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  Founder Spotlight: Scott Jones, Eleven Fifty

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on December 4, 2024

  Eleven Fifty is a unique accelerated learning environment where students learn in prolific entrepreneur Scott Jones's Indianapolis, Indiana home (of MTV Cribs fame) and are rubbing elbows with techie Scott himself, who has started a dozen+ companies, raised over $250 million in capital, and is responsible for voicemail, as we k...

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  Student Spotlight: Jared Rader, Bloc

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on September 22, 2014

  Jared Rader was working on a startup when he decided to enroll in Bloc to deepen his understanding of Ruby on Rails. ​​We talk to Jared about his mentor experience, the projects he's most proud of, and how he's continued his education after graduation. ...

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  Kickstart Your Tech Career: Lunch & Learn with Career Foundry

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on January 25, 2018

  How to Kickstart Your Tech Career with Career Foundry Wednesday, September 24 12-12:30pm EST Career Foundry combines the flexibility of online learning with the proven guidance of mentors, training students to become employable developers and UX designers...

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  Employee Spotlight: Alex Levine, MakerSquare

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on September 11, 2014

  MakerSquare has recently launched their Part Time program- ten week evening classes located in Austin, Houston, or San Francisco. We caught up with Part-Time Program Director Alex Levine to get the scoop on these courses!    Tell us about yourself- how did you get involved with MakerSquare and what's your back...

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  Founder Spotlight: Skill Distillery

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on September 11, 2014

  With over 40,000 alumni from their Batky-Howell training courses, Bruce Batky and Cole Frock have recently launched their 19-week Java bootcamp, Skill Distillery, in Denver, Colorado. We catch up with Cole and Bruce to discuss their hands-on instruction, how they constructed the Java curriculum, and the types of compan...

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  Ruby on Rails vs Python and Django: Which Should a Beginner Learn?

  

  Laurence Bradford

  Updated on July 16, 2021

  Laurence Bradford began teaching herself how to code over a year ago. When she is not learning something new, she works as a copywriter. Laurence discusses the similarities and differences between Ruby on Rails and Python on Django, two popular object-oriented programming l...

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  Founder Spotlight: Jon Ferris, Data Incubator

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on September 8, 2014

  The Data Incubator is a course for PhDs who want to exit academia and enter into the world of Data Science. We talk to Jon Ferris, a cofounder and Director of Partnerships at The Data Incubator, about the unique 6-week course, requirements for admittance, and how the "bootcamp" model is being applied to Data Scien...

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  Founder Spotlight: Will Schenk, HappyFunCorps Academy

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on September 8, 2014

  HappyFunCorp is a software engineering firm in Brooklyn that recently launched its first 6 week Technology Academy to teach students the skills they need to succeed in the world of technology and startups. We catch up with founder Will Schenk to talk about the goals of the HappyFunCorp Academy, their curric...

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  Week 13 at gSchool: Local Business Projects and thoughtbot Tutorial

  

  Cameron Buckingham

  Updated on July 12, 2018

  Cameron Buckingham is a student at gSchool, a 6-month coding school in Colorado (now Galvanize). He blogs each week about his experience at gSchool- this week, Cameron talks about working on projects with local businesses, a thoughtbot-sponsored Ruby on Rails tuto...

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  Byte Academy Teaches Future FinTech Professionals + Scholarship Announcement!

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on September 5, 2014

  At the intersection of Finance and Technology is FinTech, an industry packed with jobs- tech jobs in New York have increased by 21% since 2006. This specialized industry requires insights into both back-end programming languages as well as a financial background to be successful. Newly coined Byte Academy rece...

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