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  Meet an Instructor: Terry Rice of General Assembly

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on May 16, 2024

  Editor’s note: General Assembly stopped accepting new consumer enrollments on April 28, 2026. This article describes programs and experiences from before that change. Read General Assembly’s official notice. Curious who might be teaching you at a bootcamp? We caught up with General Assembly instructor, Terry Rice who teaches busin...

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  August 2020 Coding Bootcamp News

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on August 27, 2020

    Course Report · August 2020 Coding Bootcamp News Over $100M was invested in coding bootcamps this August! We cover those fundraises and why coding bootcamps are looking so appealing to investors these days. This month, we also saw new research about the...

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  Jupyter Notebook: A Guide for Beginners with Lighthouse Labs

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on August 21, 2020

  Jupyter Notebooks is an IDE used to interface with Python and it’s becoming more popular in data science bootcamp curriculums. But what exactly is Jupyter Notebooks? Anurag Srivastava, lead instructor and mentor for Lighthouse Labs’ Data...

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  Kendall Lu’s Path from Codesmith to Front End Engineering

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on August 20, 2020

  Kendall Lu, a graduate of Codesmith’s software engineering bootcamp wrote a Verified review of his bootcamp experience and won our latest s...

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  Meet a University of Denver Coding Boot Camp Instructor

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on August 20, 2020

  University of Denver Coding Boot Camp is training the next generation of developers with a 24-week JavaScript curriculum and a dedicated instructor staff. We caught up with instructor Sarah Cullen, who has bee...

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  From Chemist to Cyber Security Professional with NGT Academy

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on August 18, 2021

  Jon Mallory wasn’t satisfied with his career path in chemistry, so when he found NGT Academy, he decided to take a leap into IT and cyber security. Jon shares how a short IT course at NGT Academy convinced him to enroll in NGT Academy's remote cybe...

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  Why Joshua Chose Thinkful to Become a Remote Developer

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on November 11, 2020

  Joshua Akan-Etuk nearly finished their Computer Science degree before dropping out and starting work as a Help Desk Technician while learning to code. After many rejected job applications, Joshua turned to Thinkful to better prep...

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  Navigating the Job Search as a Codesmith Grad During COVID-19

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on February 8, 2021

    Unsatisfied working in the construction field, Ashley Austin looked to Codesmith’s...

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  How to Get Into a Coding Bootcamp in 2025

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on December 26, 2023

  Unlike colleges, coding bootcamps aren’t interested in your high school GPA or SAT scores. What they do care about is passion, grit, and determination to change your career. So what does the path look like to get admitted to a coding bootcamp? Follow these 8 steps to get into the bootcamp of your choice! Step 1: Narrow down your bootcamp options There are over 500 bootcamps around the world, so...

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  What Is Design Thinking? An Intro with Springboard

  

  Rylan Clark

  Updated on January 8, 2021

    Design thinking is a technique used by companies large and small to provide their end-users with easy experiences that satisfy and delight. You’re also likely to see it in any quality design bootcamp curriculum. But what is Design Thinking? Rylan Clark, Springboard Mentor and UX Consultant, walks us...

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