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  Alumni Spotlight: Lexus of We Can Code IT

  

  Lauren Stewart

  Updated on November 29, 2016

  Lexus Davis specialized in technology engineering and innovation management before jumping into the tech scene. Not satisfied in her construction management position, and realizing most of the new positions she was interested in required some type of programming language, she decided to learn to code. Find out about Lexus’ experience learning full stack web development at...

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  How Flatiron School Graduates Continue to Get Hired During COVID-19

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on July 27, 2021

  Despite an incredibly difficult job market with almost every industry impacted by COVID-19, Flatiron School job-seeking graduates saw an 86% job placement rate, thanks in major part to the consistency, determination, and focus of students in...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Warren Longmire of Startup Institute

  

  Lauren Stewart

  Updated on November 28, 2016

  Think coding bootcamps are only for tech newbies? Warren Longmire has been programming since he was 13, has a computer science degree, and worked in game design, but he realized it was time to take his skills to the next level. He set an ambitious goal to work in web development at a New York startup, so he attended Startup Institute’s 8-week Web Development program in NYC. Check out what Warr...

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  Capstone Project Spotlight: Robby & Sierra of Thinkful

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on October 21, 2020

    Robby and Sierra spent three weeks working on their final project called Book Kit, an application to share and save online resources. But even though they worked closely together every day, they were actually in separate cities! That’s because Robby and Sierra were students in Thinkful’s Web Development Career Path, a full-t...

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  Curriculum Spotlight: DevPoint Labs with Dave Jungst

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on November 22, 2016

  Salt Lake City coding bootcamp DevPoint Labs recently decided to move the HTML/CSS part of their courses into a pre-work module. We spoke to senior instructor Dave Jungst about the reasons behind this shift, and how DevPoint Labs iterates on and updates the curriculum for both their full...

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  Job Placement at LearningFuze

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on October 18, 2022

  If you’re wondering what type of career help you’ll receive if you attend LearningFuze’s 14-week full stack coding bootcamp or part-time program, look no further. We chatted with Career Services Manager, Andreana Pettersen, to learn more about the job placement process and how they help students find roles as software developers. Se...

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  Coder Camps: Online vs In-Person with Alumni Debbie and Duran

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on November 22, 2016

  Duran Gradwell and Debbie Westwood both learned to code at Coder Camps, but what we found most interesting is that Duran studied at Coder Camps’ Seattle campus, while Debbie studied online remotely from Phoenix, Arizona. We wanted to examine the difference between studying in-person versus online, so we asked Duran and Debbie to co...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Anna Garcia of The Grace Hopper Program

  

  Lauren Stewart

  Updated on November 21, 2016

  Anna Garcia played music- trumpet to be exact- professionally since age 11. But when she blended her entrepreneurial spirit with her love for healthy living to create a startup called Juice Crawl, Anna knew that she needed tech skills to build the website. Intrigued by the process of building that website, Anna was motivated to learn software development, and enrolled in...

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  Mentor Spotlight: Wojciech Hupert of CareerFoundry

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on November 21, 2016

  Wojciech Hupert originally studied advertising and graphic design, but as the market demand for web skills increased, he transitioned into UX design. Now Wojciech is a UX Design Mentor at online coding bootcamp CareerFoundry. He also works full-time as a UX/UI Designer at Berlin startup BigchainDB. Wojciech explains why he w...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Jack Yeh of Turing School

  

  Lauren Stewart

  Updated on December 3, 2024

  Jack Yeh was in the Marines, has a master’s degree in environmental management from Yale, and led global supply chain management teams for Walmart, Groupon, and the Chinese Postal System. Working at these companies Jack was intrigued at how software could optimize business processes. He chose to learn web development at...

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