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  How David Landed a Job at Facebook After Holberton School

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on August 29, 2018

  After working in the video gaming industry for years and earning a computer science degree, David tried to pivot into general software engineering, but found his programming knowledge lacked breadth. He enrolled at Holberton School in San Francisco, and realized the missing link for him was soft skills. David tells us how lear...

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  Life After Bootcamp: Teaching Fellowships

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on August 27, 2018

  Have you heard of a Teaching Fellowship? After graduating from a coding bootcamp, some alumni stick around to help teach new students and improve their own coding skills, before starting the job hunt. We asked Fullstack Academy graduate Marshall Zobel how he got his coveted role as a...

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  Learn Data Science with Deferred Tuition at Springboard

  

  Lauren Stewart

  Updated on October 21, 2020

  Online school, Springboard, recently launched a new deferred tuition program for...

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  Webinar: Choosing a Part-Time Coding Bootcamp

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on May 20, 2020

  Did you want to switch careers into tech, but not sure if you can quit your job and learn to code at a full-time bootcamp? In this hour-long webinar, we talked with a panel of part-time bootcamp alumni from Fullstack Academy, Ironhack, and New York Code + Design Academy to hear how they balanced other commitments with learning to code. Plus, they answered tons of audience questions – rewatch it...

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  Why Thinkful is Building a Community in Portland

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on August 20, 2018

  Online coding bootcamp Thinkful is launching physical communities across the US to provide students with more support and networking opportunities. One of those communities is in Portland, Oregon, where Program Manager Emma Holland matches local students with local mentors, organizes “Family Dinners,” and encourages students to go...

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  Why The Tech Academy Launched a Denver Campus

  

  Lauren Stewart

  Updated on August 14, 2018

  The Tech Academy is expanding to Denver, and their new campus will be run by Cole Dixon, a former student and instructor who worked in tech for three years before returning to the school that jump-started his career! Cole tells us what the new campus at...

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  How Dafne Became a Developer in Barcelona after Ironhack

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on October 21, 2020

  After living all over the world and dipping her toes in graphic design, finance, and entrepreneurship, Dafne Olca was looking for a career where she would always keep learning. She eventually tried a free coding course, loved it, and decided to enroll in Ironhack’s web development bootcamp in Barcelona, Spain (taught in English). Dafne tells us how learning to code was both very difficult and...

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  The New Part-time Bootcamp at LearningFuze

  

  Lauren Stewart

  Updated on August 10, 2018

  As the Director of Operations at LearningFuze, Bill Cunningham is gearing up with his team to launch a new part-time version of their full immersion course covering JavaScript, React, Node, and PHP. Learn why the LearningFuze team chose to launch a part-time course for people who don’t have the flexibility to quit their jobs and s...

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  From Creative Writing to Coding: Natalie's Success After DigitalCrafts

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on August 9, 2018

  During the senior year of her Creative Writing degree, Natalie Villasana took a computer science course and loved it, but felt it was too late to switch her focus. After graduating, she decided to move home to Atlanta and enroll at DigitalCrafts coding bootcamp. Now Natalie is a Software Engineer at a decentralized cloud storage...

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  Flatiron School Online: 2 New Ways to Learn

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on May 12, 2021

  Flatiron School introduced two new learning structures that provide expanded learning options to students. Students can now choose between Live (full-time) and Flex (choose your pace) learning for Software Engineering, Da...

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