The Course Report Blog

All Articles

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

• 

  Student Spotlight: Alex, Turing School

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on December 22, 2014

  Alex got her undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering and previously worked as a program manager for a manufacturing company. As she started to think about future projects to pursue, Alex knew she would need programming skills. After meeting Jeff Casimir at Turing, Alex was convinced. We talk to her about...

  Continue Reading →
• 

  Instructor Spotlight: Aaron Brager, Bloc

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on December 22, 2014

  Aaron Brager is a seasoned iOS Developer who gained notoriety by contributing extensively to the Stack Overflow community. Now, he's the iOS Course Director at Bloc, an online, mentored bootcamp with courses i...

  Continue Reading →
• 

  Alumni Spotlight: John, Code Fellows

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on December 19, 2014

  Although John Shiver had a stable job as an underwriting lawyer, he turned to Code Fellows when he was ready for a career change. We talk to John about his initial skepticism of a bootcamp education, instructor Cris Ewing's teaching s...

  Continue Reading →
• 

  Employee Spotlight: Sue Li, Career Foundry

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on December 19, 2014

  Introducing Sue Li, Instructional and Curriculum Designer at CareerFoundry. Sue’s extensive background in K-12 education and project-based learning made her the perfect fit for the Berlin-based educational platform where she works on the design of the curriculum for CareerFoundry’s online courses in...

  Continue Reading →
• 

  Alumni Spotlight: Timothy, Eleven Fifty

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on December 3, 2024

  A former Lotus Notes developer in Washington, DC, Timothy Taylor tried a few online coding courses to update his skills. It wasn't until he found Eleven Fifty in Indianapolis that Timothy felt a genuine support system and learning community. We talk to Timothy about his experience with Eleven Fifty's iOS and Ruby courses, the u...

  Continue Reading →
• 

  Alumni Spotlight: Ilya, theFirehoseProject

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on December 18, 2014

  Ilya studied computer science and went into product management before deciding to make the switch to become a professional web developer. He recently completed theFirehoseProject - a mentor driven online coding bootcamp. Shortly after completing theFirehoseProject, Ilya received multiple job offers from Startups and T...

  Continue Reading →
• 

  Instructor Spotlight: Zeke, Fullstack Academy

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on December 15, 2014

  Zeke Nierenberg has been teaching since he was in college (he even taught a Computer Science class while he was still an undergrad!) and made the transition to teaching at Fullstack Academy when he saw an ad on Hacker News. He was won over by Fullstack's impressive students and relevant JavaScript based curriculum, and h...

  Continue Reading →
• 

  Alumni Spotlight: Colin, Eleven Fifty

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on December 4, 2024

  Colin got an undergraduate degree in physics, but became interested in programming after realizing that the skills would be integral to getting a job. When he started as a Rails developer at Mobi Wireless Management, they offered to sponsor the Ruby on Rails course at Eleven Fifty in Indianapolis. We talk to Colin about his exp...

  Continue Reading →
• 

  Student Spotlight: Week 1 at Career Foundry

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on December 12, 2014

  When Ben Gogge decided to work on his own startup, he knew he would need the technical skills to launch the product. He needed a flexible approach to learning web development, so he decided to try Career Foundry, the online, mentored training program. Ben is in the first weeks of his Career Foundry course, and tells us about hi...

  Continue Reading →
• 

  Student Spotlight: Sara, Sabio

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on December 12, 2014

  Sara Ines Calderon noticed in her startup job that technical skills made employees an "invaluable asset wherever you go," and Sara "wanted to be indispensable." So she drew on her networking connections and met Lilliana and Gregorio, the "mom & pop" founders of Sabio in Los Angeles, California. She is now a studen...

  Continue Reading →