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Eric BiellerUpdated on July 27, 2016You’ve probably heard about the field of UI design. Maybe you’ve been wondering why it’s so popular and whether learning UI design could be a way to shift careers into something more challenging, fun and lucrative. Well, I’ve got some good news for you! In this post, I’m going to dig into what UI design actually is, why it’s so popular, and why you should start learning it right now. T...Continue Reading →- Imogen CrispeUpdated on July 26, 2016Erica was a foreign language teacher and helped the school with their data analysis, when she realized she preferred the problem-solving aspect of data analysis more than teaching. She had lots of ideas for iPhone apps so enrolled in NYC-based TurnToTech’s iOS mobile development program. Erica tells us about how much she likesContinue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on July 26, 2016Before becoming an instructor at Hackbright Academy in San Francisco, Bonnie’s career took her from astronomy, to teaching physics at a high school, then working as a developer for 11 years. She is absolutely passionate about teaching and jumped at the chance to help #changetheratio of women to men in tech by teaching a...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on July 25, 2016Thinkful coding bootcamp just launched their Full Time Bootcamp program in April, and they now have multiple cohorts running. It’s a four-month, full stack JavaScript program, taught completely remotely, and includes daily one-on-one mentorship and pair programming. We spoke to Simon who is in the first cohort, and Sean from the ...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on July 25, 2016Alon was working in sales, but had always wanted to get into coding. So when he heard about an intro to JavaScript program at Operation Spark in New Orleans, he enrolled straight away. He fell in love with coding and decided to carry on and study full stack JavaScript viaContinue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on July 22, 2016In 2014, Adam was working as a business trainer in the restaurant industry, but kept thinking about how much he enjoyed coding as a kid. After going through the software development program at The Tech Academy in Portland, Adam was hired as an instructor. Adam tells us about his path back to coding, the learning structure a...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on July 22, 2016Faith Oladele is a multi-tasker to the extreme. She balances being in the Air Force Reserves while working part-time in sales and pursuing her Computer Science degree at the University of Utah. Now she has enrolled at Utah coding bootcamp DevPoint Labs during her summer break! We talk to Faith about herContinue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on July 21, 2016Are you a coding bootcamp graduate (or do you know one)? Then Course Report has a small favor that we're hoping you can help with before August 12th! We’re currently collecting responses for ourContinue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on July 20, 2016Over 1000 coding bootcamp graduates entered our sweepstakes competition to win a $500 Amazon Giftcard just by leaving a review for their school on Course Report. This time, our lucky winner was Thomas from French coding bootcamp Le Wagon! We caught up with him to find out a bit about his coding bootcamp experience and why he deci...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on October 21, 2020A lot has changed since Lighthouse Labs started teaching web development in 2013. We sat down with co-founder Khurram Virani to learn about the evolution of Lighthouse Labs- how they design assessments, why they’ve chosen to introduce more JavaScript into their eight-week curriculum...Continue Reading →
