JavaScript based curriculum, an...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on December 4, 2024Colin got an undergraduate degree in physics, but became interested in programming after realizing that the skills would be integral to getting a job. When he started as a Rails developer at Mobi Wireless Management, they offered to sponsor the Ruby on Rails course at Eleven Fifty in Indianapolis. We talk to Colin about ...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on December 12, 2014When Ben Gogge decided to work on his own startup, he knew he would need the technical skills to launch the product. He needed a flexible approach to learning web development, so he decided to try Career Foundry, the online, mentored training program. Ben is in the first weeks of his Career Foundry course, and tells us about...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on December 12, 2014Sara Ines Calderon noticed in her startup job that technical skills made employees an "invaluable asset wherever you go," and Sara "wanted to be indispensable." So she drew on her networking connections and met Lilliana and Gregorio, the "mom & pop" founders of Sabio in Los Angeles, California. She is now a stu...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on November 27, 2024Sara Simon was working in communications at a software development firm, but had no technical background when she applied to the Turing School in Denver, Colorado. She is now in her third module at Turing- we talk to Sara about her search for the right bootcamp, the Turing application, and get a peek at a pro...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on December 11, 2014A former coffee roaster in Seattle, Perry Hook realized that he needed to put his Computer Science degree to work. He was familiar with CS theories, but had never learned a programming language, so he enrolled in the Code Fellows Python Development Accelerator to get experience building real web apps. We talk to Perry...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on December 8, 2014Dave Nelson attended DevPoint Labs, the 11-week coding and entrepreneur bootcamp in Silicon Slopes, Utah, and now works as a Junior Developer at Crowd Engine. He tells us about his journey to become a developer, the teaching style at DevPoint Labs, and how to avoid burnout in an intensive coding bootcamp!Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on February 8, 2021Oscar Cisneros was at a job with little opportunity for growth when he was encouraged to learn programming by a tech recruiter. After reading about Anyone Can Learn to Code (now called Actualize) in Chicago, Oscar decided to take the plunge. He's now working as a developer at startup CancerIQ and says "things couldn’t have worked ou...Continue Reading →
- Josh BreigerUpdated on December 5, 2014While coding bootcamps are designed to be cost-effective alternatives to a conventional education in Computer Programming, prospective students still need to carefully manage their finances. As many leave their full-time jobs to attend, money is often tight for the average coding bootcamp student, and given the full-time requirements of most programs...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on December 3, 2024Having worked professionally with C++, Java, COBOL, PHP, and Microsoft platforms early in his career, Dave Strus became obsessed with the Ruby language in 2004. Now, when he's not running his web and mobile app consultancy, Fretless, he teaches at Eleven Fifty in Indianapolis. We talk to Dave abo...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on December 1, 2014Chelsea Dommert moved to Chicago specifically to attend Anyone Can Learn to Code, a part-time, intensive web development bootcamp. The risk paid off- with her new skills, she is starting as a web developer at Pivotal Labs today! We talk to Chelsea about the teaching style at Anyone Can Learn to Code, how her past experie...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on November 26, 2014We’re coming to the end of another year, Christmas is around the corner and in the New Year our thoughts will turn once more to new jobs, fresh starts and doing all of those things we’ve been promising ourselves all year. So it’s time to start thinking NOW about what you want to be different NEXT YEAR. Is it time to retrain, upgrade your current skillset or try something completely di...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on November 21, 2014Since graduating from Dev Bootcamp in October 2013, Katy Exline has landed a job as a software developer at Chicago-based startup Fooda and became co-leader of Girl Develop It Chicago. We talk to Katy about her experience at Dev Bootcamp, the instructors and teaching style, an...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on November 21, 2014Since raising $18 million in June to broaden its education focus, Galvanize has made major moves in the bootcamp space, including the launch of GalvanizeU and the acquisition of popular data science bootcamp Zipfian Academy. Mike Tamir, Head of GalvanizeU, talks to us about both projects- we get the scoop on the broader vision of data science ed...Continue Reading →
