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  Mentor Spotlight: Jason Humphrey of Thinkful

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on December 21, 2016

  Jason Humphrey has been mentoring students from Thinkful’s programs for almost two years, including students in their newest course, the Full Time Web Development Bootcamp. When Jason isn’t mentoring, he is working as a Software Engineer at Fidelity Investments and maintaining his own open source framework. We asked Jason about th...

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  Why Access Development Hires from DevPoint Labs

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on December 15, 2016

  Access Development is a B2B rewards and loyalty company in Utah with a team of developers working in Java and Ruby. We spoke with CTO Clint Peterson about the six DevPoint Labs coding bootcamp graduates he’s hired over the past two years (one of his first hires is now a team mana...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Steven Garcia of Holberton School

  

  Lauren Stewart

  Updated on May 24, 2018

  Steven Garcia has had an interest in coding since he was deconstructing his PlayStation at age 14, so when he saw Holberton School in the news, he knew that the two-year program was the next step for him. See why Steven opted out of the traditional computer science degree to attend Holberton School’s two-year program, how he s...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Joe Reed of Thinkful

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on December 13, 2016

    After a degree in popular music, Joe Reed was bored with working in London coffee shops and wanted to challenge himself, so he enrolled in Thinkful’s Flexible Web Development Bootcamp. Joe worked with a mentor based in Europe, and graduated from the online bootcamp in just three months. Joe tells us how useful the...

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  How to Show Off Your New Tech Skills After General Assembly

  

  Lauren Stewart

  Updated on May 15, 2024

  So you’re nearing the end of your coding bootcamp and the job search is about to commence. How do you really show an employer what you’re made of? And how do you show off new tech skills after a coding bootcamp to land a new role? The life of a job seeker can have its highs and lows, so we spoke with Betsy Leonhardt and Seth Novick of...

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  How to Crush Your First Hackathon

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on May 30, 2024

  If you want to get tons of coding experience in 24 hours (or you just want your resume to stand out), then you should already be thinking about hackathons! These are 24-48 hour events where programmers meet to create new products that usually answer a problem. And coding bootcamp graduates know a thing or two about participatin...

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  Why Mobify Hires from Lighthouse Labs

  

  Lauren Stewart

  Updated on December 12, 2016

  Where do coding bootcamp graduates really get jobs? Mobify! Mobify is an mobile eCommerce platform based in Vancouver, Canada that optimizes the shopping experience. We chatted with Laura Crawford, Mobify’s Talent Acquisition Manager, to learn more about why they’ve already hired four Lighthouse Labs graduates and look forward...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Kelly Mejia Breton of NYC Data Science Academy

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on December 9, 2016

  Kelly Mejia Breton has a background in mathematics and statistics, and had worked as a senior energy analyst for five years when she quit her job to enroll at NYC Data Science Academy. Kelly had enjoyed learning about machine learning in grad school, and wanted to learn more about how to apply it. Now Kelly has an exci...

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  Campus Spotlight: Coder Camps Phoenix

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on December 9, 2016

  Why is Phoenix, Arizona a good place to learn to code? Coder Camps just opened a new coding bootcamp campus in Phoenix hoping to help fill the demand for tech talent. It’s their third campus after Seattle and Houston, all teaching .NET and full stack JavaScript. We spoke to Coder Camps Director of Education John Thomas about w...

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  How Women Navigate the Job Search at Hackbright Academy with Ronke Aderonmu

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on December 8, 2016

  Having worked in career services at UC Berkeley, Ronke Aderonmu joined Hackbright Academy as a Student Success Coach with a deep background in education and job success. Through career development classes, one-on-one sessions, and events with industry experts, Ronke guides students to find their ideal jobs at supportive, inc...

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