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  How Kevin Landed a Job at Google after Hack Reactor

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on September 10, 2019

  Since Kevin Weng graduated from Hack Reactor he has worked as a software engineer at Gliffy, Lyft, and now Google! Three years ago, Kevin felt stuck in his Mechanical Engineering job, so he decided to attend <...

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  How This DigitalCrafts' Instructor Preps Students for Coding Careers

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on October 4, 2019

  Chris Aquino has taught web development for the last 7 years and today, he’s an instructor at DigitalCrafts in Atlanta. We caught up with Chris to find out why he loves teaching new developers at DigitalCrafts, his...

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  Why Capgemini Hired 10 Metis Data Science Grads

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on September 5, 2019

  Lynn Hodak, Corporate Recruiter at Capgemini, has hired more than 10 Metis data science boo...

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  Zack’s UX Design Capstone Project at BrainStation

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on October 17, 2019

    Zack had made a career for himself in front end development, but found the UX design part of his job the most rewarding. He wanted to move from Canada to the US and focus on UX so he enrolled in BrainStation’s User Experience Design diploma program in Toronto! Knowing the importance of a great portfolio for landing...

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  Why this Web Developer Mentors Lighthouse Labs Students

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on October 4, 2019

    After Sanjana discovered an energizing career as a web developer, she wanted to return to her coding bootcamp, Lighthouse Labs, to provide the same mentorship she received as a student. Sanjana tells us how she helps students get unstuck when they are working on a problem, how her day...

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  August 2019 Coding Bootcamp News Roundup

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on December 4, 2024

  Coding bootcamps are ramping up as we get closer to fall – in August we published our latest market growth report (23,000 grads expected in 2019), Flatiron School acquired a cybersecurity bootcamp, and companies like LinkedIn and JPMorgan Chase hired bootcamp graduates! We chat about the history of income share agreements, coding bootcamps for social good, women in tech, and companies hiring fr...

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  Switching Careers in Six Months: Anthony’s Path to Data Science at Springboard

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on August 27, 2019

  Anthony Johnson had some experience with Python, but was missing the skills he needed to transition from Materials Engineering to Data Science. He researched flexible data science bootcamps and found that Springboard’s...

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  How Katie Built a Collaborative iOS App at Devmountain

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on August 22, 2019

  In this Final Project Demo, we’re joined by Katie Stakland who took the UX Immersive at Devmountain and created a roommate communication app called Gabble! Because Devmountain teaches tracks in UX design, iOS development, software QA, and web development, Katie got to collaborate with iOS developers on this group project. Katie is now starting her job as a Product Designer at PackBack and tell...

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  Air Force Personnel are Learning to Code with The Tech Academy

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on August 19, 2019

  The Tech Academy is partnering with the US Air Force to train personnel in modern, in-demand technologies, so they are able to identify and solve problems using tech. We asked...

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  Juggling Learning to Code with Jobs + Families at DigitalCrafts

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on October 17, 2019

  How do people balance a part-time coding bootcamp with other commitments? We spoke with three DigitalCrafts students, Lizzy, Nick, and Sarah, to find out how they juggled their jobs, families, and lives with learning to code in the...

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