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Justin MarshallUpdated on OCTOBER 14, 2014So you enrolled in a reputable coding bootcamp, showed up every day, drank enough Red Bull to kill a real bull, and graduated with a solid understanding of OOP, MySQL, Heroku, and twenty other terms that are not, it turns out, foreign swear words. It’s smooth sailing from here on out, right? Wrong. Too many coding bootcamp alumni assume that graduation marks the end of their journey when,...Continue Reading →
Liz EgglestonUpdated on OCTOBER 13, 2014After attending Bitmaker Labs in Toronto, Juha Mikkola was convinced that a coding bootcamp was exactly what the Miami tech scene needed. He and Johanna Mikkola launched Wyncode in Miami's Wynwood neighborhood, emphasizing programming as well as entrepreneurship. We talk with Johanna and Juha about what they learned from their fir...Continue Reading →- Liz EgglestonUpdated 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. ...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated 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 alumn...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated 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 cam...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated 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 h...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated 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 ab...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated 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...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated 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 ag...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated 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 com...Continue Reading →