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  From EMT to Rails Developer: Lenard’s Wyncode Story

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on January 8, 2016

  More than 1000 coding bootcamp graduates entered our sweepstakes competition to win an Apple Watch just by leaving a review for their school on Course Report. The lucky winner was Lenard from Wyncode! We caught up with him to find out a bit about his coding bootcamp experience. Check out ...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Elliott Hindman of Coding Dojo

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on January 8, 2016

  Elliott Hindman taught English in Japan for five years where he discovered his passion for code. He returned to the US and enrolled in Coding Dojo in Seattle. He tells us how his hard work and many frustrations paid off to land him a front end developer job at Metaps in Tokyo, Japan. Q&A What were you up to before you went to...

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  From Accounting Clerk to Software Developer: SooJeen of Lighthouse Labs

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on October 21, 2020

  SooJeen Park was going through the motions as an accounting clerk when he decided to quit his job in search of a fulfilling and challenging career. After graduating from a full-time web development immersive at the Toronto Lighthouse Labs campus, SooJeen landed a job as a Software Developer at real estate startup HoodQ. Now six...

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  2015 Coding Bootcamp News: A Year in Review

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on January 6, 2016

  2015 was another huge year for coding bootcamps, and the team at Course Report had a blast covering it. We've seen acquisitions, attention from the White House, a focus on accessibility and new schools launching weekly in cities from San Fran to Sydney. As we connect with bootcamp alumni all over the world, success stories continue to emerge and it makes us so excited to see the future of bootca...

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  Student Spotlight: Andrew Kroll of DigitalCrafts

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on February 16, 2021

    Andrew is an army veteran who was working in the oil industry until he decided to search for a lasting and fruitful career. He packed up and moved to Atlanta to attend a full-time MEAN Stack/LAMP Stack bootcamp at DigitalCrafts. Read about what motivated him to make this change and how his military background is helping him...

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  Student Spotlight: Daniel Thorne of Fullstack Academy

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on January 6, 2016

  Daniel was studying computer science at Brandeis when he realized that he wanted the intense hands-on coding experience he could get from a coding bootcamp like Fullstack Academy. Daniel traded in his theory-heavy college courses for more technical training and interactive projects and doesn’t regret it at all. Daniel discuss...

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  Student Spotlight: Samara Bliss, NYC Data Science Academy

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on January 5, 2016

  After one year of medical school, Samara Bliss realized that her true passion was in health technology, and that data science skills would be vital to her career goals. Now just days away from graduation at NYC Data Science Academy, Samara tells us how she landed a job at IBM Watson before graduation and shares th...

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  Front End Development vs Back End Development: Where to Start?

  

  Lauren Stewart

  Updated on October 3, 2024

  Do you want to be a front end developer or a back end developer? Understanding your career goals at the end of a coding bootcamp can make it easier to narrow down which school is best for you. This can be a tricky...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Steven Stevenson of Code Fellows

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on December 25, 2015

  Steven Stevenson had a Computer Science degree and years of freelance web development before deciding to transition into iOS development at Code Fellows in Seattle. He credits Code Fellows with the teamwork and collaboration skills that inspired his startup, Elevator, a team-based hiring platform. We chat with Steven about the diffe...

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  Instructor Spotlight: David from Tech Elevator

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on December 17, 2015

  We recently sat down with David Wintrich, Chief Academic Officer and Lead Java Instructor at Cleveland’s newest bootcamp, Tech Elevator. David tells us why Tech Elevator teaches Java and .NET and the benefits of attending a bootcamp in Cleveland. Q&A Tell us about your background and experience. I’ve been developing softwa...

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