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  Learning to Code as a Couple at LearningFuze

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on October 11, 2018

  What’s it like to go through coding bootcamp with your spouse? A few months after their wedding in 2017, Brian and Alicia Evans enrolled at LearningFuze in Orange County to learn to code together! With Alicia’s background in publishing and nonprofit work, and Brian’s background in music and data management, they came in with very...

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  Why Divvy Hires From Lambda School

  

  Lauren Stewart

  Updated on October 11, 2018

  What are hiring managers looking for in a new developer? A mix of practical engineering skills and foundational CS knowledge helped a Lambda School grad land a job at Utah fintech startup Divvy! We got to chat with Divvy’s VP of Engineering, Greg Larson, about why he chose to hire a coding bootcamp grad. Learn what stands out to hiri...

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  Why Progressive Leasing Hires from DevMountain

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on October 8, 2019

  As a Director of Software Engineering at Progressive Leasing, Kristie Azarela hired her first coding boot camp grad in 2017. After meeting Jodi Parker at a...

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  3 Things to Take Care of Before Day One at Fullstack Academy

  

  Emily Asaro and Jessica Wein

  Updated on October 8, 2018

  If you’ve been accepted to bootcamp, you’re probably wondering how to get ready for such an intensive program, beyond working on your coding skills. At Fullstack Academy or The Grace Hopper Program, the instructors and fellows help you navigate...

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  Where Are They Now? Bootcamp Alumni 3 Years Later

  

  Lauren Stewart

  Updated on October 4, 2018

  We usually talk to bootcampers shortly after they’ve graduated – and while it’s so cool to see how quickly they get jobs after bootcamp, we wondered, “what are these bootcampers up to 3 years later?” We caught up with four bootcamp alumni to see how their careers have grown! Hear from Frances Coronel (Fullstack Academy), Pedr...

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  What We Built at Flatiron School: Eva & Saige

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on October 3, 2018

  We recently attended Flatiron School Access Labs’ Demo Day in Brooklyn, NY to see what their graduates had built in just a few weeks. What’s a Demo Day? It’s a day at the end of a coding bootcamp where students get to showcase their final projects to employers, family, and friends (almost like a science fa...

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  Holberton School New Haven Campus

  

  Lauren Stewart

  Updated on September 15, 2026

  Holberton School – a two-year, peer-driven school – is launching a new campus in New Haven, Connecticut in January 2019! We got the details from the Director of the...

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  September 2018 Coding Bootcamp News + Podcast

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on July 10, 2020

  The coding bootcamp industry is always evolving, so at Course Report we closely follow news and announcements in the coding education space. In September we saw a lot of interesting new data around women in tech and how coding bootcamps are increasing accessibility for underrepresented groups. We also read about new apprenticeship initiatives, heard from students about their experiences, and f...

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  Hackbright Academy's New Online Python Course

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on September 28, 2018

  After hearing requests from students, all-women’s coding bootcamp Hackbright Academy is launching Online Python 101, a self-paced, online course for women interested in learning to code and looking to get a taste of Hackb...

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  Project Spotlight: Marnie's Face Shape Detector App

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on October 4, 2022

  Marnie Boyer has a successful, 20-year career in marketing analytics, but didn’t want to lose her edge. Even though she wasn’t interested in changing jobs, Marnie chose Thinkful’s Data Science Bootcamp to update her data toolset. By the end of...

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