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  How Amon Advanced His Developer Career with Manzoor The Trainer

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on October 21, 2020

  While Amon Mwesiga had started his IT career, he knew he would need to upskill in order to advance in tech. After watching Manzoor The Trainer’s YouTube tutorials, Amon felt instantly connected with the bootca...

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  How Dani Went From Registered Nurse to Software Engineer with Holberton School

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on June 24, 2020

  When her career as a hospital nurse became too emotionally taxing, Dani Gómez made up her mind to transition into tech with Holberton School. After completing the 9-month Foundations course at...

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  A Beginner’s Guide to Tableau with Craig Fryar of General Assembly

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on May 10, 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.  Craig Fryar has years of experience working with data – from leading teams at Tableau and Electronic Arts to serving a...

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  6 Python Projects Built by Bootcampers

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on September 16, 2021

  What kinds of Python projects can bootcamp students actually build? Because coding bootcamps are largely project-based, students at Python bootcamps like Hackbright Academy, Metis, and Coding Dojo graduate wi...

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  7 JavaScript Projects Built by Bootcampers

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on September 24, 2020

    One trademark of a coding bootcamp is the project-based curriculum, which means students build many smaller projects throughout the bootcamp and one final capstone project, graduating with a full portfolio of web applications and mobile apps. Coding bootcamps prioritize teaching what the tech industry actually uses on the job today, so it’s no surprise that Full Stack JavaScript is the mo...

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  LGBTQ+ Coding Bootcamp Scholarships & Resources in 2025

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on September 30, 2024

  While some tech companies like Slack and Apple have shared that ~7-8% of their US workforces identify as LGBTQ, visibility for LGBTQ+ folks in the tech industry remains a struggle. Diversity in entrepreneurship and...

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  From Registered Nurse to Software Engineer at Microsoft with Hackbright Academy

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on June 16, 2020

  After years in nursing and IT healthcare consulting across the US, Beverly Ukandu wanted to upskill again. She considered a CS degree, but Beverly ultimately decided to enroll in Hackbright Academy’...

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  How Anderson Won a Shillington Scholarship to Become a Designer

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on October 21, 2020

    Shillington offers a scholarship at each of their campuses to fund part of their fall program every year. We caught up with Anderson Ashbaugh, a graduate of Shillington and recipient of their September 2019 S...

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  Inside the DigitalCrafts Live Online Coding Bootcamp

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on June 12, 2020

  DigitalCrafts launched its online coding bootcamp program with live online instruction, and is now accepting applications for its summer cohorts. Led by a team of instructors with industry experience, the live online format at DigitalCrafts ensures that online students receive all of the same a...

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  From Culinary Arts to Coding: Alex’s Journey Into Tech with Flatiron School

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on June 11, 2020

  Alex Hare spent a decade working in pastry, but when a catering position had her managing data and Salesforce errors, Alex realized that technology wa...

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