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  How Thinkful Brings Coding to Smaller Tech Hubs

  

  Lauren Stewart

  Updated on March 7, 2018

  Even if you don’t live in a bustling tech hub, there’s demand for developers in every city. But what if you’re learning to code in a city with a smaller tech community? Veteran Chris Billiau and former supply chain analyst Brian Barrow both studied at...

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  Mentor Spotlight: Dave Bascom of Springboard

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on March 6, 2018

  Freedom and flexibility are core to Springboard’s online, six-month Digital Marketing Career Track bootcamp. But the mentors are the ones who keep students focused and on track! As a former VP of Marketing at a real estate startup with 20 ye...

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  Instructor Spotlight: David Friedman of SPICED Academy

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on March 5, 2018

  With 19 years of experience working in startups in San Francisco and New York, David Friedman moved to Berlin, Germany two years ago to be the first instructor at SPICED Academy. David built out their JavaScript bootcamp curriculum from scratch and now leads the teaching team. As a self-taught developer, David believes that anyo...

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  February 2018 Coding Bootcamp News Roundup + Podcast

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on February 28, 2018

  A lot happened in the world of technology education in February 2018! In case you missed it, we put together a roundup of all the coding bootcamp news we found interesting at Course Report. We read about government support for bootcamps and vocational education, we heard about companies training their employees at bootcamps, we saw coverage on the debate between colleges and bootcamps, and the...

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  All-Women’s Bootcamps: Shifting the Balance in Tech?

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on February 26, 2018

  In this episode, we’re talking about women’s success at coding bootcamps. Every year, Course Report does a survey of real coding bootcamp...

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  What is Blockchain: A Primer with Hack Reactor

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on October 21, 2020

  You’ve likely heard of cryptocurrency (ahem, Bitcoin), but what do you know about the underlying blockchain technology that it’s built on? If you’re researching coding bootcamps today, then it’s safe to say that blockchain will be a part of your job in some way during your lifetime. Brian Sweeney, a B...

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  Ultimate Guide to Digital Marketing Bootcamps

  

  Lauren Stewart

  Updated on August 6, 2024

  When you think of your next tech job, does “Digital Marketer” come to mind? It should; a solid understanding of marketing, combined with analytical and a few tech skills, can lead to a fulfilling, evolving career. By 2024, digital advertising revenue will amount to $460 billion dollars! With the increase in marketing buys over the last few years, experts have forecasted that digital will eventu...

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  How Rebecca Found Tech Elevator

  

  Lauren Stewart

  Updated on February 20, 2018

  Rebecca was a high school math teacher for 4 years before deciding to pick up coding. Inspired by her programmer mom, Rebecca went to Tech Elevator’s Women, Wine & Web Design event in Columbus, Ohio to dip her toes into the coding bootcamp wo...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Joram Clervius of Lambda School

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on February 16, 2018

  Joram Clervius was passionate about music and computers growing up. When college didn’t work out, he used his self-taught computer skills to get a job in web design. Joram soon realized that to build products from scratch, he needed to learn software engineering, so he enrolled in...

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  How Valerie Got into Bootcamp with Hackbright Prep

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on February 14, 2018

  Not everyone gets into coding bootcamp on their first try. Even though Valerie Moy had been working in tech operations for five years, and had taught herself some code, she struggled in the Hackbright Academy coding challenge i...

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