Jennifer Inglis
Updated April 16, 2025
Did you know you might be able to attend a coding bootcamp in Germany—for free? If you're unemployed or looking to switch careers, the Bildungsgutschein could cover the cost of your training, including tech bootcamps! Our guide breaks down everything you need to know: what a Bildungsgutschein is, who qualifies, and how to apply. We’ve also rounded up Bildungsgutschein-approved bootcamps so yo...
Jennifer Inglis
Updated September 10, 2024
Ever hear someone say, “Don't worry; it’s backed up to the Cloud?” That’s the work of a Cloud Engineer. Most people use Cloud services in their everyday lives, from streaming TV shows and listening to music, to backing up documents and photos to a phone, laptop, or tablet. A report by Gartner estimates that in 2025, companies will earmark nearly 66% of their IT spending on cloud technologies,...
Jess Feldman
Updated December 04, 2024
Course Report · 2022: The Year in Review for Coding Bootcamp News
As we wrap up 2022, we’re reporting on the biggest coding bootcamp news about fundraises and new campuses that we saw in December. A new study released this month detailed how to increase bootcamp graduate outcomes in today’s job market. A tech-recruiter-turned-software-engineer weighs in on why employers need to update thei...
Jennifer Inglis
Updated March 04, 2025
If you’re a creative thinker and are looking for your niche in tech, you might consider becoming a designer. But you still have a few choices to make! Namely, should you choose web design or user experience (UX) design? While both are rooted in certain design principles, it’s important to understand what UX designers and web designers actually do in the real world. We’ll take a close look at ...
Jess Feldman
Updated June 22, 2021
In 2020, professional ballerina Rina reassessed her career goals and began to follow her new passion for UI/UX design. Rina explains how the multi-layered instructional support – from mentorship to tutor assistance to career counseling – at CareerFoundry’s online UX Design bootcamp played a vital role in helping her make a successful career pivot from dance to design. Find out how CareerFound...
Jess Feldman
Updated May 27, 2021
Aladrian Goods and Cici Yang were caught in careers they weren't passionate about when they decided to tap into their creative sides. Both Aladrian and Cici enrolled in CareerFoundry’s fully remote UX Design bootcamp in order to kickstart their careers in UX design – and two years later, their careers have taken off! Cici and Aladrian share why they chose CareerFoundry's bootcamp, the differ...
Jess Feldman
Updated March 20, 2020
Meet Angie Huetteman, a Data Analytics Tutor at CareerFoundry’s new self-paced, online Data Analytics Program. Angie tells us how CareerFoundry tutors and mentors support their self-paced students, the types of students who are most successful in data analytics, and her advice for finding your niche within the data analytics industry.
How did you learn Data Analytics?
I’ve been work...
Jess Feldman
Updated March 06, 2020
Kasia Pryczek didn’t even own a computer, but was on the hunt for a creative, flexible, stable career as she raised her newborn. She enrolled in CareerFoundry’s Full-Stack Web Development Program, and after graduation, moved back to her home country of Poland for a job at a software consulting company called Startup Development House. Find out how Kasia juggled motherhood and bootcamp, got p...
Liz Eggleston
Updated April 11, 2025
Want to become a UX designer but have no idea where to start? Anja Lena Sack-Hauchwitz was in the same boat until she found CareerFoundry’s online UX Design Course. She tells us about what she learned at CareerFoundry, how she funded bootcamp tuition through Germany’s unemployment agency, her favorite inspirational UX podcasts, and how she uses her background in design to fuel her creativity ...
Liz Eggleston
Updated November 27, 2019
Günther von Häfen’s itch to learn something new started while he was working as a lawyer in Germany. He began dabbling in web development courses online and loved it so much that he decided to make a career change and enrolled in a CareerFoundry bootcamp. In just 5 months, working in the wee hours of the morning as a full-time dad, he landed a full-time job as a Web Developer at 3B Scientif...
Imogen Crispe
Updated October 21, 2020
After being a pastor for 19 years, Jeff was looking to get into tech, and discovered UX design as a great way to combine logic and creative skills. He wanted to learn future-focused skills, and found online UX design bootcamp CareerFoundry met all his requirements. Jeff tells us how he balanced his part-time studies with his full time job in Charlotte, North Carolina, how Germany-based Care...
Jess Feldman
Updated December 01, 2025
Oh Summer, one of the best seasons of the year! While it’s a time to relax, bask in the sun, and plan trips with family and friends, summer is also an awesome time to learn. If you’re a current student, teacher, or professional looking to learn to code, a summer bootcamp is a great opportunity to learn to code in a short time frame. Various coding bootcamps offer summer courses to help you la...
Liz Eggleston
Updated December 04, 2024
The landscape of online coding bootcamps is vast – ranging from $30/month subscriptions to full-time bootcamps that cost around $20,000. And many online coding programs now offer Income Share Agreements (ISA), which adds another layer of complexity when comparing online coding bootcamp costs. In addition to flexibility, remote code bootcamps cost less than in-person bootcamps – the average on...
Imogen Crispe
Updated October 31, 2018
Just as coding languages are always changing, things also change very quickly in the coding bootcamp industry! In October we read about two big acquisitions, some fundraises, and partnerships and rivalries between universities and bootcamps. We heard about the interesting backgrounds of some female bootcamp founders, and what demand there is for software developers in the tech industry! The...
Imogen Crispe
Updated December 09, 2025
So you want to land a job after coding bootcamp? The statistics are on your side – 73% of bootcampers report being employed as developers after graduation. But did you know that many coding bootcamps go one step further and offer a job guarantee? We’ve put together a list of in-person and online coding bootcamps in the USA and around the world which offer guaranteed job placement. And don’t ...
Sean Beaubien
Updated April 11, 2024
UX? UI? So you’ve seen the acronyms everywhere, but now you’re wondering what exactly is the difference between the two terms? And to make it even more confusing, just what is a UX/UI designer? Some kind of unicorn hybrid? While some people tend to group the two positions in the same boat, they’re actually separate disciplines that both share a common goal of creating a product that is cente...
Imogen Crispe
Updated November 21, 2016
Wojciech Hupert originally studied advertising and graphic design, but as the market demand for web skills increased, he transitioned into UX design. Now Wojciech is a UX Design Mentor at online coding bootcamp CareerFoundry. He also works full-time as a UX/UI Designer at Berlin startup BigchainDB. Wojciech explains why he wanted to get involved in education, how he uses his varied bac...
Imogen Crispe
Updated September 02, 2016
Alex was a printer and graphic designer in the UK, and a teacher in Thailand before he moved to the states and decided to learn to code. He started CareerFoundry’s six-month remote Web Development Program in January, and studied part time while working full time as a dog walker in NYC. Alex tells us why online bootcamp CareerFoundry suited him so well, explains how intuitive and easy to follo...
Eric Bieller
Updated July 27, 2016
You’ve probably heard about the field of UI design. Maybe you’ve been wondering why it’s so popular and whether learning UI design could be a way to shift careers into something more challenging, fun and lucrative. Well, I’ve got some good news for you! In this post, I’m going to dig into what UI design actually is, why it’s so popular, and why you should start learning it right now.
The U...
Rosie Allabarton
Updated April 06, 2016
Are you thinking about becoming a web developer, but wondering if it’s the right career choice for you? Then check out this list of five signs you’ll love a career in code from CareerFoundry’s Rosie Allabarton, to see if it matches up to your personality and skill set.
Let us know what you think in the comments below!
1. You like problem-solving
As a programmer, whether freelance, at a ...