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  Ultimate Guide to Paying for Coding Bootcamp: Loans & Financing

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on July 23, 2024

  Deciding on a coding bootcamp that will propel you into a new career is a huge decision on its own; figuring out how to pay for a bootcamp adds another layer to the search. Coding bootcamp tuition costs around $13,584 on average, and while...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Trever, Eleven Fifty

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on December 3, 2024

  Trever Ewing became interested in mobile app development and Swift while studying computer science at Indiana University- this interest only increased when he started working in Apple’s customer care department. After completing Eleven Fifty’s Intro to iOS course in January and considering an apprenticeship through Eleven Fifty...

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  Campus Tour: We Got Coders

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on February 3, 2015

  We Got Coders is a 6-month, full-stack coding bootcamp, specializing in Ruby on Rails. Take a tour of the new We Got Coders campus in Bedfordshire, an hour from London.    The Location: We Got Coders web development trainees will learn how to code in a unique, 19th century waterside residence jus...

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  January Coding Bootcamp News Roundup

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on February 7, 2020

  Welcome to the January 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 Oba...

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  Employee Spotlight: Jordana Gustafson, Code Fellows

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on February 2, 2015

  Jordana Gustafson started following coding bootcamp education when Dev Bootcamp launched in California. After meeting Code Fellows instructor Ivan Storck at a startup in San Francisco, Jordana joined the team as Campus Manager at Code Fellows’ newest campus in Portland. She tells us about meeting the demands of Portland’s job...

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  Alumni Spotlight: David, Code Fellows

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on January 30, 2015

  David Davidson started his career in copyediting with a humanities background; after learning HTML on the side and working an internship at a startup in Seattle, he decided to make a permanent move into web development. David completed the Full-Stack JavaScript Development Accelerator at...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Matt from Coding Dojo

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on February 8, 2021

  Matt Tucker was attending a technical college in Phoenix for computer science, but he wanted to learn to apply his skills more directly. The Silicon Valley location and affordable price point at Coding Dojo appealed to Matt, and he moved to California, putting college on hold. He completed Coding Dojo’s...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Art Lee, Dev Bootcamp

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on January 29, 2015

  Art Lee was one of the first graduates of Dev Bootcamp Chicago, and talks to us about his background in design and teaching, his opinions of Dev Bootcamp's teaching style, and how he connected with his current employer, Higi.    Tell us what you were up to before you started Dev Bootcamp...

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  8 Tips to Avoid Burnout at a Coding Bootcamp

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on January 31, 2018

  Coding Bootcamps are intensive programs- some require an 80 hour per week commitment, and all demand undivided attention in the classroom. This structure may be necessary to learn a new skill in a short time, but it can also overwhelm students and in some cases, cause burnout. Luckily, at Course Report, we get the opportunity to talk with alumni from coding bootcamps all over the world, and we...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Leo, Eleven Fifty

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on December 4, 2024

  Leo Picado studies computer science and lives in Costa Rica. When he started doing contract work for a Utah e-tailer  company, he found that he would need to sharpen his skills to build them the new mobile app they needed. After doing some preliminary work with Treehouse, he reached out to Eleven Fifty in Indianapolis...

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