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Instructor Spotlight: Faz Besharatian, General Assembly
9/25/2014
Faz Besharatian is the head instructor for the General Assembly UX Design Immersive in Washington, DC. We talk to Faz about the evolution of UX Design, how the curriculum is customized to each class, and the ideal student for the immersive GA course.
Continue ReadingWeek 15 at gSchool: Interviews
9/22/2014
Cameron Buckingham is a student at gSchool, a 6-month coding school in Colorado. He blogs each week about his experience at gSchool- this week, Cameron talks about his first interviews with Pivotal Labs!
Continue ReadingFounder Spotlight: Scott Jones, Eleven Fifty
9/22/2014
Eleven Fifty is a unique accelerated learning environment where students learn in prolific entrepreneur Scott Jones's Indianapolis, Indiana home (of MTV Cribs fame) and are rubbing elbows with techie Scott himself, who has started a dozen+ companies, raised over $250 million in capital, and is responsible for voicemail, as we know it today. We catch up with Scott and co-founder Matt McIntyre to chat about the inspiration for Eleven Fifty, what makes their courses unique, and their APPrenticeship program!
Continue ReadingStudent Spotlight: Jared Rader, Bloc
9/22/2014
Jared Rader was working on a startup when he decided to enroll in Bloc to deepen his understanding of Ruby on Rails. We talk to Jared about his mentor experience, the projects he's most proud of, and how he's continued his education after graduation.
Continue ReadingKickstart Your Tech Career: Lunch & Learn with Career Foundry
1/25/2018
How to Kickstart Your Tech Career with Career Foundry
Wednesday, September 24
Continue ReadingShillington School
9/11/2014
Continue ReadingEmployee Spotlight: Alex Levine, MakerSquare
9/11/2014
MakerSquare has recently launched their Part Time program- ten week evening classes located in Austin, Houston, or San Francisco. We caught up with Part-Time Program Director Alex Levine to get the scoop on these courses!
Continue ReadingFounder Spotlight: Skill Distillery
9/11/2014
With over 40,000 alumni from their Batky-Howell training courses, Bruce Batky and Cole Frock have recently launched their 19-week Java bootcamp, Skill Distillery, in Denver, Colorado. We catch up with Cole and Bruce to discuss their hands-on instruction, how they constructed the Java curriculum, and the types of companies Skill Distillery is partnering with to place graduates in jobs!
Continue ReadingRuby on Rails vs Python and Django: Which Should a Beginner Learn?
7/16/2021
Laurence Bradford began teaching herself how to code over a year ago. When she is not learning something new, she works as a copywriter. Laurence discusses the similarities and differences between Ruby on Rails and Python on Django, two popular object-oriented programming languages, and which language a beginner should start with. Visit her blog at learntocodewith.me, where she writes about learning to code for beginners as well as the best resources available.
Over a year ago I found myself in a position where my career options looked bleak. I had intended on going to graduate school for economic development. But, instead of dishing out the time and money for another two years of school, I decided to teach myself how to code. (I had always loved to problem solve, anyways.) But, like most beginners, I struggled with knowing where to start. I want to create web apps: but where should I begin?
Continue ReadingFounder Spotlight: Jon Ferris, Data Incubator
9/8/2014
The Data Incubator is a course for PhDs who want to exit academia and enter into the world of Data Science. We talk to Jon Ferris, a cofounder and Director of Partnerships at The Data Incubator, about the unique 6-week course, requirements for admittance, and how the "bootcamp" model is being applied to Data Science.
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