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  Watch a Demo: Thinkful's Flexible Web Development Bootcamp

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on May 17, 2016

  Melanie is a student studying remotely from Toronto with Thinkful's part-time Flexible Web Development Bootcamp​, and she shared with us what it’s like to learn to code online. We talked to Melanie about why she chose to do an online bootcamp rather than an in-person course, the difference between Code School and Thinkful, and Melan...

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  Which Coding Bootcamps Have Been Acquired & Raised Money?

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on November 6, 2024

  Since the first bootcamp acquisition in June 2014, we’ve seen several coding bootcamps get acquired by a range of companies from for-profit education companies (Capella Education), to co-working companies (WeWork), and other coding bootcamps (Thinkful + Bloc)! With rapid market growth in the bootca...

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  Metis Career Services: Getting Hired as a Data Scientist with Capital One Labs

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on October 21, 2020

  You’ve all heard about judging coding bootcamps and data science bootcamps based on their outcomes (aka does a bootcamp get students jobs), but we rarely get the perspectives of both the bootcamps and the employers at the same time. So we were really excited to have our guests, Megan Ayraud of Metis and Brennan Biddle of Capital One Labs...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Doa Jafri of MakerSquare

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on May 13, 2016

  Meet Doa, an alum of MakerSquare’s first cohort in 2013. Three years later, Doa has immersed herself in the New York startup scene, fallen in love with JavaScript, and even hired several coding bootcamp graduates. Doa isn’t your “typical” developer, and she says that’s made all the difference. We talk about what makes a truly succe...

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  Instructor Spotlight: Fred Zirdung of Hack Reactor

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on May 13, 2016

  After working as a software engineer for 15 years, Fred Zirdung joined Hack Reactor when it launched in San Francisco in 2012. And while he had always wanted to teach, he didn’t realize just how much he would learn by teaching at Hack Reactor. He’s now the Lead Instructor and in charge of...

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  Coding Bootcamps with Free Housing + Living Stipends

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  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on December 14, 2023

  A coding bootcamp can propel your career in tech to new heights, but that often means quitting a job, uprooting your life, or moving to a new city. Maybe you’re moving to a new city to become a developer and need a short-term housing option. Or perhaps you’re an...

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  Instructor Spotlight: Josh Tucholski of Tech Elevator

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on May 12, 2016

  Josh Tucholski is the Lead .NET Instructor at Tech Elevator coding bootcamp in Cleveland, Ohio. With more than 10 years of experience as a developer under his belt, Josh tells us why he wanted to teach motivated Tech Elevator students, why Java and .NET are ideal first programming language...

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  Campus Spotlight: The Iron Yard Austin

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on May 12, 2016

  [As of October 13, 2017, The Iron Yard will no longer be operating.]  The Iron Yard campus has been thriving in Austin for over a year, graduating dozens of students who go on to find exciting jobs at Austin companies. But we had questions about what makes the Texas coding bootcamp’s campus culture special. So we spoke with Th...

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  Instructor Spotlight: Mike McKerns of Logit Academy

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on May 10, 2016

  Mike McKerns is a data science veteran and instructor at Los Angeles data science bootcamp Logit Academy which starts its first cohort on June 13. In his 37 years as a data scientist, Mike has pioneered new techniques, and founded a nonprofit for advancing the maths behind data science. Mike tells us about his extensive experience,...

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  Instructor Spotlight: Steve Kinney of Turing School

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on May 6, 2016

  Steve Kinney spent seven years as a high school and middle school teacher in NYC before moving to Denver, CO to teach web development at Turing School of Software and Design. Steve is now the program director for...

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