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  Instructor Spotlight: Michael Bogdanski of Coding Dojo

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on October 6, 2016

  Michael is a veteran programmer who loves working with people and helping change their lives. He joined Coding Dojo’s new Chicago campus as the lead instructor and captain in June 2016, and has already found his own unique teaching style. Michael tells us why teaching three stacks at...

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  Instructor Spotlight: Nick Brittain of Coder Camps

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on October 5, 2016

  Nick built web applications to solve business problems for 15 years before he became a founding member of Coder Camps coding bootcamp in Houston, Texas. Now, three years later, Nick wears many hats including instructor, campus director, and CTO. We asked Nick why Coder Camps teaches .NET in Houston, how the team keeps the curriculum...

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  Building an Online Community at Flatiron School

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on October 4, 2016

  How difficult is it to build the elusive idea of community into an online learning platform? We sat down with Flatiron School’s Head of Product, Mat Balez to find out how technology can actually fuel community and make learning more effective. Skip ahead to read about Mat’s thoughts on how online students can leave their mark o...

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  September 2016 Coding Bootcamp News Roundup + Podcast

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on July 23, 2024

  Welcome to the September 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 big fundraising announcements, to interesting trends. Of course, we cover...

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  Why Cisco Hires Hack Reactor Alumni

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on October 3, 2016

  Cisco has hired a number of Hack Reactor grads (almost half of their CTAO engineering team are alumni), and finds that they are “so well prepared and ready to hit the ground running.” We spoke to Cisco Director of Experience Design Dustin Beltramo and Technical Leader Joe Sutton about what they look for in a new coding bootca...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Denis Nguyen of NYC Data Science Academy

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on September 29, 2016

  Denis was a biomedical engineer on the pre-med track when he realized he wasn’t on the right career path. He had always loved tech and keeping up with the latest tech trends, so he researched coding bootcamps. Denis came across data science and realized it was the perfect combination of his tech and STEM interests, so he enrolled at...

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  Instructor Spotlight: Corbin March of The Software Guild

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on September 28, 2016

  Corbin found his passion for coding in his late 20s and has worked as a developer in Minneapolis since before the dotcom crash. He always loved mentoring and with all his experience at startups and consulting, he was a great fit to become an instructor at The Software Guild’s Minneapolis campus. Corbin tells us about how he learne...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Stan Wielga of LearningFuze

  

  Lauren Stewart

  Updated on September 28, 2016

  Stan was a lab assistant who moved to the HR department while pursuing his marketing degree. But he soon realized that marketing wasn’t for him, and decided to switch gears to learn code at LearningFuze web development bootcamp in Orange County, California. Stan is now a web developer at YoloCare and loving it. Find out why Learning...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Liz Holzman of Startup Institute

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on September 26, 2016

  Even while Liz was getting promotions at her administrative job in Health and Human Services, she knew she needed something more. After a personal life crisis, Liz decided to reevaluate her career goals. She drew inspiration from a past tech project, worked hard to save money, and got accepted to attend Startup Institute in Bos...

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  Founder Spotlight: Harrison Spain of Redwood Academy

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on October 21, 2020

  With 16 years experience as a software developer and a hiring manager, Harrison Spain saw first hand how hard it was to hire competent software developers. To help fill this talent gap, Harrison decided to launch Redwood Code Academy in Orange County, CA. Harrison tells us where traditional education falls short, why he chos...

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