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- Liz EgglestonUpdated on September 22, 2014Eleven 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 ...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on September 22, 2014Jared 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. Rememb...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on January 25, 2018How to Kickstart Your Tech Career with Career Foundry Wednesday, September 24 12-12:30pm EST Career Foundry combines the flexibility of online learning with the proven guidance of mentors, training students to become employable developers and UX design...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on September 11, 2014What our students have to say... Shillington graduates get dream jobs... Kickstart your design career...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on September 11, 2014MakerSquare 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! Tell us about yourself- how did you get involved with MakerSquare and what's your background? ...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on September 11, 2014With 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 S...Continue Reading →
- Laurence BradfordUpdated on July 16, 2021Laurence 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 langua...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on September 8, 2014The 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. ...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on September 8, 2014HappyFunCorp is a software engineering firm in Brooklyn that recently launched it's first 6 week Technology Academy to teach students the skills they need to succeed in the world of technology and startups. We catch up with founder Will Schenk to talk about the goals of the HappyFunCorp Academy, their curri...Continue Reading →
- Cameron BuckinghamUpdated on July 12, 2018Cameron Buckingham is a student at gSchool, a 6-month coding school in Colorado (now Galvanize). He blogs each week about his experience at gSchool- this week, Cameron talks about working on projects with local businesses, a thoughtbot-sponsored Ruby on Rails tutorial,...Continue Reading →