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  Alumni Spotlight: Jamie Fradkin of Metis

  

  Lauren Stewart

  Updated on November 21, 2017

  Jamie Fradkin has worked at BuzzFeed as a data scientist for over a year and a half after attending Metis data science bootcamp in New York City. As a former biomedical engineer, she wanted to switch careers so that she could make use of her math and statistics skills in a booming new industry. Learn about the Metis application and learn...

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  Why Simple Contacts Hires from The Grace Hopper Program

  

  Lauren Stewart

  Updated on November 21, 2017

  Emily Maskin has hired three Grace Hopper Program graduates for contact lens startup Simple Contacts. As the Engineering Manager for the web team, Emily took a chance on hiring her first bootcamp graduates (a...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Pedro Acosta of Flatiron School

  

  Lauren Stewart

  Updated on November 20, 2017

  Pedro Acosta was a security guard training with the NYPD when he realized a career in software development would allow him to really excel and stimulate his mind like never before. Pedro quit the NYPD training and chose to learn part-time with Flatiron School’s Online Web Developer Program so that he could continue working full...

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  Why Allstate Hires Designers from Designation

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on April 30, 2019

  Allstate Product Design Manager, Dustin Hamilton, started mentoring Designation (now Flatiron School) UX and UI students, and soon realized that many of them would be great additions to his team. He has now hired six Designation graduates, and continues to mentor and get to know many of the designers as they go through the program. Dustin tells us why Designation is his first port of call...

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  Java: Everything a Beginner Needs to Know

  

  David Wintrich

  Updated on October 14, 2024

  What are the benefits of learning Java as your first programming language? Is Java just too hard to learn in 14 weeks? When starting out in tech and choosing a coding bootcamp, it’s difficult to know which language to focus on....

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  The New Software Engineering Intensive at New York Code + Design Academy

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on July 24, 2018

  With the speed that tech evolves, coding bootcamps need to constantly iterate to keep their curriculum relevant for students. New York Code + Design Academy is working on a big revamp to their curr...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Philip Percesepe of Sabio

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on November 13, 2017

  As Philip Percesepe was transitioning out of the Marine Corps he came up with an exciting tech startup idea. He realized he needed more specialized technical skills to build the idea, so he used the GI Bill to enroll at Sabio coding bootcamp in Los Angeles. Since he graduated in February 2017, Philip has continued to work on his startup,...

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  What Does Full Stack Mean?

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on May 20, 2021

  One of the first questions we hear when someone starts researching coding bootcamps is “which programming language should I learn?” You hear these terms floating around like full stack vs front end vs back end – but what should you make of them? Today we’re diving into everything that goes into the application “stack” – from how each piece works together to the skills and tools you need to le...

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  Building Diversity in Coding Bootcamps ft. Flatiron School

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on November 9, 2017

  One of the challenges that bootcamps face and have really taken head-on is building diverse classrooms. If you’ve looked at demographics research, you know that tech is not diverse – and that means everything from a lack of racial to gender to cognitive diversity. But a lot of bootcamps are doing interesting things in this realm, around scholarships, community outreach, and partnerships with l...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Timur Meyster of App Academy

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on April 7, 2021

    Timur Meyster always dreamed of becoming an entrepreneur. When he realized his finance degree wasn’t going to help him actually launch his own business, Timur decided to build his technical skillset to create his own products. Since graduating from App Academy in 2015, Timur has flourished as a developer, working as a Full-St...

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