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  General Assembly’s Income Share Agreement: Everything You Need to Know

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on October 3, 2024

  Editor’s note: General Assembly stopped accepting new consumer enrollments on April 28, 2026. This article describes programs and experiences from before that change. Read General Assembly’s official notice. ...

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  5 JavaScript Terms Beginners Need to Know

  

  Don Burks

  Updated on October 10, 2018

  When you first start learning to code, you will probably feel overwhelmed with all the new words and terminology to remember. You’re likely wondering what the most important terms to know are when you start learning JavaScript? As the head instructor at Lighthouse Labs coding bootcamp in Vancouver, I’ve seen what new coders str...

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  Getting Started in .NET: A Deep Dive with Redwood Code Academy

  

  Lauren Stewart

  Updated on September 18, 2018

  .NET is used in a variety of software applications and industries – but what’s all the hype about? We spoke with Orange County-based Redwood Code Academy Founder, Harrison Spain, to learn all about .NET development. See which companies use .NET, learn...

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  How I Got Accepted to Codesmith

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on January 15, 2025

  Am I ready to apply to Codesmith? Do I need to have programming experience? What happens if I fail the technical interview? How do I improve my technical communication? Will Adamowicz graduated from Codesmith’s Software Engineering + AI/ML Immersive Program and spills the...

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  How Does Code Fellows Get Grads Jobs?

  

  Lauren Stewart

  Updated on June 11, 2021

    Code Fellows boasts an 80% in-field...

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  How I Learned UX Design Online at Brainstation

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on September 10, 2018

  As a newly minted PhD in anthropology, Kiersten faced the challenge of planning her next career move. She liked the idea of combining her research skills with designing useful products, so she enrolled in Brainstation’s online, part-time...

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  Using the GI Bill for Coding Bootcamp: Tech Elevator

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on September 7, 2018

  As more coding bootcamps are approved to accept GI Bill benefits, veterans are taking the opportunity to learn to code. But why is coding a good fit for veterans, and how do their skills and experience from the military transfer over into tech? We asked veterans and current students at Cleveland...

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  Coding Bootcamps vs Traditional Education

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on December 3, 2024

  What are the differences between the coding bootcamp and traditional K-12 or higher education models? We’ve talked about CS degrees vs bootcamps before – so today we’re talking about what it actually feels like and looks like to learn at a bootcamp. We invited Jeff Casimir from Turing School in Denver to break down the differences between traditional educati...

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  3 Signs Your Team Is Ready for Reskilling

  

  Jeremy Walsh

  Updated on September 5, 2018

  In overseeing corporate partnerships for Software Guild, we work with companies to figure out the needs of the organization, what challenges they’re facing, and how we can help. If you want to really upskill or reskill your workforce in a new technology, sending them some eLear...

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  August 2018 Coding Bootcamp Podcast + News Roundup

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on August 30, 2018

  We are rounding up all of the most interesting bootcamp industry news that we read and discussed at Course Report in August! This month we heard about a $43 million fundraise and a big acquisition, we saw the decline of CS degrees in the tech job market, we read about a bunch of interesting alumni who were featured in the news, we looked at how coding bootcamps can help us avoid “robogeddon,”...

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