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Liz EgglestonPublished on OCTOBER 13, 2014José David Mártinez-Rubio is currently a student at Wyncode, the 12-week programming bootcamp in Miami. While he has been tech savvy since college, Jose decided he needed an in-person learning experience. We talk to Jose about his application process, diversity in his class, and how he pushed through when he found himself stuck. What were you doing before you started at Wyncode? ...Continue Reading →- Liz EgglestonPublished on OCTOBER 9, 2014We Got Coders takes a unique spin on the coding bootcamp model. Dan Garland is the founder of the consultancy that recruits, trains and places top web developer talent in London. We chat with Dan about their application process, teaching approach, and the meaningful long-term relationships We Got Coders forms with it's alumni. Tell us about your background and how it led you into...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonPublished on OCTOBER 9, 2014General Assembly has campuses in over 10 cities and courses in topics from Digital Marketing to Web Development. We sat down with Paul Gleger, Regional Director of General Assembly in DC, and Jon Rojas, Programs Producer at General Assembly, to hear more about their roles at General Assembly and how the Washington, DC campus continues to grow. Tell us about your backgrounds and h...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonPublished on OCTOBER 7, 2014Michelle Schmaltz is a recent graduate with a Computer Science degree. She worked in IT, but wanted to learn new tech skills, so she took the 7-day immersive iOS course at Eleven Fifty. We catch up with Michelle and get the scoop on her experience at Eleven Fifty, the instructors who supported her throughout the course, and how she is using her new skills today. What were you doi...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonPublished on OCTOBER 7, 2014Holly Karlsson is the Director of Shillington School in New York, a graphic design school teaching both full-time and part-time courses. We talk to Holly about student visas (a unique offering from Shillington), their student-to-teacher ratio, and how they adapt to the changing world of graphic design. Tell us about your background and how you got involved with Shillington. Shil...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonPublished on OCTOBER 6, 2014Nick Soman is the founder of Reveal, a social app based in Seattle, and has hired four Code Fellows graduates onto his team. We talk about his satisfaction with new hires, how he finds the most qualified graduates to join his team, and why he says that companies overlooking coding bootcamps are "missing an opportunity to find some tremendous talent that can really grow with the team." ...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonPublished on OCTOBER 6, 2014After a rocky start-up experience spotlighted her need to gain technical programming skills, Sonam Dhingra enrolled in Chicago-based Mobile Makers Academy’s eight-week iOS bootcamp. The New York native, who completed her Mobile Makers experience in July 2013 and is now an iOS developer for a Brooklyn-based digital agency, reflects on her time at Mobile Makers, including the challenges she...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonPublished on OCTOBER 3, 2014Cameron 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 prepping for job placement and interviews, and focus on testing! Remember, the Course Report community is eligible for a $500 scholarship to gSchool! And we're off! gSchool is officially hitting the ground running wi...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonPublished on OCTOBER 3, 2014DecodeMTL is an 8-week Front-End Web Development program that teaches students to build beautifully crafted and well coded simple websites. With their first cohort coming up, we sat down with founder Kevin Khoury to get the scoop on who's teaching the course and the outcomes students can expect when graduating. What were you doing before you started DecodeMTL? I am not a techn...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonPublished on OCTOBER 2, 2014Welcome to the September News Roundup, your monthly news digest full of the most interesting articles and announcements in the bootcamp space. Want your bootcamp's news to be included in the next News Roundup? Submit announcements of new courses, scholarships, or open jobs at your school! Bootcamps in the News Udacity Raises Fresh $35M to Expand the ‘University of Silicon Va...Continue Reading →