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  Alumni Spotlight: Brian, MakerSquare

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on November 19, 2014

  Brian was a touring Texas singer-songwriter when he had an idea for an internet radio station app. He found MakerSquare in Austin and decided he would learn to build the app himself. We talk to Brian about his motivations for changing his career, what he would do differently, and how his class worked together throughout t...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Adam, Science To Data Science

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on February 8, 2021

    If you have a quantitative PhD and want to transition from academia to Data Science, you have a surprising number of options. One such option is Science to Data Science (S2DS), a 6-week fellowship in London to train students in the commercial tools and techniques needed to be hired into da...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Lauren Scott, Dev Bootcamp

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on November 13, 2014

  Lauren Scott is a poet, Dev Bootcamp Chicago graduate, developer at BradsDeals, and organizer for RailsBridge Chicago. In short, she's a busy contributor to the Chicago dev scene and we were lucky to catch up with her to chat about her experience. We talk to Lauren about learning to code with a humanities background, why it's impo...

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  Instructor Spotlight: Cory Lanou, gSchool

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on November 12, 2014

  Working out of Galvanize in Denver, Cory Lanou informally mentored gSchool students before he was even officially involved with the program. When the opportunity arose to teach the Go language at gSchool, Cory got to work. We talk to Cory about Go, the general-purpose programming language that is in high-demand in citi...

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  Instructor Spotlight: Ivan, Code Fellows

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on November 10, 2014

  Ivan Storck has been teaching professionally and helping clients with web development since 2001. An early hire at Code Fellows, Ivan helped get the curriculum off the ground for the first courses. Now, he is helping expand Code Fellows into new markets, starting with Portland, Oregon. We talk to Ivan about his background, wh...

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  October 2014 Bootcamp News Roundup

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on December 4, 2024

  Welcome to the October 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:...

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  Student Spotlight: Casey Garland, Hack Reactor Remote

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on November 6, 2014

  After a career in IT, Casey Garland realized his love for building and joined Hack Reactor's Remote class while living in Pittsburgh. We talk to Casey about the logistics of the remote course, the differences between Thinkful and Hack Reactor, and his advice to future Hack Reactor Remote applicants.    Tell m...

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  Instructor Spotlight: Fabian Toth, LearningFuze

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on November 3, 2014

  LearningFuze is a full-immersion 12-week web development training program in Los Angeles, and Fabian Toth is the Director of Technology & Learning. We talk to Fabian about how he got involved with LearningFuze, the market for developers in Southern California, and how LearningFuze is educating students in PHP and LAMP sta...

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  Week 19 at gSchool: Front End Technologies

  

  Cameron Buckingham

  Updated on October 28, 2014

  Cameron Buckingham is a student at gSchool, a 6-month coding school in Colorado. He blogs each week about his experience at gSchool- this week, Cameron talks about an interesting article in the bootcamp community and focusing more on front-end technologies!...

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  Instructor Spotlight: Jeremy, DevPoint Labs

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on October 28, 2014

  DevPoint Labs takes students from zero to Junior Developer in 11 weeks, and instructors like Jeremy Woertink are critical to that promise. We talk to Jeremy about how he learned to code, what DevPoint Labs does to incorporate job readiness into their course, and how he's ensuring that the curriculum stays strong and...

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