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  Alumni Spotlight: Tyson of Hack Reactor

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on March 30, 2016

  Tyson had been an entrepreneur since the dot com bubble, starting and helming numerous tech companies for 14 years. In 2013, after watching the internet startup founder 'prototype' transition from an MBA to a software engineer, he decided to gain this skillset himself, so he enrolled at Hack Reactor to become a more effective entr...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Cori Fowler of The Iron Yard

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on March 29, 2016

  After working in the nonprofit education sector, Cori Fowler knew how vital STEM and specifically coding could be to young people. Her passion for STEM education inspired her to learn to code at The Iron Yard coding bootcamp in Atlanta, Georgia. Now she is a front end developer at...

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  Instructor Spotlight: Dave and Jake of DevPoint Labs

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on March 24, 2016

  Dave Jungst and Jake Sorce were already working together before they became teachers at DevPoint Labs in Salt Lake City, Utah. They both have backgrounds in computer science, and have worked as engineers. They now balance running their own business and teaching the Full Stack JavaScript and Rails programs at DevPoint Labs. Dave and...

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  Job Placement at Wyncode with Rita Rovira

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on March 24, 2016

  Rita Rovira is the Director of Hiring Partnerships at Wyncode, a popular (and well-reviewed) coding bootcamp in South Florida, which was just nominated as Business of the Year by the South Florida Business Journal. We caught up with...

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  Student Spotlight: Terry of Grace Hopper Academy

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on March 23, 2016

  Terry Horowitz always loved math and science, but after quitting her desk job and a stint on a Hawaiian coffee farm, she found herself back in New York teaching herself to code. With a reignited passion for math, science, and JavaScript, Terry decided to enroll at Grace Hopper Academy, an all-women’s MEAN Stack...

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  Student Spotlight: Richard of Rutgers Coding Bootcamp

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on March 23, 2016

  Originally from Ghana, Richard worked in finance before he moved to the U.S. and got a job at a telecommunications company. When he discovered his passion for coding, he decided to enroll in Rutgers Coding Bootcamp in New Jersey. Now he is juggling working full time, while completing the part-time Web Development Program...

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  Mentor Spotlight: Ryan Lynch of Thinkful

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on October 21, 2020

  Ryan is a mentor for online coding bootcamp Thinkful, which means he works one-on-one with students in the Web Development Career Path. Like most Thinkful mentors, Ryan balances teaching with his full-time job as a Front End Developer for a Washington D.C.-based machine learning company. Ryan tells us about how he taught him...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Stephen and Stuart Tiedemann of DigitalCrafts (Video)

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on March 18, 2016

  Stephen and Stuart were both ready for career changes, so decided to take a chance on a relatively new Atlanta coding bootcamp, DigitalCrafts. For their capstone project, the bro-grammers (literally, they’re brothers!) built BootcampXchange, a platform DigitalCrafts has now launched to...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Daniel of Tech Elevator

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on March 17, 2016

  Daniel had been working in retail at Target for 15 years, but realized he needed a more exciting and promising career path. Within six months, Daniel had made a complete career 180 and doubled his salary. He enrolled at Tech Elevator coding bootcamp in Cleveland in September 2015; and today, Daniel is a developer at...

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  Acquisition Alert: Fullstack Academy + The Starter League

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on February 16, 2021

    Neal Sales-Griffin and Mike McGee launched The Starter League in 2011, and the “coding bootcamp” as we know it was born. Five years later, The Starter League has become ingrained in Chicago’s tech ecosystem, and announced today that they’ll be fully acquired by New York-based...

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