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  Student Spotlight: Sagar, CodeUnion

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on February 23, 2015

  Sagar received his Bachelor’s degree in business finance and worked in the financial industry prior to attending law school. After trying several online learning platforms and even completing the early stages of Dev Bootcamp’s Phase 0, Sagar shifted gears and started at CodeUnion, the online programming bootcamp run by Jes...

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  Scholarships We Love: DevPoint Labs Women’s Scholarship

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on February 19, 2015

  DevPoint Labs is an 11-week, full-time, immersive bootcamp with campuses in Salt Lake City, Utah and Las Vegas, Nevada. DevPoint Labs’ full-stack bootcamp features an intensive 80 hours per week learning Ruby on Rails, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and more. We’re breaking down the DevPoint Labs Women’s Scholarship, a unique and comprehensive...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Greg from Eleven Fifty Academy

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on February 8, 2021

  Greg Oppman worked in design and animation in Los Angeles before deciding to return home to Indiana. Greg read about Eleven Fifty and saw an opportunity to start coding again and improve his current job skills as a digital marketer. With his company footing the bill, Greg attended Eleven Fifty’s week-long JavaScript course. Greg...

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  3 Reasons Veterans Make Great Tech Bootcamp Students

  

  Aaron Fazulak

  Updated on May 26, 2023

  Why tap into this potential group of bootcampers? Aaron Fazulak, co-founder of DESIGNATION (now part of Flatiron School) in Chicago, explains why veterans make great tech bootcampers! As of 5/1/19, Designation is now Fla...

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  10 Must-Do's for an Amazing Online Learning Experience

  

  Kelli Orrela

  Updated on February 19, 2015

  Maybe you chose an online program to learn to code because you work full-time and need a flexible schedule. Or maybe you were looking for a lower-cost option. Or you didn’t want to re-locate but still wanted the chance to work with classmates and instructors from around the world. Whatever the reason, now that you’ve made your choice, you want to make sure you get the most out of your...

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  Live Q&A: How I Launched a Startup in 10 Days with Bloc!

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on February 12, 2015

  Midnight Express is an "Uber-for-busses" service that offers late-night bus service from San Francisco to Silicon Valley. And get this: it was developed and launched in less than TEN DAYS by Bloc UX Design student Michael Horton. Are you interested in launching your own business or website? Or maybe strengthening your UX Design skills with a mentor? Learn how by talking to Michael about hi...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Randy Oest, Eleven Fifty

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on December 4, 2024

  A self-taught designer, Randy Oest is the Manager of Digital Design at an agency in Indianapolis. Wanting to add iOS development to his skillset and possibly even his company’s offerings, Randy turned to Eleven Fifty’s Introduction to iOS Development course. Randy tells us about the diversity in skill-level during his class, th...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Charles, Coder Foundry

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on March 19, 2019

  Charles Miller had studied computer science at a community college and was working in IT as a computer support technician when his mom told him about Coder Foundry (she saw it on the news). After visiting the campus and talking with founders, Charles completed Coder Foundry’s .NET bootcamp and has since been placed in a rewarding...

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  Instructor Spotlight: Andrew Jensen, Coder Foundry

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on March 19, 2019

  Andrew Jensen is a university-trained software developer with degrees in English and Computer Science and more than 20 years of experience in education. When he met Bobby Davis, who was preparing to start Coder Foundry, the idea of a bootcamp made sense to Andrew, and he joined the Coder Foundry team. Now, after more than...

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  Student Spotlight: Tino, Turing School

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on December 1, 2025

  Tino Espinoza was a student in his freshman year at the University of Denver, but he hadn’t yet decided on his major. Having seen his friends with coding skills get great jobs, Tino decided that coding was the path for him, and Turing’s 7-month structure in Colorado stood out. As Tino heads into the end of his f...

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