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3/6/2014
Continue ReadingQ&A with Kevin Yun, founder of Designation
7/12/2018
Designation is a digital design-focused school in Chicago that helps students with a technical or design background make the shift to digital design jobs. We talk with founder Kevin Yun about the differences between Designation and other web-development bootcamps, the types of applicants they look for, and why it's important to learn digital design now.
Continue ReadingRachel Warbelow, Dev Bootcamp Grad, on SWOTbot, the app that will change classrooms everywhere!
3/6/2014
Like other students, Rachel Warbelow went to Dev Bootcamp in the Summer of 2013 to learn to code. Unlike other students, Rachel was actually a teacher herself. She needed to learn to code in order to launch SWOTbot, an app that automated the manual process she had developed to track and communicate with her students. When we ran across Rachel’s Indiegogo campaign to buy computers for her class (who she was also teaching to code at the time), we knew we had to find out more about her story.
Read on for more about Rachel's brilliant idea for the SWOT program and how she used Dev Bootcamp to acheive her massive goals.
Continue ReadingStudent Spotlight: Rolen Le at gSchool
10/3/2019
gSchool is a unique six-month, intensive program based inside the exciting Galvanize community of start ups and innovators. gSchool student Rolen Le dishes the details on how he made sure he was committed to a career in coding, why he chose a six-month school, and how practicing your LSAT review can actually help you ace the gSchool interview!
Continue ReadingInterview with Richard Simms of Tech Talent South
3/4/2014
Richard Simms and Betsy Hauser-Idilbi met at an intensive coding bootcamp in Chicago, became friends, and decided that the South was missing similar opportunities to learn to code. Since then, they've launched Tech Talent South in Atlanta and are adding cohorts in Charlotte, Raleigh, and Asheville. We talked to Richard about the mission of Tech Talent South, the programs they offer, and how they produce web developers in just 8 weeks!
Continue ReadingQ&A with Mercedes Bent, head of Web Development Immersives for General Assembly
3/4/2014
Mercedes Bent manages Web Development Immersives globally for General Assembly. The twelve-week, Rails-focused school employs their tried methods of teaching to produce full-stack developers who go on to get hired in the tech community or even launch their own products. Mercedes gives us the scoop on one of the largest and most established coding schools in the US- how she finds great instructors, what they look for in potential students, and some upcoming programs that will get you excited about General Assembly.
Continue ReadingQ&A with Jeff Dean, Instructor at gSchool
2/27/2014
gSchool is a Rails-based bootcamp based in Colorado, set in the middle of exciting Galvanize Labs, and is one of the only six-month immersive bootcamps in the US.
We talk with gSchool instructor Jeff Dean about his history at Pivotal Labs, why he beleives six months is necessary to produce well-rounded developers, and how excited he is for the upcoming Boulder cohort!
Continue ReadingInterview with Kevin Wang, founder of Tealeaf Academy
7/12/2018
NOTE: This Q&A may be outdated. Tealeaf Academy is now Launch School.
Tealeaf Academy is an online, Rails bootcamp that offers three robust courses in web development for students with varying levels of experience. We talk to Kevin Wang, a cofounder of Tealeaf, about what makes their online program effective and the types of students who excel in their courses.
Continue ReadingInterview with Iron Yard Grad Andy Flack, Barista-Turned-Developer!
2/20/2014
Andy Flack is a classic zero-to-sixty student...with a twist. When Andy started at Iron Yard in 2013, he was a retired coffee mule (you read that correctly) with absolutely no technical experience. Within two months of graduation, he had a full-time job as a Front-End Developer at ChartSpan, and he's not looking back. We talk with Andy about how Iron Yard helped him succeed and his transformation into a rockstar developer. [As of October 13, 2017, The Iron Yard will no longer be operating.]
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Meet David, a software development manager who LOVES hiring junior devs from bootcamps.
2/20/2014
David Basarab is a hiring manager at Cinemassive in Atlanta who works with the Software Craftsmanship Guild to hire talented .NET developers. Find out what he's looking for in a junior developer, how his relationship with SWCG is structured, and why he sees bootcamp-grads better prepared for his workforce than even recent college grads.
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