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  Tips for Kickstarting a Successful Software Engineering Career

  

  Michelle Lai

  Updated on February 11, 2019

  To launch your career as a software engineer, you’ll need to approach your education with your job goals at the forefront. So where should you put focus in order to equip yourself to land your first software engineer role and excel in that role?...

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  Fullstack Academy for Free? Here are the Details...

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on February 14, 2019

  On this episode of the Course Report podcast, we are talking about a New York City initiative that is helping certain lucky students attend coding bootcamps for free. It's called the NYC Tech Talent Pipeline, and it aims to increase the number of employees with software skills in the city. We chat with a founder and a graduate of...

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  Why I Chose the UGA Web Developer Coding Bootcamp powered by The Software Guild

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on February 18, 2019

  Roger wasn’t looking for a career change, but after ending up in technical product roles, he realized he needed coding skills to advance his career. With a full-time job and family commitments, Roger chose to learn to code via an online bootcamp through The University of Georgia’s School of Continuing Education, which is powered by The Software Guild. Roger tells us why it was important f...

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  Everything You Need to Know About Turing's New Pre-Course

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on December 3, 2024

  Turing School’s seven-month Front End and Back End Engineering programs are designed to be challenging. To enhance student success, the Turing team is launching a new, three-week, six-session online pre-course called Module...

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  January 2019 Coding Bootcamp Podcast

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on July 16, 2021

    In January 2019, the top news in the tech bootcamp industry was all about Income Sharing Agreements and university coding bootcamps – it was a flurry of fascinating news! We start with a potential policy change being discussed in congress, talk through a $30 million fundraise, and summarize articles about ISAs from the New York Times, Fortune, Vice, and TechCrunch. Plus, we will tell you...

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  Rekindling a Passion for Design with Springboard's UX Bootcamp

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on January 8, 2021

    Kelly’s creative background was on the back burner while she worked in customer support, until she discovered the fun of designing websites. So she decided to pursue a career in user experience (UX) design! Kelly chose to learn with Springboard’s online, self-paced...

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  From High School Teacher to Data Scientist with Lambda School

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on January 28, 2019

  Burnt out from teaching high school math and science for four years, Joanne Jordan decided to search for a new career direction. After discovering the potential of Machine Learning at a startup, she enrolled in Lambda School’s online Data Science Track. Joanne tells us how the vibrant online community kept her motivated to keep study...

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  DevMountain's New Campus in Lehi, Utah

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on January 24, 2019

  With classes spread between Salt Lake City and Provo, the DevMountain team has decided to bring all its Utah operations under one roof in centrally-located Lehi. We sat down with DevMountain Executive Director Krissy Weekley to hear how Lehi has become the tech hub of Utah, which big tech companies are hiring coding bootcamp grads...

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  From Jack-of-All Trades to Machine Learning Engineer with Galvanize

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on January 22, 2019

  Logan Weir believes in continually learning to grow and improve his skills. After five years at a startup, he felt like a jack-of-all-trades and decided to hone his skills in data science with Galvanize’s data science bootcamp in San Francisco. His combined startup and data science bootcamp experiences ga...

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  From Mixing Music to Web Development with Hack Reactor

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on January 16, 2019

  When the demands of lengthy concert tours kept Audio Engineer Tre Ammatuna from his wife and three young kids, he wanted to find a career that allowed him to be closer to home. He had dabbled in web design, so decided to enroll in Hack Reactor Remote and study from home in Athens, Georgia, rather than commute to another city. Tre t...

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