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Thinkful's Income Share Agreement + Stipend: What You Need to Know
10/4/2019
Thinkful has been offering job guarantees for their immersive courses since 2016, but now the online school is taking it a step further by launching income share agreements and living stipends which students don’t need to repay until they find a job. We sat down with Thinkful co-founder and CEO Darrell Silver to find out how ISAs and living stipends will make the programs more accessible, what the terms and eligibility requirements are, and how students can choose between an ISA and a traditional loan.
Continue ReadingHow to Get Started in AR and VR Development
6/20/2019
Maybe you’ve played AR games like Pokemon Go, or tried out a VR headset, but do you know what it takes to build AR and VR products? As AR and VR become more ubiquitous in gaming, education, and healthcare, the need for AR and VR engineers who can build these products is likely to increase. In this guide to AR and VR, Carrie Ybay, a Software Engineer for Holberton School’s AR/VR curriculum, explains the difference between AR vs VR, what technologies you need to build AR/VR products, what sort of companies hire AR/VR engineers, and how to get started in AR and VR!
Continue ReadingHow I Landed a LinkedIn Apprenticeship with Flatiron School
6/24/2019
After studying languages, and working as a translator in Turkey, Jacqlene Sifre started working for a tech company and saw the potential of software engineering. She wanted to learn to code, but didn’t want to quit her job, so she enrolled in Flatiron School’s Online Software Engineering Program. Jacqlene tells us about balancing her full-time job with coding bootcamp, how learning to code is similar to learning syntax for a new spoken language, and how she landed an engineering apprenticeship at LinkedIn!
Continue ReadingHow Amy Stepped Up her Digital Marketing Career with Springboard
6/14/2019
Amy discovered her passion for marketing through non-profits, and decided she needed to formalize her skillset with a digital marketing bootcamp to take her career to the next level. She chose Springboard’s remote Digital Marketing Career Track because of its flexibility while she worked full-time and the opportunity to get additional certifications in topics like AdWords. Amy chatted with us about the value of having a mentor during the bootcamp, a neat partnership with Google Ad Grants that let her put her skills to use, and how her career has changed!
Continue ReadingWhy BeSmartee Hires Software Developers from LearningFuze
6/13/2019
After hiring six graduates from LearningFuze coding bootcamp in Irvine, California, BeSmartee co-founder Veronica Nguyen plans to hire more! Veronica tells us what she is looking for in new hires at the B2B FinTech company, how LearningFuze refers their new grads to companies, and how employees are mentored on the job. She also predicts the career trajectory of her new hires, and gives some advice for other employers thinking of hiring coding bootcamp graduates!
Continue ReadingWomen in Tech: Meet 3 Tech Elevator Instructors [video]
10/17/2019
Tech Elevator has five campuses in the Midwest, preparing students from all backgrounds to transition into tech. We spoke with three instructors – Katie Dwyer from Cincinnati, Beth Campbell from Pittsburgh, and Margaret Green from Detroit – about the tech scenes in their cities, their teaching styles, and why they’re passionate about ushering more women in the tech space.
Continue ReadingMeet an Instructor: Mark McIver from DevMountain
6/11/2019
Mark McIver is an instructor at DevMountain’s Web Development immersive bootcamp – a course he himself graduated from four years ago! We caught up with Mark and he shared how he’s transitioned from being a bootcamp student to a developer and now an instructor. Learn how he started coding, some of the industry trends he’s seeing, and why he’s passionate about training the next generation of web developers in Utah.
Continue ReadingMay 2019 Coding Bootcamp News Roundup
5/31/2019
In May the coding bootcamp industry got a lot of coverage in mainstream news including the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. In our latest podcast we discuss the new ways military veterans can learn to code, we look at three New York Times articles about coding bootcamps, and hear about a coding bootcamp facing closure. Income share agreements remained a hot topic, plus find out about diversity scholarships, university and coding bootcamp partnerships and more!
Continue ReadingLearning How to Launch a Product with General Assembly
6/4/2019
When Nataly found out her job was being eliminated due to an acquisition, she realized it could be an opportunity to upskill and try entrepreneurship. Having enjoyed General Assembly courses in the past, Nataly decided to enroll in GA’s one-week remote intensive Product Management bootcamp to learn how to run a product from end to end and fill in her skill gaps. Nataly tells us how much she enjoyed the remote GA course, her ongoing relationships with members of her cohort, and the exciting business idea she is now working on!
Continue ReadingFrom Sports Coach to DevOps Engineer with Holberton School
6/24/2019
Jacob began his professional life running a water polo club, but kept thinking about the coding he explored in community college. He decided to switch careers into software and enrolled at Holberton School! Jacob tells us how the income sharing agreement and curriculum made Holberton stand out as the best option, and how a project at the school inspired him to pursue a DevOps career. Find out how Jacob’s background coaching water polo continues to influence his approach to his new job as a DevOps Engineer at GLIDR!
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