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  Choosing Between UX/UI Design vs. Web Development

  

  Lauren Stewart

  Updated on February 2, 2024

  You’ve heard the terms UX/UI Designer and Web Developer, but do you understand the differences between these tech roles? Here's what you should consider when choosing between UX/UI Design vs Web Development, the types of jobs you could land after a bootcamp, and the soft skills you’ll need in each role. Professional UX Designer and Educator...

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  Campus Spotlight: Flatiron School, WeWork DC

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on February 8, 2018

  Since WeWork acquired Flatiron School in October 2017, the bootcamp has started taking advantage of the opportunities the new partnership brings. A month after the acquisition, Flatiron School’s online students received complim...

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  Why Hot Sauce Hires Digital Marketers From RED Academy

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on February 7, 2018

  Scot Sustad is the CEO of Digital Hot Sauce, a Vancouver-based digital growth agency. He’s always looking for new hires with practical experience (think hands-on experience with SEO, PPC, email marketing, copywriting, and design), which is why he’s already hired three RED Academy Digital Mark...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Noah Finberg of The Firehose Project

  

  Lauren Stewart

  Updated on February 5, 2018

  As a college sophomore, Noah came up with a great idea for a tech startup. But when he wasn’t learning enough practical skills in his Computer Science degree to build his idea into a product, Noah enrolled in...

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  What Recruiters Look For in a Coding Bootcamp Grad

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on February 2, 2018

  What do tech recruiters want? It’s a difficult question for a new coding bootcamp grad to answer, so we asked a former recruiter to give us some insight. TJ Kinion is the Program Manager at LearningFuze coding bootcamp in Southern Ca...

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  Web Developer Salaries After Coding Bootcamps

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on September 18, 2026

  Historical salary data: This article draws on Course Report’s 2020 alumni survey, older school outcomes reports, and alumni interviews conducted at the time. The figures below are historical observations, not current salary estimates or guarantees of employment. The school-by...

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  January 2018 Coding Bootcamp News + Podcast

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on July 16, 2021

  Welcome to the first News Roundup of 2018! We’re already having a busy 2018 – we published our latest outcomes and demographics report, and we’re seeing a promising focus on diversity in tech! In January we saw a significant fundraising announcement from an online bootcamp, we saw journalists exploring why employers should hire bootcamp and apprenticeship graduates, we read about community coll...

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  Data Dive: Gender in Coding Bootcamps

  

  Lauren Stewart

  Updated on December 4, 2024

  Women make up only 24% of the tech workforce, and this number could shrink to 22% over the next 10 years. The US isn’t just lacking women in tech, there’s a general shortage of tech talent: universities only graduate about 52% of the technology workforce needed to...

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  Campus Spotlight: Designation, WeWork Chicago

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on January 25, 2018

  Designation is a UX/UI bootcamp that has been building up the Chicago design community since 2013, and recently moved into a new WeWork classroom. We asked the Designation team to share their reasons behind the move, how students will fit into the larger WeWork community, and why Chicago is a great city to work in UX Design. Plus,...

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  How Gretchen Harris Moved into UX/UI Design with Designlab

  

  Lauren Stewart

  Updated on January 23, 2018

  Did you know that by leaving a Verified review of your coding bootcamp experience on Course Report, you’re entered to win a $500 Amazon Giftcard? This time, our lucky winner was Gretchen, who graduated from online bootcamp Designlab in April 2017! We caught up with Gretchen to...

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