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  Campus Spotlight: We Can Code IT Columbus

  

  Lauren Stewart

  Updated on November 2, 2016

  Q&A We Can Code IT has recently expanded and now offers its full-time and part-time full stack coding bootcamps in Columbus, Ohio, as well as at the original campus in Cleveland. We sat down with Lauren Holloway, the National Director of Education and Culture to learn more about the bootcamps’ focus on changing the ratio in...

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  Hack Reactor + MakerSquare Rebrand: Everything You Need to Know

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on November 1, 2016

  Have you heard the news? MakerSquare and Telegraph Academy’s network of schools are rebranded as Hack Reactor Austin, Hack Reactor Los Angeles, Hack Reactor San Francisco and Hack Reactor New York City. But what exactly does this mean for MakerSquare and Telegraph Academy alumni, current students, staff, and future students? We asked the...

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  Episode 8: October 2016 Coding Bootcamp News Roundup + Podcast

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on January 19, 2018

    Welcome to the October 2016 Course Report monthly coding bootcamp news roundup! Each month, we look at all the happenings from the coding bootcamp world from new bootcamps to fundraising announcements, to interesting trends. This month we are also covering our Women In Tech Snapchat takeover! Other trends include new developments in the industry, new outcomes reports and why those are im...

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  5 Minute Snapchat Intro to Coding Bootcamps

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on May 8, 2023

  On October 26th, the Course Report team took over the Women in Tech Snapchat Channel and had a blast introducing everyone to coding bootcamps, Course Report, and even took followers along to tour three NYC coding bootcamps! But if there’s one bummer about Snapchat, it’s that the snaps disappear! So of course, we po...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Kristoffer Daniels of Springboard

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on October 27, 2016

  Kristoffer has been a graphic designer for six years, but after trying out a few UI projects, he realized he liked it better than his current work. Not wanting to quit his job, Kristoffer decided to enroll in Springboard’s part-time online UX Design program to upskill and...

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  Student Spotlight: Melissa Phillips of Guild of Software Architects

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on October 26, 2016

  Melissa Phillips was a graphic designer, a teacher, and most recently a stay-at-home mom before deciding to go to Guild of Software Architects mobile development bootcamp. Melissa tried to teach herself to code while at home with her young daughter, but wanted a faster way to jumpstart her career to re-enter t...

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  These 10 Founders All Started at Coding Bootcamps

  

  Lauren Stewart

  Updated on October 25, 2016

  There are many reasons to attend a bootcamp- maybe you’re ready to take the plunge into a coding career or you want to update your current programming skills. Or maybe you’re part of a rising generation of aspiring technical founders and you’re ready to launch your own startup…you just need tech skills. Should you go to a coding bootcamp to start a company? Many bootcamp alumni are enjoying th...

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  Advice From Coding Bootcamp Grad Tom Goldenberg

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on July 21, 2017

  Since graduating from Dev Bootcamp [As of December 8, 2017, Dev Bootcamp will no longer be operating], Tom Goldenberg has thought critically about his experience during (and after) Dev Bootcamp, and shared two articles on Medium that caught our attention. The first was an open...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Arda Kosar of NYC Data Science Academy

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on October 21, 2016

  Originally from Turkey, Arda Kosar studied mechatronics engineering, got an MBA and worked as a Business and Sales Consultant before moving to the U.S. in 2015. He had dabbled in data science, and wanted a career as a data scientist, but found his self-training was not enough to land him the roles he wanted. So Arda enrolled at...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Vivian Keating of TurnToTech

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on October 20, 2016

  Vivian shifted from the insurance industry to a mobile development bootcamp in 2014 when she attended TurnToTech’s 16-week iOS bootcamp in New York City. She’s now been a mobile developer at Hackerati for two years working with clients including Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, and Personal Blackbox. Vivian tells us how...

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