The Course Report Blog

All Articles

Read every interview, guide, and spotlight on our blog!

• 

  Take the Leap into Web Development with CareerFoundry

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on March 4, 2015

  CareerFoundry combines the flexibility of online learning with the proven guidance of mentors, training students to become employable developers and UX designers in three months. Watch the live webinar to: Hear from Martin Ramsin, CTO and founder of...

  Continue Reading →
• 

  Alumni Spotlight: Antonio, Coder Foundry

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on March 19, 2019

  Antonio Raynor had a Computer Science degree from East Carolina and a career in software development; but he knew that the tech market was trending towards web development. He was excited to find out that Coder Foundry was a bootcamp right in the North Carolina area that could teach him the web skills he would need to advance in...

  Continue Reading →
• 

  Founder Spotlight: Evgeny, Makers Academy

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on March 3, 2015

  Evgeny Shadchnev is a classically trained software developer, with undergraduate and post-grad degrees in computer science. As he started assembling development teams, he was struck by the lack of qualified developers on the market. In response, he co-founded Makers Academy in London to turn beginners with an interest in code into job-ready Junior Developers who could hit the ground running. E...

  Continue Reading →
• 

  February Coding Bootcamp News Roundup

  

  Harry Hantel

  Updated on December 15, 2016

  Welcome to the February News Roundup, your monthly news digest full of the most interesting articles and announcements in the bootcamp space. Want your bootcamp's news to be included in the next News Roundup?  Submit announcements of new courses, scholarships, or open jobs at your school!   Bootcamps in the News Are Coding Bootcamps a ...

  Continue Reading →
• 

  Scholarships We Love: Shipping Up to Boston Coding Challenge

  

  Harry Hantel

  Updated on March 2, 2015

  Launch Academy is a 10-week, full-time, immersive bootcamp in Boston, Massachusetts. Launch Academy’s web development bootcamp instructs students in the language of Ruby on Rails and focuses on long term education and real project based learning. Students are granted access to an extensive career support system after gradua...

  Continue Reading →
• 

  Spotlight on Chris Beck, Director of Mentorship at Bloc

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on February 27, 2015

  We recently sat down with Chris Beck, the head of mentorship at Bloc. With over 20 years of experience in software development under his belt, Chris was previously VP of Engineering at Privia Health, a DC health-tech company before joining Bloc. Chris has been a Bloc mentor for years, and joined full-time following Bloc's Series A funding a...

  Continue Reading →
• 

  Kamilla, Lindsay & Emmie of Fullstack Academy & Splyt

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on February 27, 2015

  Since Course Report is based in New York, we try to attend as many bootcamp hiring days and student presentations as possible. A couple weeks ago, I went to the Fullstack Academy hiring night at their new classroom in New York's Financial Distric...

  Continue Reading →
• 

  8 Traits found in the Ideal Coding Bootcamp Student

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on February 27, 2015

  What makes for the ideal coding bootcamp student? Experience? Perseverance? Natural Skill? We've compiled advice from instructors and founders at top programming bootcamps like gSchool, Dev Bootcamp, Wyncode, and Fullstack Academy- aka the folks making admissions decisions every day. Read on for the 8 qualities that bootcamps tell us they look for in potential applican...

  Continue Reading →
• 

  Alumni Spotlight: Jeff, LearningFuze

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on February 26, 2015

  Jeff was working in sales, but looking for a career change. He started using online resources like Codecademy to learn the basics, but he hit a wall in his learning and was looking for an immersive experience. LearningFuze was the closest bootcamp to Jeff’s home in Orange County and after talking to founders Fabian and Bill, he wa...

  Continue Reading →
• 

  Student Spotlight: Marlon, CareerFoundry

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on February 25, 2015

  Marlon Doomen was a visual designer who wanted to expand her skillset and add UX Design to her toolbox. So she enrolled in the online, mentored UX Design course at CareerFoundry. Marlon tells us about her experience communicating with her mentor, balancing a full-time job with the course, and what she's been able to accomp...

  Continue Reading →