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Imogen CrispeUpdated on September 12, 2016Wendy was a biologist studying the sense of smell when she started using machine learning in her research. She liked it and wanted to learn more about algorithms and statistics, so she enrolled at NYC Data Science Academy (NYCDSA). Now Wendy is working as a Data Scientist at ASCAP, predicting trends in the music ind...Continue Reading →- Liz EgglestonUpdated on September 9, 2016Want to know what employers really think about hiring bootcamp grads? We sat down with Chris, Engineering Manager at Granicus, a software development firm for government agencies, to see why he loves to hire Turing School grads. With a nontr...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on May 15, 2024The Data Incubator is an intensive eight-week data science bootcamp which trains people with STEM backgrounds to become in-demand data scientists. With an acceptance rate of just 2%, we wanted to find out what the application process is like, and the types of applicants thatContinue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on September 7, 2016Eric Johnson started programming in the “dot-com” days, and has worked since February 2015 as a senior instructor and developer at LearningFuze, which is a web-development bootcamp and code school in Orange County (Irvine), CA. We talk to Eric about hiring developers without Computer Science degrees, the types of jobsContinue Reading →
- Lauren StewartUpdated on September 6, 2016Danny Dawson is not your average programmer. He went straight into the British Army after high school where he focused on telecommunications design. That telecommunications background led him to start a telecommunications and e-commerce business in London. See why Danny chose to attend NYC coding bootcamp Flatiron School thr...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on September 2, 2016Alex was a printer and graphic designer in the UK, and a teacher in Thailand before he moved to the states and decided to learn to code. He started CareerFoundry’s six-month remote Web Development Program in January, and studied part time while working full time as a dog walker in NYC. Alex tells us why online bootcampContinue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on September 1, 2016As an immigrant from the Dominican Republic who grew up loving computers, Ricardo originally studied civil engineering in case he had to return home to get a job. But after the recession reduced the number of exciting civil engineering jobs available in the US, Ricardo decided to revisit his passion for coding and enroll atContinue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on December 4, 2024Welcome to the August 2016 Course Report monthly coding bootcamp news roundup! Each month, we look at all the happenings from the coding bootcamp world from new bootcamps to big fundraising announcements, to interesting trends. This month the biggest news is the Department of Education's EQUIP pilot program to provide federal financial aid to some bootcamp students. Other trends include job...Continue Reading →
- Lauren StewartUpdated on August 31, 2016Tessa had a background in communications, but felt she wasn’t using her skills to the fullest in her retail job. So instead of taking a higher level management position in retail, she took a leap and learned how to code at Sabio’s full-time web development bootcamp in Los Angeles. AsContinue Reading →
- Lauren StewartUpdated on August 30, 2016Fresh out of college with a music and French degree, Angie’s penchant for languages led her to teach English in France. She soon realized that teaching wasn’t for her, so she looked to figure out what her next steps would be. A friend pointed out the similarities of learning code and learning a language, so she decided to give it a shot and enrolled at The Iron Yard in Indianapolis. Read mo...Continue Reading →
