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Liz EgglestonUpdated on September 22, 2014Cameron Buckingham is a student at gSchool, a 6-month coding school in Colorado. He blogs each week about his experience at gSchool- this week, Cameron talks about his first interviews with Pivotal Labs! Remember, the Course Report community is eligible for a $500 scholarship to gSchool! Well, Rubyconf...Continue Reading →- Liz EgglestonUpdated on December 4, 2024Eleven Fifty is a unique accelerated learning environment where students learn in prolific entrepreneur Scott Jones's Indianapolis, Indiana home (of MTV Cribs fame) and are rubbing elbows with techie Scott himself, who has started a dozen+ companies, raised over $250 million in capital, and is responsible for voicemail, ...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on September 22, 2014Jared Rader was working on a startup when he decided to enroll in Bloc to deepen his understanding of Ruby on Rails. We talk to Jared about his mentor experience, the projects he's most proud of, and how he's continued his education after graduation.Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on January 25, 2018How to Kickstart Your Tech Career with Career Foundry Wednesday, September 24 12-12:30pm EST Career Foundry combines the flexibility of online learning with the proven guidance of mentors, training students to become employable developers and UX designe...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on September 11, 2014What our students have to say... Shillington graduates get dream jobs... Kickstart your design career...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on September 11, 2014MakerSquare has recently launched their Part Time program- ten week evening classes located in Austin, Houston, or San Francisco. We caught up with Part-Time Program Director Alex Levine to get the scoop on these courses! Tell us about yourself- how did you get involved with MakerSquare and what's your b...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on September 11, 2014With over 40,000 alumni from their Batky-Howell training courses, Bruce Batky and Cole Frock have recently launched their 19-week Java bootcamp, Skill Distillery, in Denver, Colorado. We catch up with Cole and Bruce to discuss their hands-on instruction, how they constructed the Java curriculum, and the types of com...Continue Reading →
- Laurence BradfordUpdated on July 16, 2021Laurence Bradford began teaching herself how to code over a year ago. When she is not learning something new, she works as a copywriter. Laurence discusses the similarities and differences between Ruby on Rails and Python on Django, two popular object-oriented programming langua...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on September 8, 2014The Data Incubator is a course for PhDs who want to exit academia and enter into the world of Data Science. We talk to Jon Ferris, a cofounder and Director of Partnerships at The Data Incubator, about the unique 6-week course, requirements for admittance, and how the "bootcamp" model is being applied to Data Sci...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on September 8, 2014HappyFunCorp is a software engineering firm in Brooklyn that recently launched it's first 6 week Technology Academy to teach students the skills they need to succeed in the world of technology and startups. We catch up with founder Will Schenk to talk about the goals of the HappyFunCorp Academy, their cu...Continue Reading →
- Cameron BuckinghamUpdated on July 12, 2018Cameron Buckingham is a student at gSchool, a 6-month coding school in Colorado (now Galvanize). He blogs each week about his experience at gSchool- this week, Cameron talks about working on projects with local businesses, a thoughtbot-sponsored Ruby on Rails t...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on September 5, 2014At the intersection of Finance and Technology is FinTech, an industry packed with jobs- tech jobs in New York have increased by 21% since 2006. This specialized industry requires insights into both back-end programming languages as well as a financial background to be successful. Newly coined Byte Academy r...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on September 3, 2014When Jay Ottenstein decided to learn to program, he knew he needed a flexible training schedule that still facilitated his love of learning. So he signed up for Bloc, chose his mentor, and got to work. We chat with Jay about his experience at Bloc, how the online program has managed to create a sense of community, and how he's conti...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on September 2, 2014gSchool is a bootcamp in Denver, Boulder, and San Francisco that turns smart and driven beginners into marketable, contributing members of development teams over the course of our 24 week long developer training programs. For a limited time, the Course Report community will get $500 off tuition to gSchool! To claim yo...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on September 2, 2014The Firehose Project is an immersive online apprenticeship that teaches students of varying backgrounds to be web developers or launch their own products. While the curriculum is based in Ruby on Rails, mentors identify their mentees needs immediately and customize a learning plan for each student. We chat with Mar...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on August 29, 2014Welcome to the August News Roundup, your monthly news digest full of the most interesting articles and announcements in the bootcamp space. Want your bootcamp's news to be included in the next News Roundup? Submit announcements of new courses, scholarships, or open jobs at your school! Bootcamps in the NewsContinue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on August 28, 2014A bootcamp's quality can be measured partly by how connected they are to their community, and two US bootcamps are leading the pack in engaging high schools in teaching students to code. Flatiron School in New York began with a summer academy, then expanded their Flatiron After School program into the academic year. Mobile Makers Academy in Chicago recently announced their partnership with Chic...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on August 27, 2014gr8code is a coding school in Tampa, Florida, founded by three successful women who saw a need for affordable coding education. We chat with Justin Davis of gr8code about their Front-End Development bootcamp,what makes the school unique (brand new MacBook, anyone?), and their ideal g...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on August 26, 2014What does it take to become a UX Designer? Metis recently announced a 9-week UX Design & Front-End Development course crafted and taught by Tyson Gach of thoughtbot and Allison House. Join us for a FREE webinar: Hear from Tyson & Allison, who will tell us about their paths to becoming UX Designers. ...Continue Reading →
- Cameron BuckinghamUpdated on August 22, 2014Cameron Buckingham is a student at gSchool, a 6-month coding school in Colorado. He blogs each week about his experience at gSchool- this week, he talks about interacting with alumni and shares a sneak peak at his project deployed on Heroku!Continue Reading →
