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Liz EgglestonUpdated on July 17, 2014David Silva taught himself to code using books and tutorials in Colombia. He won an AngelHack Hackathon in 2013 and when AngelHack launched their education vertical with One Month Rails, he got involved. David is now instructing and mentoring students at AngelHack Education- we talk to him about the structure of the course, expectations and student outcomes, and how their collaboration with...Continue Reading →- Liz EgglestonUpdated on July 16, 2014Join Liz of Course Report and Laurie & Irmak of Metis on Tuesday, July 22 for a free webinar. You'll also have a chance to ask any questions you have about the Data Science course at Metis! Date: Tuesday, July 22 Time: 6:30pm EST SAVE YOUR SPOT NOW! Think it takes a PhD to be a data scientist? Think again! Metis recently ann...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on July 16, 2014Marta Fonda needed to improve her web development skills in order to compete for jobs at her dream companies, so she enrolled in IronHack, an 8-week intensive programming course for developers and entrepreneurs. We talk to Marta about how she succeeded in the class and got a job as a front-end engineer at floqq.com! What were ...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on July 12, 2018We’re continually impressed with Fullstack Academy- not only because of their placement rates and intentional curriculum, but also because we’ve personally attended their hiring day twice now, and the final projects speak for themselves. Unlike the last Fullstack hiring day, there were no presentations by students; in...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on July 13, 2014Tim Hise moved from Oklahoma to Seattle when he was accepted to the Code Fellows iOS course and now works as an apprentice at Liffft. We talk to Tim about his experience at Code Fellows and how the connections he's made have helped propel him into a new career! Tell us about what you were doing before you started at C...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on July 11, 2014Since launching their Ruby on Rails bootcamp in Boston, Metis has expanded to new cities and added courses in new fields. Their upcoming Product Design course in New York aims to prepare students for a job in the growing field of UX and Product Design. We talk with Alex Baldwin, co-creator of Metis Product Design Curriculum, about t...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on July 11, 2014Cameron Buckingham is a student at gSchool, a 6-month coding school in Colorado. He blogs each week about his experience at gSchool- here, he talks about his experience with databases and teaches us what pseudo code is!Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on July 10, 2014Career Foundry combines the flexibility of online learning with the proven guidance of mentors, training students to become employable developers in three months.The Course Report community is eligible for 10% off tuition! Click here for more information and good luck!Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on July 10, 2014We learned so much in our Lunch & Learn with Martin and Emil from Career Foundry, including: Martin's journey from product manager to web developer (and how he continues to learn!) Why freelancing can be the best way to build your portfolio and do the most with your technical skills! (Read Career Foundry's blog post on Freelancing here). How Career Foundry students learn "soft ski...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on July 8, 2014Sara Chipps is the remarkable co-founder of Girl Develop It, an organization that has taught over 4,000 women to code in a supportive environment, and joined Flatiron School as CTO in 2014. We caught up with Sara to learn about her role at Flatiron School, why she beleives in the cod...Continue Reading →
