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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 →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on July 20, 2016Austyn graduated from MIT and worked for Microsoft for three years before joining the Software Guild as a Java instructor in Louisville. She is now dedicated to enhancing the tech scene in her hometown, and loves passing on her passion for coding. Austyn tells us about the different coding skills you gain at college versus ...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on July 19, 2016Dev Bootcamp was known for its unique Engineering Empathy curriculum, which focuses on the human side of software development. As of December 8, 2017, Dev Bootcamp will no longer be operating. Dev Bootcamp aimed to produce job-ready graduates with both technical and interpersonal skills. ...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on July 19, 2016Joe has a passion for teaching and education and has been part of the Flatiron School academic team for three years. After working at IBM, he joined Flatiron School to write and teach the iOS curriculum. Joe is now the school’s VP of Education and oversees the instructors and the curr...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on October 21, 2020Wendy Zenone is not only a Hackbright Academy success story; she’s also a testament that coding bootcamps are not a “quick fix.” Wendy’s journey shows that it takes hard work, determination, and grit to make a successful career change into tech. We chat with Wendy about her experience atContinue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on July 14, 2016MakerSquare has just opened in New York; its fourth campus after Austin, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. We spoke to campus managing director, Tyler Lambe, about his background starting another bootcamp, why MakerSquare chose to expand to New York, how the curriculum differs compared ...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on July 12, 2016Taylor originally studied chemical engineering and was exposed to programming through the scientific research programming language Mathematica. After working in pharmaceuticals and therapeutics, Taylor realized that her background in engineering, statistics, and programming was ideal for data science. So she enrolled atContinue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on July 11, 2016After learning R to streamline her job in digital marketing, Tammi was ready to take the plunge and make a career change. With a background in for-profit education, Tammi knew that transparency was imperative when choosing a coding bootcamp, so she chose Sabio's Orange County campu...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on July 7, 2016John left the legal field to attend TurnToTech’s 16 week mobile bootcamp in New York City. The switch from paralegal to mobile developer was risky, but worth it. See how this career change helped John land a position at a startup (and at Viacom!), all while giving him the skills needed to create his own app. Q&A ...Continue Reading →
