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  Should You Learn Object-Oriented Programming at Coding Bootcamp?

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on February 8, 2021

    In your research as a beginner coder, you will probably come across the term “object-oriented programming” to describe certain coding languages and approaches to coding. But what is object-oriented programming, and should beginners learn an object-oriented coding language? Will knowledge of object-oriented programming help you reach your goals of landing a job as a software engineer? We...

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  How Steve’s Coding Bootcamp Project Landed Him a Job after Lighthouse Labs

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on October 23, 2019

  What if you could follow the activity of restaurants and bars in your city and plan your night out on the town? Well, Steve built an app to do just that for his final coding bootcamp project at Lighthouse Labs. Steve showed us his team’s “HotSpots” project and walked us through the design and building process – all of which hel...

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  September 2019 Coding Bootcamp News Roundup

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on December 3, 2024

  This September, one of the largest online tech bootcamps got acquired, two schools raised capital, and companies like Adobe, Pandora, Airbnb, Capgemini, and JP Morgan Chase talked to journalists about hiring from coding bootcamps! We also chat about two free coding bootcamp options and the difference between CS degrees, coding bootcamps, and self-teaching. Plus find out about 6 new schools and...

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  Trading in Hospitality for a Career as a Business Analyst at Cognizant

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  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on October 21, 2020

  Sarah Pinvises had 10 years of experience in the hospitality and culinary world, but didn’t have the business experience to get her foot in the door as a Business Analyst. The...

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  From Athletic Trainer to Software Coach with Flatiron School

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on February 8, 2021

  When Victoria found her career as an Athletic Trainer to be too demanding, she started teaching herself to code and wanted to learn more. She compared various options, then won a scholarship to attend Flatiron School’s online self-paced Software Engineering Bootcamp! Victoria...

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  From Musician to Pinterest Software Engineer with Holberton School

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on September 23, 2019

  After an injury derailed his plan to be an orchestral flute player,  Jinji Zhang started wondering how his computer (or “Netflix machine”) worked. He tried out coding, and became addicted! His love for San Francisco...

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  From Academia to Data Science: Inna’s success with IE

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on September 17, 2019

  Inna Saboshchuk switched gears from the world of psychology and academia to become a data scientist in Madrid. After completing her Ph.D., she knew she would need P...

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  Finding UX Design Later in Life with CareerFoundry

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  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on October 21, 2020

  After being a pastor for 19 years, Jeff was looking to get into tech, and discovered UX design as a great way to combine logic and creative skills. He wanted to learn future-focused skills, and found online UX design bootcamp...

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  How Athena Built Her Final Project at Holberton School

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on September 11, 2019

  When Athena decided university wasn’t the right learning environment for her, she switched gears to attend Holberton School in San Francisco to learn to code in a collaborative space. Athena tells us about learning alongside a diverse cohort, what sort of projects she worked on, and all about her fully functional final project...

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  The Best Programming Language to Learn at Coding Bootcamp

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on September 30, 2024

    Ruby vs Python vs JavaScript vs Java vs .NET – how do you choose your first programming language? Some experts will argue that fundamentals are more important than the language itself, and while we agree, you do need to choose a language in order to learn those fundamentals. We’re running through the pros...

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