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  • Community and Culture at Dev Bootcamp

    Community and Culture at Dev Bootcamp

    Imogen Crispe
    Imogen Crispe
    Updated on September 23, 2016
    As of December 8, 2017, Dev Bootcamp will no longer be operating. The DBC staff cultivated and grew their culture and community of students and alumni. In fact, the Dev Bootcamp culture was so integral to the school’s success that they even had a Director of Teaching, Learning, and Culture! We spoke to the man leading th...
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  • Instructor Spotlight: Wesley Reid of Galvanize

    Instructor Spotlight: Wesley Reid of Galvanize

    Imogen Crispe
    Imogen Crispe
    Updated on September 21, 2016
    With a background in nonprofits, Wesley has paired his love for coding with a longtime passion for helping people, to become an instructor at Galvanize’s six-month coding bootcamp in Denver, CO. He is really enjoying seeing students succeed and find their dream jobs, just like he has. Wesley tells us about the difference between 12-wee...
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  • Alumni Spotlight: Jasmine Nguyen of Coder Camps

    Alumni Spotlight: Jasmine Nguyen of Coder Camps

    Lauren Stewart
    Lauren Stewart
    Updated on September 20, 2016
    Jasmine was a junior college student studying elementary education before she took a semester off to attend Coder Camps’ 12-week full-stack bootcamp in Houston, Texas. Coming from a family of programmers, she decided to leave university to see if she would enjoy learning to code. Check out how Jasmine enjoyed learning alongside lots...
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  • From CPA to Software Engineer: A Grace Hopper Academy Success Story

    From CPA to Software Engineer: A Grace Hopper Academy Success Story

    Imogen Crispe
    Imogen Crispe
    Updated on June 16, 2025
    Starting college right after the recession, Jane* chose accounting as a safe and stable career path, even though she originally wanted to study engineering. After working for two years at a big accounting firm, Jane realized she had to go back to her original passion and started teaching herself to code. A friend recommended coding bootcamps, so she enrolled at...
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  • Alumni Spotlight: Chris Andrikanich of Tech Elevator

    Alumni Spotlight: Chris Andrikanich of Tech Elevator

    Lauren Stewart
    Lauren Stewart
    Updated on September 15, 2016
    Chris taught himself to build websites during his 18-year career as a Cleveland book publisher. Knowing that his background in marketing and sales wasn’t his most favorite part of his job, he realized it was time for a career pivot, and enrolled at Tech Elevator. We chatted with him to learn why he chose...
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  • Alumni Spotlight: Pedro Martin of General Assembly

    Alumni Spotlight: Pedro Martin of General Assembly

    Lauren Stewart
    Lauren Stewart
    Updated on September 14, 2016
    Pedro was a political rights advocate imprisoned in Venezuela, an environmental science teacher, and a rope-access technician before finding his love for code in London. We sat down with this General Assembly Web Development Immersive graduate to learn more about his unconventional path to software development. Find out how Pedr...
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