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Liz EgglestonUpdated on May 25, 2017Looking around the Hack Reactor classrooms, Albrey Brown could see a lack of diversity. As the Director of Diversity and Inclusion, his team decided to do something about it, and started by auditing the demographics of past alumni and current students. After analyzing that data,Continue Reading →- Imogen CrispeUpdated on May 24, 2017Mark Hario’s advice to anyone thinking about going to a coding bootcamp? Just do it. A former welding engineer, Mark dabbled in coding growing up, and after thinking about returning to coding for a few years, he finally took the plunge and enrolled atContinue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on May 23, 2017Learning at an online coding bootcamp means you may not meet face-to-face with your instructor, so we’re introducing you to Peter Bell, the Lead Instructor at Flatiron School’s Online Web Developer Program. Peter was already a big fan of Flatiron School when he joined the team in 2016, bringing extensive programming experience, and a background teachi...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on October 21, 2020Phil Wright studied math in college, and took a job in manufacturing after graduation. He started teaching himself Python to help automate manufacturing processes, but needed more guidance; so he enrolled in RMOTR’s online Advanced Python Programming course. Phil explains why he wanted to learn remotely in a collaborative environmen...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on May 18, 2017Our takeaway from Annika’s story? Learning to code is hard work. After years in sales and marketing, Annika was looking for a mentally-stimulating career change and wanted to try coding. Her husband (a lead engineer at MongoDB) suggested The Grace Hopper Program, and after a month of independent learning, Annika decid...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on August 9, 2019Are there interview questions you should expect in a technical interview? What do hiring managers want to hear when you’re applying for web developer or software engineering roles after coding bootcamp? Bootcamp instructors, Mark Siemers and Anil Kulkarni, join our panel to discuss what to expect in a technical job interview, examples of common technical interview questions, and how...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on May 17, 2017As a self-taught developer himself, Kyle Feeley appreciates coding bootcamp grads who have made an intentional career change. So as the Director of UX for online insurance marketplace EverQuote, he turned toContinue Reading →
- Jess FeldmanUpdated on September 19, 2023Software development and cybersecurity are popular career paths in 2023, but learning full stack engineering and cybersecurity often requires a full-time commitment. For those that balance busy lives, DigitalCrafts has partnered withContinue Reading →
- Lauren StewartUpdated on May 10, 2017[As of October 13, 2017, The Iron Yard will no longer be operating.] In the past, The Iron Yard’s students had to choose whether to learn front end or back end development before enrolling in the program. Now with the launch ofContinue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on February 6, 2023BrainStation’s Software Engineering Bootcamp is routinely iterated upon to ensure students are receiving the skills they need to thrive in today’s tech workplace. The BrainStation team breaks down what students can expect to learn in the Software Engineering Bootcamp and who they’ll be taught by (spoiler al...Continue Reading →
