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  7 Tips to Close the Gap Between Bootcamp Graduation and Landing a Job

  

  Steven Watkins

  Updated on May 21, 2015

  You've just finished your bootcamp experience (con-grad-ulations!) and now you’re ready for your first job in tech. This is not the time to power down; in fact, today is when the really hard work begins. While finishing a bootcamp is an accomplishment, graduation doesn’t get you a job. You’ll need to stay focused, hungry, and diligent on your search. Here are 7 ways to spend those crucial week...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Annandra Grace, The Tech Academy

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on May 20, 2015

  Annandra Grace had an advancing career at an insurance company for 16 years, but was ready for a new challenge. She came across an ad for The Tech Academy while searching for jobs in tech and was immediately intrigued. After a campus visit that convinced both her and her brother, a self-taught programmer, she enrolled in the...

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  Student Spotlight: Dan Blakeman, Makers Academy Ronin

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on May 20, 2015

  After Dan Blakeman graduated with a degree in International Politics, his passion for technology led him towards online marketing. After having the chance to develop a successful social network with outside developers, Dan was ready to make the leap into Web Development. The Makers Academy online program Ronin was a flexibl...

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  LAMP Stack vs MEAN Stack vs Ruby on Rails

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on October 4, 2022

  You've heard the title "Full-Stack Developer," but what exactly should you learn to make the leap into web? In this webinar, we'll focus on the three most popular languages taught at coding bootcamps: LAMP Stack, MEAN Stack, and Ruby on Rails. Join us for a lowdown on each programming language, explore the syntax with instructors from ...

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  Is a Coding Bootcamp Worth It? Calculate your Return on Investment

  

  Patrick Stanley

  Updated on December 1, 2017

  Accelerated Learning Programs (affectionately called coding bootcamps) have gained popularity over the past three years in the education world; since bootcamps are largely judged by their ability to get graduates jobs, their success is aligned with a student’s success. Accelerated Learning Programs like General Assembly and gSchool make it their mission to fit students into a job market that is...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Jeff Louie, MakerSquare

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on May 14, 2015

  Jeff Louie was a Physics and Econ double major at UC Davis who always had an interest in astronomy. After completing MakerSquare’s San Francisco JavaScript bootcamp, Jeff continued his education as a Fellow before landing a position as a software engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. We...

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  5 Product Management Bootcamps

  

  Harry Hantel

  Updated on July 22, 2021

  While coding bootcamps can produce stellar developers, Product Management is another integral part of a company's technical team. It’s an organizational function that entails a combination of marketing, development, and analysis. The ability to get in...

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  Convince Your Boss to Pay for Coding Bootcamp

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on May 13, 2015

  Calling all Promotion-Seekers... your boss is waiting to pay for your coding bootcamp! In talking with hundreds of code school graduates, we’ve discovered three main types of bootcampers: Career Changers, Entrepreneurs, and Promotion-Seekers. A career changer is someone unemployed or underemployed who wants to land a new job, or someone unhappy in their current career who wants to make the leap...

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  Accepted to a Coding Bootcamp? Do's & Don'ts To Succeed!

  

  Fabian Toth

  Updated on May 13, 2015

  If you’ve been accepted to a coding bootcamp, then you’re probably smart, mature, committed, and responsible (not to mention brilliant for recognizing the importance of digital skills in today’s job environment). A great coding bootcamp admissions team should also be selecting students who are collaborative and can work well with others, and who have proven that coding is the career for them....

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  Learning to Code with a Humanities Background: Is it Possible?

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on July 18, 2018

  "Can I be a programmer if I'm not a math genius?" This is a question we see and hear all the time. The assumption is that a successful coder should have a computer science degree or a lifelong love of math and sciences- not the case! Bootcamp students come from a wide range of past lives, with many having started with little or no technical expertise, and some having spent year...

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