September Coding Bootcamp News Roundup

Welcome to the September News Roundup, your monthly news digest full of the most interesting articles and announcements in the bootcamp space. Do you want something considered for the next News Roundup? Submit announcements of new courses, scholarships, or open jobs at your school!

 

This Week on Course Report:

• Should you learn web or mobile development first? We dive into this question with advice from Atlanta's DigitalCrafts code school! 
• Have you tried Thinkful's Workshops? Grae, the Head of Education at Thinkful, gives us the scoop on their newest offering for bootcamp grads and working engineers.
• Mechanical-Engineer-turned-Web-Developer Kacy Ebel talks about her career change and her experience at We Can Code It's women-only bootcamp.

 

Acquisitions, Fundraises & Regulation

• General Assembly announced their $70MM Series D. This reporter thinks about what the fundraise could mean for their London campus. 
• Hack Reactor acquired Chicago-based Mobile Makers Academy, adding iOS to their offerings. They also announced "Hack Reactor Core," the umbrella under which each school will operate autonomously. 
• Inside Higher Ed reported on General Assembly's journey through regulation and expansion. Education Dive provides a nice, brief summary of the article. 
• The Huffington Post reported on a letter from Jeremy Shaki and Khurram Virani (Founders of Lighthouse Labs) to parliament on code literacy, outcome-based education, and Canadian innovation through technology. 

 

New Campuses + Courses:

• Dev Bootcamp announced they will open doors in San Diego this November.
• Montana Code School's first cohort started class September 28. (Listen to Montana Public Radio's story on the bootcamp). 
• ThoughtKite will teach their first Toronto iOS bootcamp in October.
• Code Fellows has overhauled and reorganized their courses (bye bye Dev Accelerators, hello Code 401!)
• Applications for Code Platoon, a Chicago bootcamp geared towards veterans, are now open. 

 

September Must-Reads

• Global News Canada writes about Toronto's Bitmaker Labs.
• Fortune Magazine explores women in Coding Bootcamps.
• FCW finds that coding bootcamps are 'Very empowering, very transformational.' 
• A LinkedIn researcher blogged about the types of jobs reported by bootcampers on the networking site. 
• Delaware Online looks back on ZipCode Wilmington's first bootcamp cohort. 
• Built in Chicago: How Designation is bringing the bootcamp model to design. 
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Milwaukee computer coding school expands as employers show interest.
• The Street: Future Code Monkeys May Skip College and Head to Boot Camp

 

Have a great October!