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  How to Get In to Startup Institute

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on February 4, 2016

  Startup Institute is an immersive, eight-week program that gives students the skills, mindset, and network to find a job they love in web design, web development, technical marketing, sales, and more. With a hiring network and happy alumni, Startup Institute is a great bootcamp option....

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  Cracking the Coding Bootcamp Application: Anyone Can Learn to Code

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on February 3, 2016

  Thinking about applying to Anyone Can Learn to Code? The part-time Chicago programming bootcamp just opened a new campus in San Francisco and is a great option for career-oriented bootcampers who can't quit their day jobs quite yet.  But not everyone is accepted into...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Laura of CodeCraft School

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on January 26, 2016

  Laura Baumgartner graduated from CodeCraft School in Boulder, CO in December 2015, and was offered a job two days later. She tells us how her experiences in marketing and politics made her realize that she loved tinkering with code. Laura is now working as a UI/UX developer. Read about why she absolutely loves her job and is e...

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  Computer Science in Coding Bootcamps: Fullstack Academy

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on October 21, 2020

  We often hear the argument that the tradeoff between a Computer Science degree and a Coding Bootcamp is “theory vs. practice.” So what exactly does this computer science theory include, and more importantly, can a coding bootcamp work these principles into their curriculum? The team at Fullstack Academy, a MEAN Stack bootcamp in New York, accepted...

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  Campus Spotlight: Wyncode Miami Beach

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on January 19, 2016

  Since opening their first Florida coding bootcamp in 2014, the team at Wyncode has expanded from Miami to Fort Lauderdale, and most recently announced their newest campus in Miami Beach! We sat down with the Wyncode Miami Beach team to learn all about the classroom setup at WeWork, the instructor team (...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Michael Angelo of Dev Bootcamp

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on January 19, 2016

  In our most recent Coding Bootcamp Student Outcomes report, we found that music majors saw the most drastic increase in salary after graduating from a bootcamp, so we caught up with a musician-turned-programmer to find out if the correlation is true. Michael Angelo was an opera singer in N...

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  Student Spotlight: Shehzad Popat of TurnToTech

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on January 18, 2016

  Shehzad Popat graduated from TurnToTech in fall 2015, and is now a mobile iOS developer at Transfast. He has lived in Japan, and worked as a chef in New York, before he realized he wanted to become a tech innovator. Shehzad tells us about his learning experience, job search, and why he chose to attend...

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  Hiring From NYC Data Science Academy – Ben Reid of Elasticiti

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on January 13, 2016

  Ben Reid is the founder of Elasticiti, a tech services company that builds advanced advertising analytics SAAS systems for online web publishers. His team uses data to help companies make informed decisions, so Ben sees NYC Data Science Academy graduates as a fantastic talent pool. We chat about ramping up bootcamp grads, his experience with their first boot...

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  Instructor Spotlight: Beth Adele Long of Code Fellows

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on January 12, 2016

  Beth Adele Long was an actor, author, and writer – not to mention an experienced developer – when she moved to Portland and began working as an instructor at Code Fellows, and as a developer at Planet Argon. Beth tells us about the b...

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  Why Should I Learn C# and.Net? Q&A with Coder Foundry

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on February 2, 2018

  In Coder Foundry’s Master Programming Class, students learn .NET, C#, Angular JS and HTML5. T.J. Jones is the Director of Strategic Partnerships at full-stack coding bootcamp Coder Foundry in North Carolina. He tells us why the school has a focus on .NET and C# courses, and what sorts of e...

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