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  What Is Design Thinking? An Intro with Springboard

  

  Rylan Clark

  Updated on January 8, 2021

    Design thinking is a technique used by companies large and small to provide their end-users with easy experiences that satisfy and delight. You’re also likely to see it in any quality design bootcamp curriculum. But what is Design Thinking? Rylan Clark, Springboard Mentor and UX Consultant, walks us...

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  How Equestrian Bronte Became a Remote Developer after Flatiron School

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on August 4, 2020

  After a severe injury disrupted her dreams of competing in the summer Olympics, equestrian Bronte Sewell took a chance on her nascent love of tech and enrolled in Flatiron School’s Software Engineering Program....

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  July 2020 Coding Bootcamp News

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on July 30, 2020

  This July, there was so much going on in U.S. politics and we saw it trickling into the coding bootcamp sphere. We also continued to see discussions around opening the gates of tech to more diverse, qualified candidates and reskilling initiatives as well as a fasc...

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  Virtual Classroom Tour: Rithm School Online

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on July 29, 2020

  Curious what you’ll get in a remote coding bootcamp? Today, Matt Lane from Rithm school is here to share a virtual tour of the...

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  How Isaac Became A Remote Developer with Sabio (and VET TEC!)

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on July 23, 2020

  U.S. Army veteran Isaac Winters grew up around code, but after medically retiring from the Army, he had difficulty finding a career path that suited his needs. When a tech inte...

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  Are tech companies hiring coding bootcampers during COVID in 2022?

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on August 4, 2020

    In “normal” times, 79% of bootcampers are employed after graduating from a coding bootcamp. But the question we hear most often in 2022? Will I get a jo...

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  How Phoenix Found Her Footing as a Developer at Devmountain

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on July 16, 2020

  Phoenix Shane dove into programming by teaching herself SQL, but she knew it was only the beginning. In order to get a better footing with her tech career, Phoenix enrolled in Devmountain’s Web Development Immersive to develop a broader understanding of coding languages and the tech skills that developers use everyday. Learn more about Phoenix’s bootcamp experience at...

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  Codecademy Versus Datacamp

  

  Rachel Meltzer

  Updated on April 4, 2025

  Codecademy and Datacamp both offer on-demand data science classes that run on monthly subscriptions delivered entirely on an online platform. Both schools offer multiple career tracks, which include portfolio projects. And these tracks can take students from total beginne...

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  How Army Vet Josi Achieved Her Dream Career As A Software Engineer With Devmountain

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on July 8, 2020

  The U.S. Army helped Josi Reis-West discover her love of computers and programming;  Devmountain gave Josi the skills to turn that passion into a career. Josi shares why the Devmountain campus in...

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  23 Coding Bootcamps for High School Students

  

  Rachel Meltzer

  Updated on April 22, 2025

  While most immersive coding bootcamps are designed for adult career-changers, there’s a rising number of summer bootcamps, pre-college programs, and online bootcamps now geared towards high school students and rising college freshmen. More kids and high school students than ever are learning to code and turning to bootcamps to lear...

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