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  Alumni Spotlight: John Bogil of TurnToTech

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  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on July 7, 2016

  John left the legal field to attend TurnToTech’s 16 week mobile bootcamp in New York City. The switch from paralegal to mobile developer was risky, but worth it. See how this career change helped John land a position at a startup (and at Viacom!), all while giving him the skills needed to create his own app. Q&A What we...

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  Student Spotlight: Tom Lynam of DevPoint Labs

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on July 7, 2016

  Tom left business operations at a custom apparel startup in Rhode Island to learn to code at DevPoint Labs in Salt Lake City. In the startup world, technology can make or break your company. He saw the pain points in having limited tech knowledge, so he decided to gain more technical skills. Read on to learn about his choice to wor...

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  Student Spotlight: Ho Fai Wong of NYC Data Science Academy

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on July 6, 2016

  Ho Fai has an impressive career in IT Infrastructure for consulting powerhouse PWC. When he realized that he clearly loved gleaning insights from data to solve his clients’ problems, Ho Fai decided to invest more heavily in his Data Science skill set. His company agreed to let him take a sabbatical and enroll in...

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  Student Spotlight: Josh of Holberton School

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on July 5, 2016

  At age 18, Josh opted out of university in the UK and moved to San Francisco to learn to code at Holberton School. Now he's five months in and about to launch his own app. We spoke to Josh to find out why he decided to do a two-year intensive coding bootcamp, instead of a four-year computer science degree, how he’s adjusting t...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Alexandru of Jademy

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on October 21, 2020

  Alexandru was working as a financial attache at the Romanian Consulate in Shanghai when he started teaching himself to code. He absolutely loved it and decided to switch careers and become a software developer. Alexandru enrolled at Jademy coding bootcamp in Bucharest, Romania where he learned Java. He graduated in June 2015, and has sinc...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Clayton Boyle of RefactorU

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on July 1, 2016

  Clayton had a career in hospitality and real-estate, when he decided to rekindle the passion for coding he’d had as a youngster. After trying to teach himself to code, and attending unhelpful courses, he enrolled at RefactorU’s Boulder, CO ...

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  7 Reasons Why Veterans Make Good Coders

  

  Susy Solis

  Updated on June 30, 2016

  Kevin Harris is familiar with bootcamps – military bootcamps. He joined the US Navy aged 18, and 26 years later he’s created his own bootcamp. Unlike a military bootcamp, this one doesn’t r...

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  June 2016 Coding Bootcamp News Roundup + Podcast

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on June 30, 2016

  Welcome to the June Course Report monthly coding bootcamp news roundup! Each month we look at all the happenings from the coding bootcamp world, including new bootcamps, what we’re seeing in bootcamps internationally, outcomes, and paying for bootcamps. Plus, we released our big...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Raag Shah of Coding Temple

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on June 27, 2016

  Raag switched from  computer science to study criminal law at college, but after graduation realized his passion was in programming, and enrolled at Coding Temple coding bootcamp in Chicago. After the 10-week program, Raag found a job as an applications developer at ATI Physical Therapy in B...

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  React vs Angular

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on November 27, 2024

  As coding bootcamps have evolved towards JavaScript-heavy curricula, the debate between frameworks like React, Angular, and Ember is fierce. But what exactly are these technologies, and what types of projects are they used for? We spoke to...

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