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  3 Ways Women Can Overcome Bias in Tech

  

  Shanna Gregory

  Updated on January 10, 2017

  Women face many challenges when it comes to getting into the tech industry, including in their education and in finding a job. I recently attended the annual Grace Hopper Conference, where I was surrounded by thousands of women with plenty of inspiring stories and useful advice.  Here are my takeaways for both women developers and employers navigating the job search and hiring process. T...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Marisha Schumacher-Hodge of Hackbright Academy

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on January 6, 2017

  Marisha was a professional soccer player and collegiate soccer coach before she discovered a passion for coding. She taught herself the basics of web development to help with her sister’s startup, and loved the creative problem solving aspect of programming. Marisha chose to enroll at Hackbright Academy coding bootcamp in Sa...

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  Cracking the Bootcamp Application: Sabio

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  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on January 4, 2017

  In our Cracking the Bootcamp Application series, we’re diving into the admissions process at coding bootcamps around the world. Los Angeles bootcamp Sabio has a unique two-track admissions process where candidates can either take an advanced level assessment straight away, or participate in a paid, four-week pre-work course. We sat down...

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  6 New Year's Resolutions for New and Future Bootcampers

  

  Tracy Lum

  Updated on January 2, 2025

  Whether you’re just starting to learn to code, currently attending a coding bootcamp, or you're working as a software developer, it’s important to keep challenging yourself to learn more. After attending Flatiron School, working on the engineering team here, and recently starting as an instructor, I’ve been thinking a lot ab...

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  2 Final Projects We Loved from Thinkful's Demo Day

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on October 21, 2020

  Every cohort in Thinkful’s Full Time Web Development Bootcamp gets to take part in an online Demo Day to demonstrate their final projects. We recently attended a...

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  Your 2017 #LearnToCode New Year’s Resolution

  

  Lauren Stewart

  Updated on December 30, 2016

  It’s that time again! A time to reflect on the year that is coming to an end, and a time to plan for what the New Year has in store. While it may be easy to beat yourself up about certain unmet goals, one thing is for sure: you made it through another year! And we bet you accomplished more than you think. Maybe you finished your first Codecademy class, made a 30-day Github commit streak,...

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  December 2016 Coding Bootcamp News Roundup

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on December 4, 2024

    Welcome to our last monthly coding bootcamp news roundup of 2016! Each month, we look at all the happenings from the coding bootcamp world from new bootcamps to fundraising announcements, to interesting trends we’re talking about in the office. This December, we heard about a bootcamp scholarship from Uber, employers who are happily hiring bootcamp grads, investments from New York State...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Christina D'Astolfo of Startup Institute

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on December 27, 2016

  During her internship, Christina was asked to build a custom website in two weeks. She had never coded before, but rose to the challenge (with the help of Redbull) and says, “It was the most fun I’ve ever had.” Even after starting her nonprofit role, Christina couldn’t get web development off her mind, so she left her job and enrolled in...

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  8 Companies Who Actually Love Hiring Coding Bootcampers

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on February 16, 2021

    In our recent Student Outcomes survey, alumni reported that they were working in over 650 different companies! Of course, you may have read recent press citing compa...

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  Student Spotlight: Tommy Gaessler of Galvanize

  

  Lauren Stewart

  Updated on December 22, 2016

  Young, motivated, and fresh out of high school, Tommy Gaessler knew that he wanted to learn more than high school coding classes offered. So he took it upon himself to opt out of the 4-year university degree and instead learn new exciting technology through an intensive bootcamp at...

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