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  • Alumni Spotlight: Ashton Levier of Bloc

    Alumni Spotlight: Ashton Levier of Bloc

    Liz Eggleston
    Liz Eggleston
    Updated on October 5, 2015
    Course Report recently caught up with Bloc alumni Ashton Levier to discuss her transition from Front-End to Full-Stack Developer and her new job at Schawel+Coles. Ashton also shares how her Utah Girl Develop It chapter helped...
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  • Bootcamp vs. Self-Study: The Complete Guide

    Bootcamp vs. Self-Study: The Complete Guide

    Liz Eggleston
    Liz Eggleston
    Updated on October 5, 2022
    Once you’ve made the decision to learn how to code, is a coding bootcamp your only option? Some of the most successful startups were founded by self-taught programmers including Instagram and Tumblr. So why should you spend tens of thousands on a coding bootcamp when you can teach yourself? We’ve sourced tips from bootcampers, self-taught programmers and bootcamp founders to find out. Here are 6...
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  • Employee Spotlight: Grae Drake, Thinkful

    Employee Spotlight: Grae Drake, Thinkful

    Liz Eggleston
    Liz Eggleston
    Updated on September 29, 2015
    So you’ve graduated a bootcamp, now what? We recently had a chat with Grae Drake, Head of Education at Thinkful, to discuss their newest offering for bootcamp grads and working engineers. Thinkful Workshops offer bite-sized, project-based learning opportunities in the newest JavaScript frameworks, Node and React. At the end of eve...
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  • Alumni Spotlight: Kacy Ebel, We Can Code It

    Alumni Spotlight: Kacy Ebel, We Can Code It

    Liz Eggleston
    Liz Eggleston
    Updated on September 25, 2015
    Kacy Ebel had a Bachelors and Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering, but was never able to find work that truly excited her. She was unemployed and living in Ohio, so when her dad saw an article about the We Can Code It bootcamp in Cleveland, she decided to go for it. Now having graduated from We Can Code It’s bootcamp, Kacy ta...
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  • Racial Diversity in Coding Bootcamps: 7 Takeaways

    Racial Diversity in Coding Bootcamps: 7 Takeaways

    Liz Eggleston
    Liz Eggleston
    Updated on December 28, 2020
      Because Course Report is part of this growing coding bootcamp industry, we are very interested in who is attending bootcamps and what that means for the larger tech industry. The growing interest in diversity in tech has led to an ongoing conversation that has...
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  • Founder Spotlight: Origin Code Academy

    Founder Spotlight: Origin Code Academy

    Liz Eggleston
    Liz Eggleston
    Updated on September 24, 2015
    One of the newest players in the bootcamp game, Origin Code Academy has set up shop in San Diego bringing a much needed source of web development training to one of California’s larger cities. With just a couple of immersive code schools to choose from, San Diegans now have access to this .NET based program. Founded...
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  • Which Chicago Coding Bootcamp Is Best for You?

    Which Chicago Coding Bootcamp Is Best for You?

    Nick Toscano
    Nick Toscano
    Updated on April 30, 2019
    Chicago is currently home to a growing lot of coding bootcamp and web immersion programs tasked with preparing students for a lucrative career in web development. Course providers in Chicago have something for everyone with intensive programs in JavaScript, Ruby and Rails, Java and .NET.  There is a healthy selection of full-time courses as well as part-time bootcamps, workshops, and nigh...
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