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  Course Report's Trip to the White House

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on October 15, 2014

  Last Friday, Course Report was invited by the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy to participate in an all-day brainstorming session with coding bootcamp industry leaders. The goals for this meeting were two-fold: widening the pool of potential bootcamp students to be more inclusive of diverse socioeconomic, racial, and gender demographics and discussing how to boost confidence...

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  Student Spotlight: Walter Latimer, Wyncode

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on October 15, 2014

  Walter Latimer dropped out of college but was hungry for more education- when he found Wyncode in his hometown of Miami, he jumped at the opportunity to learn Ruby on Rails. We talk about the main instructor and TAs at Wyncode, how he landed a dream job at CareCloud, a practice management software company for doctors, and how Walt...

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  Instructor Spotlight: Terrence Kunstek

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on December 4, 2024

  Terrence Kunstek was the Director of Engineering at ChaCha before deciding to teach iOS development at Eleven Fifty. We talk to Terrence about the project-based curriculum in the iOS course, their innovative APPrenticeship program, and what he's learned from the first few cohorts at Eleven Fifty.    Tell us...

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  How to Avoid the Top 5 Mistakes Made by Coding Bootcamp Alumni

  

  Justin Marshall

  Updated on October 14, 2014

  So you enrolled in a reputable coding bootcamp, showed up every day, drank enough Red Bull to kill a real bull, and graduated with a solid understanding of OOP, MySQL, Heroku, and twenty other terms that are not, it turns out, foreign swear words. It’s smooth sailing from here on out, right? Wrong. Too many coding bootcamp alumni assume that graduation marks the end of their journey when, in t...

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  Founder Spotlight: Johanna & Juha, Wyncode

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on October 13, 2014

  After attending Bitmaker Labs in Toronto, Juha Mikkola was convinced that a coding bootcamp was exactly what the Miami tech scene needed. He and Johanna Mikkola launched Wyncode in Miami's Wynwood neighborhood, emphasizing programming as well as entrepreneurship. We talk with Johanna and Juha about what they learned from their first co...

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  Student Spotlight: Wyncode

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on October 13, 2014

  José David Mártinez-Rubio is currently a student at Wyncode, the 12-week programming bootcamp in Miami. While he has been tech savvy since college, Jose decided he needed an in-person learning experience. We talk to Jose about his application process, diversity in his class, and how he pushed through when he found himself stuck....

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  Founder Spotlight: Dan Garland, We Got Coders

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on October 9, 2014

  We Got Coders takes a unique spin on the coding bootcamp model. Dan Garland is the founder of the consultancy that recruits, trains and places top web developer talent in London. We chat with Dan about their application process, teaching approach, and the meaningful long-term relationships We Got Coders forms with its a...

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  Paul Gleger & Jon Rojas of General Assembly DC

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on October 9, 2014

  General Assembly has campuses in over 10 cities and courses in topics from Digital Marketing to Web Development. We sat down with Paul Gleger, Regional Director of General Assembly in DC, and Jon Rojas, Programs Producer at General Assembly, to hear more about their roles at General Assembly and how the Washington, D...

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  Student Spotlight: Michelle, Eleven Fifty

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on December 4, 2024

  Michelle Schmaltz is a recent graduate with a Computer Science degree. She worked in IT, but wanted to learn new tech skills, so she took the 7-day immersive iOS course at Eleven Fifty. We catch up with Michelle and get the scoop on her experience at Eleven Fifty, the instructors who supported her throughout the course, an...

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  Director Spotlight: Holly Karlsson, Shillington School

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on October 7, 2014

  Holly Karlsson is the Director of Shillington School in New York, a graphic design school teaching both full-time and part-time courses. We talk to Holly about student visas (a unique offering from Shillington), their student-to-teacher ratio, and how they adapt to the changing world of graphic design.   ...

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