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  Student Spotlight: Jay Ottenstein, Bloc

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on September 3, 2014

  When Jay Ottenstein decided to learn to program, he knew he needed a flexible training schedule that still facilitated his love of learning. So he signed up for Bloc, chose his mentor, and got to work. We chat with Jay about his experience at Bloc, how the online program has managed to create a sense of community, and how he's continued l...

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  Founder Spotlight: Marco Morawec, Firehose Project

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on September 2, 2014

  The Firehose Project is an immersive online apprenticeship that teaches students of varying backgrounds to be web developers or launch their own products. While the curriculum is based in Ruby on Rails, mentors identify their mentees needs immediately and customize a learning plan for each student. We chat with Marco...

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  August Bootcamp News Roundup

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on August 29, 2014

  Welcome to the August 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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  Flatiron School & Mobile Makers Academy Engage High School Students

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on August 28, 2014

  A bootcamp's quality can be measured partly by how connected they are to their community, and two US bootcamps are leading the pack in engaging high schools in teaching students to code. Flatiron School in New York began with a summer academy, then expanded their Flatiron After School program into the academic year. Mobile Makers Academy in Chicago recently announced their partnership with Chicago...

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  Instructor Spotlight: Justin Davis, gr8code

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on August 27, 2014

  gr8code is a coding school in Tampa, Florida, founded by three successful women who saw a need for affordable coding education. We chat with Justin Davis of gr8code about their Front-End Development bootcamp,what makes the school unique (brand new MacBook, anyone?), and their ideal gr8c...

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  Want to be a UX Designer? Find out How at our Webinar with Metis!

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on August 26, 2014

  What does it take to become a UX Designer?   Metis recently announced a 9-week UX Design & Front-End Development course crafted and taught by Tyson Gach of thoughtbot and Allison House. Join us for a FREE webinar: Hear from Tyson & Allison, who will tell us about their paths to becoming UX Designers. Learn about the day-to-day experience of a Front-End Developer, po...

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  Week 11 at gSchool: Alumni and Personal Projects

  

  Cameron Buckingham

  Updated on August 22, 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, he talks about interacting with alumni and shares a sneak peek at his project deployed on Heroku!...

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  Learning Velocity at HackerYou

  

  Ahmed Omran

  Updated on August 21, 2014

  Ahmed Omran is a passionate educator, web developer, and graduate of HackerYou in Toronto. Here, Ahmed describes "Learning Velocity," a measure of bootcamp efficacy, and how bootcamps can help their students accelerate through the course. Whether you're a student looking for advice or a bootcamp admini...

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  Student Spotlight: Michael Kohen, Code Fellows

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on August 20, 2014

  Realizing that traditional university courses wouldn't do the trick, Michael Kohen taught himself to make iOS apps through books. But learning on his own had its limits, so he decided to apply to Code Fellows for more structured learning and feedback. Read our Q&A with Michael to find out why Code Fellows appealed to...

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  Instructor Spotlight: David Silva, AngelHack

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on August 18, 2014

  David Silva taught himself to code using books and tutorials in Colombia. He won an AngelHack Hackathon in 2013 and when AngelHack launched their education vertical with One Month Rails, he got involved. David is now instructing and mentoring students at AngelHack Education- we talk to him about the structure of the course,...

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