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  Curriculum Spotlight: The New Part-Time Online Program at Actualize

  

  Lauren Stewart

  Updated on October 21, 2020

  Jay Wengrow founded part-time web development bootcamp and apprenticeship program Actualize in Chicago in 2014 to make learning to code efficient and accessible. Now the coding bootcamp has campuses in New York and San F...

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  Deep Dive: Career Success at Fullstack Academy

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on June 15, 2017

  As an experienced recruiter, Ceren Nomer knows how to get coding bootcampers in the door at tech companies, and she brings that perspective to her students as Head of Career Success at Fullstack Academy. We sat down with Ceren to find...

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  Instructor Spotlight: Kate Humphrey of The Grace Hopper Program

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on June 14, 2017

  “I want to see more women in the tech industry, because the more women who work in this field, the safer and better it is for everyone.” Kate Humphrey has a background in technology consulting, and enrolled in...

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  3 Months vs 2 Years: How Long Should Your Coding Bootcamp Be?

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on December 4, 2024

  For some students, the traditional 12-week, full-time coding bootcamp may not seem like enough time to acquire the skills that employers want. As the coding bootcamp industry has evolved, longer coding bootcamps such as Turing, Galvanize, C4Q, Ada Developers Academy, Learners Guild, CODE...

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  How the Curriculum at Holberton Helped Justin Get Hired

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on June 12, 2017

  Justin Marsh enjoyed traveling the world as a professional poker player, but when he hit 30, he wanted to transition to a more settled career in software engineering. After attempting to teach himself, Justin felt he needed more guidance when he got stuck, so he enrolled in...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Sean Renton of DeVry Bootcamp

  

  Lauren Stewart

  Updated on June 7, 2017

  Sean Renton did one year of college and decided that it wasn’t for him. He then practiced massage therapy for five years, but still felt stuck. Sean saw his father’s work-life balance as a remote developer, and chose to dive into the tech industry with...

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  Why Sportsrocket Hires From New York Code + Design Academy

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on June 6, 2017

  Sportsrocket has hired four New York Code and Design Academy alumni into product management and software engineering roles (plus, all four have received promotions after one year on the job)! We sat down with Spor...

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  Meet an Instructor: Tariq from Zip Code Wilmington

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on June 2, 2017

  Tariq Hook got his start in software development through an apprenticeship, so he can relate to his students at Zip Code Wilmington, who are drinking from the...

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  Episode 14: May 2017 Coding Bootcamp News Roundup Podcast

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on June 5, 2017

    Need an overview of coding bootcamp news in May? You’re in the right place! We’ve collected all the most important news in this blog post and podcast. This month, we read about a number of insightful surveys about employers, programming languages, and learners. We read advice about choosing a bootcamp, learned about efforts to encourage women and veterans to learn to code, and heard abou...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Ariana Rodriguez of Sabio

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on June 1, 2017

  Ariana Rodriguez has a degree in Applied Math and was working as a statistical programmer. She had always wanted to be in tech and didn’t think it would be possible without a CS degree. She considered going to grad school to study data science before realizing that she could reach her goal by going to...

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