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Fullstack Academy for Free? Here are the Details...
2/14/2019
On this episode of the Course Report podcast, we are talking about a New York City initiative that is helping certain lucky students attend coding bootcamps for free. It's called the NYC Tech Talent Pipeline, and it aims to increase the number of employees with software skills in the city. We chat with a founder and a graduate of Fullstack Academy about why this initiative exists, what you'll learn in the program, and how you can take advantage of it.
Continue ReadingWhy I Chose the UGA Web Developer Coding Bootcamp powered by The Software Guild
2/18/2019
Roger wasn’t looking for a career change, but after ending up in technical product roles, he realized he needed coding skills to advance his career. With a full-time job and family commitments, Roger chose to learn to code via an online bootcamp through The University of Georgia’s School of Continuing Education, which is powered by The Software Guild. Roger tells us why it was important for him to take a coding bootcamp through his alma mater, how he balanced his job with his studies, and how his new skills are already helping him add more value in his job!
Continue ReadingEverything You Need to Know About Turing's New Pre-Course
2/5/2019
Turing School’s seven-month Front End and Back End Engineering programs are designed to be challenging. To enhance student success, the Turing team is launching a new, three-week, six-session online pre-course called Module 0 to set a strong foundation for incoming students. Ellen Mary Hickmann, Turing’s Director of Professional Learning, explains that the curriculum covers technical skills, study tips, and advice for organizing your life before beginning an intense bootcamp, all of which aim to set students up for successful careers as software developers.
Continue ReadingJanuary 2019 Coding Bootcamp Podcast
1/31/2019
In January 2019, the top news in the tech bootcamp industry was all about Income Sharing Agreements and university coding bootcamps – it was a flurry of fascinating news! We start with a potential policy change being discussed in congress, talk through a $30 million fundraise, and summarize articles about ISAs from the New York Times, Fortune, Vice, and TechCrunch. Plus, we will tell you about some student success stories, and the 11 new bootcamps we added to the Course Report directory in January!
Continue ReadingRekindling a Passion for Design with Springboard's UX Bootcamp
1/30/2019
Kelly’s creative background was on the back burner while she worked in customer support, until she discovered the fun of designing websites. So she decided to pursue a career in user experience (UX) design! Kelly chose to learn with Springboard’s online, self-paced UX Design Career Track and continue working while studying. Kelly tells us how well her Springboard mentor’s background aligns with her own goals, how she balances her job with studying 20-25 hours per week, and what sort of role she hopes to land when she graduates!
Continue ReadingFrom High School Teacher to Data Scientist with Lambda School
1/28/2019
Burnt out from teaching high school math and science for four years, Joanne Jordan decided to search for a new career direction. After discovering the potential of Machine Learning at a startup, she enrolled in Lambda School’s online Data Science Track. Joanne tells us how the vibrant online community kept her motivated to keep studying, how she built her capstone project analyzing health and environmental hazards in NYC, and how Lambda School invited her back to teach the next cohort of students while she figures out the next steps in her data science career!
Continue ReadingDevMountain's New Campus in Lehi, Utah
1/24/2019
With classes spread between Salt Lake City and Provo, the DevMountain team has decided to bring all its Utah operations under one roof in centrally-located Lehi. We sat down with DevMountain Executive Director Krissy Weekley to hear how Lehi has become the tech hub of Utah, which big tech companies are hiring coding bootcamp grads in Lehi, and how having the UX, iOS, Software QA, and Web Development students in one place will allow them to interact, collaborate and learn from each other.
Continue ReadingFrom Jack-of-All Trades to Machine Learning Engineer with Galvanize
1/22/2019
Logan Weir believes in continually learning to grow and improve his skills. After five years at a startup, he felt like a jack-of-all-trades and decided to hone his skills in data science with Galvanize’s data science bootcamp in San Francisco. His combined startup and data science bootcamp experiences gave him a competitive advantage and he landed a job as a Machine Learning Engineer at Hustle, a tech company that believes in using data for good.
Continue ReadingFrom Mixing Music to Web Development with Hack Reactor
1/16/2019
When the demands of lengthy concert tours kept Audio Engineer Tre Ammatuna from his wife and three young kids, he wanted to find a career that allowed him to be closer to home. He had dabbled in web design, so decided to enroll in Hack Reactor Remote and study from home in Athens, Georgia, rather than commute to another city. Tre tells us how he stayed focused and motivated during Hack Reactor's 12-week online course, why he wouldn’t change a thing about his process, and explains how he landed a software engineering job in another state when he graduated!
Continue ReadingWhy I Chose Software Sales over Software Development with preHIRED
1/14/2019
After working for a religious nonprofit after college, Isaiah Ascher wanted to get into tech. He started learning to code, then a friend helped him get a customer services and sales job at an insurance company, where he thrived. But Isaiah wanted to go a step further and get into software sales, so he enrolled in preHIRED’s SaaS sales training program. Isaiah tells us about why he enjoyed the preHIRED curriculum, and how a previous preHIRED grad helped him land his job as a Sales Development Representative at Outreach.io!
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