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Liz EgglestonUpdated on July 22, 2014Roger Le is an instructor for Coder Vox, a 12-week coding bootcamp that just launched their full-time PHP course. We talk to Roger about the differences between bootcamps and academia, the lessons he's learned at Coder Vox, and the project-based curriculum at the coding school.Continue Reading →- Emma Mindel (Zimmerman)Updated on July 22, 2014Emma Zimmerman is the Global Marketing Manager for Startup Institute, creating digital marketing campaigns to build brand awareness for startups online. She was drawn to startups in college, but didn't realize working for a startup was a real job option until she had the opportunity to leave her 9-to-5 for a...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on July 18, 2014After working at an IT company managing programmers, Jaime Munoz decided that he wanted to learn coding skills, so he enrolled in IronHack, a coding bootcamp in Madrid (with locations in Miami and Barcelona). Jaime tells us why he chose IronHack, the technical and soft skills he learned in his course and the mentors who have h...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on July 17, 2014David Silva taught himself to code using books and tutorials in Colombia. He won an AngelHack Hackathon in 2013 and when AngelHack launched their education vertical with One Month Rails, he got involved. David is now instructing and mentoring students at AngelHack Education- we talk to him about the structure of the course, expectations and student outcomes, and how their collaboration with t...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on July 16, 2014Join Liz of Course Report and Laurie & Irmak of Metis on Tuesday, July 22 for a free webinar. You'll also have a chance to ask any questions you have about the Data Science course at Metis! Date: Tuesday, July 22 Time: 6:30pm EST SAVE YOUR SPOT NOW! Think it takes a PhD to be a data scientist? Think agai...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on July 15, 2014Marta Fonda needed to improve her web development skills in order to compete for jobs at her dream companies, so she enrolled in IronHack, an 8-week intensive programming course for developers and entrepreneurs. We talk to Marta about how she succeeded in the class and got a job as a front-end engineer at floqq.com! What...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on July 12, 2018We’re continually impressed with Fullstack Academy- not only because of their placement rates and intentional curriculum, but also because we’ve personally attended their hiring day twice now, and the final projects speak for themselves. Unlike the last Fullstack hiring day, there were no presentations by students; instea...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on July 13, 2014Tim Hise moved from Oklahoma to Seattle when he was accepted to the Code Fellows iOS course and now works as an apprentice at Liffft. We talk to Tim about his experience at Code Fellows and how the connections he's made have helped propel him into a new career! Tell us about what you were doing before yo...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on July 11, 2014Since launching their Ruby on Rails bootcamp in Boston, Metis has expanded to new cities and added courses in new fields. Their upcoming Product Design course in New York aims to prepare students for a job in the growing field of UX and Product Design. We talk with Alex Baldwin, co-creator of Metis Product Design Curriculum, abou...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on July 11, 2014Cameron Buckingham is a student at gSchool, a 6-month coding school in Colorado. He blogs each week about his experience at gSchool- here, he talks about his experience with databases and teaches us what pseudo code is!Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on July 10, 2014Career Foundry combines the flexibility of online learning with the proven guidance of mentors, training students to become employable developers in three months.The Course Report community is eligible for 10% off tuition! Click here for more information and good luck!Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on July 10, 2014We learned so much in our Lunch & Learn with Martin and Emil from Career Foundry, including: Martin's journey from product manager to web developer (and how he continues to learn!) Why freelancing can be the best way to build your portfolio and do the most with your technical skills! (Read Career Foundry's blog post on Freelancing here). How Career Foundry students learn "soft skills" ...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on July 8, 2014Sara Chipps is the remarkable co-founder of Girl Develop It, an organization that has taught over 4,000 women to code in a supportive environment, and joined Flatiron School as CTO in 2014. We caught up with Sara to learn about her role at Flatiron School, why she beleives in the ...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on May 10, 2024[As of December 8, 2017, Dev Bootcamp will no longer be operating.] The sale of Dev Bootcamp, the first coding bootcamp of its kind in a rapidly expanding space, to Kaplan marked a significant landmark in the coding school world. Kaplan, the test prep powerhouse, lends legitimacy to the bootcamp model as a viable form of educatio...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on February 8, 2021Irmak Sirer and Laurie Skelly work as data scientists (Irmak is also a partner) at Datascope Analytics, a data-driven consulting and design firm in Chicago. When they met the folks at Metis, who have already proven their propensity for great partnerships with theirContinue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on July 2, 2014Cameron Buckingham is a student at gSchool, a 6-month coding school in Colorado. He blogs each week about his experience at gSchool- here, he talks about his struggles with arrays and hashes, and learning what a "wheelhouse" is and how it helps people learn!Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on July 2, 2014Rachel Reinitz is the CTO and Director of IBM’s BlueMix Garage, a unique consultancy lab that aims to bridge startup and enterprise communities in the Bay Area. In light of the recently announced partnership with Galvanize and gSchool (Galvanize’s educational arm), we sat down with Rachel to learn more. In this Course Report Q&...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on July 1, 2014Cameron Buckingham is a student at gSchool, a 6-month coding school in Colorado. He blogs each week about his experience at gSchool! Remember, the Course Report community is eligible for a $500 scholarship to gSchool! After several months of anticipation and angst, gSchool Denver has finally started. After ...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on June 26, 2014After graduating from college, Geoff Boss decided to attend RocketU, a 12-week Python bootcamp set in the middle of the Rocket Space campus. Geoff tells us why RocketU beat out other coding bootcamps when making his decision and how learning to code is "like a rollercoaster." What were you up to before deciding to go t...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on June 25, 2014Our webinar with Jeff Casimir of Turing School was so informative! As promised, you can watch and share the whole webinar on demand by following this link. Jeff brought four former students of gSchool and Hungry Academy, and we all discussed: Jeff's secrets to success during your time at a coding bootcamp (hint: don't sleep at the office...) How and when to use GitHub Contrib...Continue Reading →
