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  How Coding Bootcamps Can Change the Face of Tech

  

  Lauren Stewart

  Updated on November 27, 2024

  Most high-salary industries need more diverse workers, and tech is no exception. The conversation about diversity in tech usually focuses on gender, diversity encompasses racial, socioeconomic, cognitive, and experiential differences....

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  Why A LinkedIn Engineer Mentors Holberton Students

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on January 18, 2018

  Throughout her career as a software engineer, Neha Jain has understood that learning by doing is more relevant to programming than theoretical exams. Now an engineer at LinkedIn (and a recipient of the CloudNow Women in Cloud Innovation award), Neha is pass...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Alex Nugent of Software Guild

  

  Lauren Stewart

  Updated on April 7, 2021

  Alex Nugent was already working in tech as an Applications Engineer, but when he wanted to transition into full-time programming, he knew he would need more structure to change careers. Alex soon discovered the world of online coding bootcamps, and continued working full-time, while studying part-time with The Software Guild’s on...

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  Instructor Spotlight: Phillippa Thomson of General Assembly

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on May 15, 2024

  As an instructor at General Assembly’s Data Science Immersive, Phillippa Thomson not only teaches the basics like Python and SQL; she’s also digging deep into neural networks and ensuring that her students become ethica...

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  2017 End of Year News Roundup + Podcast

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on December 28, 2017

  In our End of Year Podcast, we're rounding up the most interesting news of 2017 and covering all the trends, thought pieces, controversies and more. Many schools are hitting their 5 year anniversaries – a reminder that although there is a lot going on in this industry, it’s still nascent and there is still room for new innovative approaches to the bootcamp model. We’ve chosen th...

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  What’s New in the Web Developer Track at Bloc

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on December 20, 2017

  After receiving valuable employer feedback, online coding bootcamp Bloc has taken the best parts of its two previous curriculums and combined them into the new and improved Web Development Track! The Bloc team has also added increased real-time mentor support (...

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  Project Spotlight: Ellen Cooper of Turing School

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on December 3, 2024

  As an avid fan of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, Turing School student Ellen Cooper and her friends used spreadsheets to predict the outcomes of each season. When she started learning to code, she used her new skills to build a custom fantasy-football-style league application for her friends to play. At...

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  Why Checkr Hires from Hackbright Academy

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on December 14, 2017

  Working in Silicon Valley, Vannaro Lim is always trying to find ways to encourage more diversity on engineering teams – that’s how he was introduced to all-women’s coding bootcamp Hackbright Academy! He’s hired a numbe...

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  The New Remote Web Development Course at BrainStation

  

  Lauren Stewart

  Updated on December 14, 2017

  New wave technology school, BrainStation launched a new full-time Remote Web Development Course in 2017 as part of a goal to empower one million people with digital skills by 2025. BrainStation Educator and professional software developer Jamie i...

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  The New Cyber Security Curriculum at Sabio

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on December 13, 2017

  With a growing skills shortage in ...

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