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  Student Spotlight: Faith Oladele of DevPoint Labs

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on July 22, 2016

  Faith Oladele is a multi-tasker to the extreme. She balances being in the Air Force Reserves while working part-time in sales and pursuing her Computer Science degree at the University of Utah. Now she has enrolled at Utah coding bootcamp DevPoint Labs during her summer break! We talk to Faith about her...

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  Bootcamp Alumni: Please take our Grad Survey before August 12th!

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on July 21, 2016

  Are you a coding bootcamp graduate (or do you know one)? Then Course Report has a small favor that we're hoping you can help with before August 12th! We’re currently collecting responses for our...

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  Thomas on Building a Startup and Freelancing after Le Wagon

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on July 20, 2016

  Over 1000 coding bootcamp graduates entered our sweepstakes competition to win a $500 Amazon Giftcard just by leaving a review for their school on Course Report. This time, our lucky winner was Thomas from French coding bootcamp Le Wagon! We caught up with him to find out a bit about his coding bootcamp e...

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  Curriculum Spotlight with Khurram Virani of Lighthouse Labs

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on October 21, 2020

  A lot has changed since Lighthouse Labs started teaching web development in 2013. We sat down with co-founder Khurram Virani to learn about the evolution of Lighthouse Labs- how they design assessments, why they’ve chosen to introduce more JavaScript into their eight-week curriculum, and their realistic approach to job placemen...

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  Instructor Spotlight: Austyn Hill of The Software Guild

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on July 20, 2016

  Austyn graduated from MIT and worked for Microsoft for three years before joining the Software Guild as a Java instructor in Louisville. She is now dedicated to enhancing the tech scene in her hometown, and loves passing on her passion for coding. Austyn tells us about the different coding skills you gain at college versus a cod...

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  Engineering Empathy at Dev Bootcamp

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on July 19, 2016

  Dev Bootcamp was known for its unique Engineering Empathy curriculum, which focuses on the human side of software development. As of December 8, 2017, Dev Bootcamp will no longer be operating. Dev Bootcamp aimed to produce job-ready graduates with both technical and interpersona...

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  Curriculum Spotlight: Joe Burgess of Flatiron School

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on July 19, 2016

  Joe has a passion for teaching and education and has been part of the Flatiron School academic team for three years. After working at IBM, he joined Flatiron School to write and teach the iOS curriculum. Joe is now the school’s VP of Education and oversees the instructors and the curriculu...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Wendy Zenone of Hackbright Academy

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on October 21, 2020

  Wendy Zenone is not only a Hackbright Academy success story; she’s also a testament that coding bootcamps are not a “quick fix.” Wendy’s journey shows that it takes hard work, determination, and grit to make a successful career change into tech. We chat with Wendy about her experience at...

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  Campus Spotlight: MakerSquare New York City

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on July 14, 2016

  MakerSquare has just opened in New York; its fourth campus after Austin, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. We spoke to campus managing director, Tyler Lambe, about his background starting another bootcamp, why MakerSquare chose to expand to New York, how the curriculum differs compared with other campuses, and what sort of companies...

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  Student Spotlight: Taylor of Logit Academy

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on July 12, 2016

  Taylor originally studied chemical engineering and was exposed to programming through the scientific research programming language Mathematica. After working in pharmaceuticals and therapeutics, Taylor realized that her background in engineering, statistics, and programming was ideal for data science. So she enrolled at...

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