July 2024 Coding Bootcamp News

This month, we’re celebrating 10 years of coding bootcamps and a big announcement from our own team here at Course Report! We’ll also let you know about new funding for the federal apprenticeship system and “climatetech” jobs, the status of skills-based hiring, and the career outcomes of two coding bootcamp graduates in the news. Plus, learn more about the 10 coding bootcamps we added to the Course Report listings this July!

Curious about what happened in June? Check out last month’s post to listen to our June coding bootcamp news roundup!

🥳 A DECADE OF CODING BOOTCAMPS

• Turing School has refreshed their program and is now teaching Software Engineering, where students will have the option to choose a focus of front end or back end in the final module of the program. 
• Codesmith is leveling up its program to meet the needs of current career changers and upskillers. Their new motto is “Become Irreplaceable” and the program will focus on software engineering and machine learning/AI.
• Hack Reactor (powered by Galvanize) got a site refresh this past month. 

• Veteran coding bootcamps, Code Fellows and Rithm School both announced they were closing this July. 
• Eleven Fifty Academy has pivoted itself to becoming an AI corporate training provider called Blaizing Academy. 

$19.5M FUNDING FOR CLIMATETECH JOBS + TRAINING

• The Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) announced it awarded $19.5 million to the South Florida ClimateReady Tech Hub. This funding will be used to support “climatetech” research, startups, and jobs in South Florida. Job training will be led by Miami Tech Works, which includes bootcamps like Ironhack, BrainStation, and 4Geeks Academy.
• Higher Ed Dive reported that 2U has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with a voluntary pre-packaged deal. Phil Hill interviewed CEO Paul Lalljie about how this would affect 2U’s university bootcamps, and Lalljie says that they will be revamping the bootcamps, but that there is no immediate plan to sunset them.

$244M IN FEDERAL APPRENTICESHIP FUNDING 

• The White House announced it is awarding $244M to modernize and expand the registered apprenticeship system. 
• WorkShift reports that Multiverse will be shifting its focus to customized corporate training programs now. 
• VOA News highlighted Nathan Wyand, a software engineer in Charlottesville, Virginia who chose not to attend college due to high costs and instead chose Flatiron School to gain practical experience.

THE LATEST ON SKILLS-BASED HIRING & TRAINING

• The New York Times about how credentials seem to be the bottleneck in the current skills-based hiring process. 
• HR Dive reports that Bath & Body Works announced that it will now be offering an employee tuition program, called Investing in You. This program will include a tuition-free online platform of learning opportunities, plus an annual $3K education reimbursement for work-related courses. 
• AP News reports that Connecticut will begin offering Citizens AI Academy, a platform of free, online classes that cover AI fundamentals, and how to use and manage generative AI on the job. 
• Refresh Miami interviewed Eugene Cruz, a math teacher who leveled up his career through the Data Science & Machine Learning Bootcamp of Miami Tech Talent Coalition member, 4Geeks Academy. 
• UK coding bootcamp Northcoders announced five scholarships that are funded through its Women and Gender Minorities Diversity Fund. The scholarships are specifically for Northcoders’ flexible, part-time coding bootcamp. 

2 NEW SCHOOLS

• Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science is now accepting applications for its CMU TechBridge Coding Bootcamp. It’s a 4-month program that’s being run in partnership with TalentSprint. 
• IBM rolled out a free, online certificate program, called SkillsBuild, with courses in cybersecurity and data analytics. 

10 SCHOOLS ADDED TO COURSE REPORT

• Designwings 
• Bosscoder Academy
• Dichi Academy 
• Startup Campus
• Datamecum
• BrightCoders Academy
• INFOSEC Boot Camps
• Nordic Academy 
• Hamburg Coding School

FAVORITE PIECES ON THE BLOG

Jess covered what you will learn in the Cybersecurity Bootcamp at Lighthouse Labs, which includes preparing students for CompTIA certification exams. Lighthouse Labs is now offering their Cybersecurity Bootcamp for only $3,500 (down from $14,000) for a limited time, funded by Upskill Canada [powered by Palette Skills] and the Government of Canada. If you’re a Canadian resident, check out the post to find out if you are eligible for this tuition savings!

Liz found our recent interview with Will Sentance, the CEO of Codesmith about why AI needs great software engineers to be full of great insights!