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  Meet a Sabio Instructor Getting Students Past the Gatekeepers of Tech

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on June 11, 2020

  Gregorio Rojas co-founded Sabio in 2013 after a successful career in programming. And as a career changer himself, his goal is to get more folks past the gatekeepers and prepared for jobs in tec...

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  From Self-Teaching to Springboard: How Jake Learned Machine Learning

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on December 4, 2024

    Jake Vikoren took a break after college to figure out his next move. He started teaching himself machine learning in his spare time and once he realized he wanted to pursue it as a career, Jake enrolled in...

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  How Mo Shifted from Artist to Web Developer with Momentum

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on October 21, 2020

  After years as an art consultant, Mo Glatz needed a new creative challenge. She tested the waters with free Python tutorials before deciding to make the full career-change into Software Engineering at Momentum in North Carolina. Mo shares why Momentum was the perfect fit for her, how netwo...

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  How Rory Landed a Lockheed Martin Internship with Holberton School

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on May 29, 2020

  After years of trying different career paths as a salesman, bartender, and caterer, Rory Fahy realized that his future was in technology. When Holberton School’s New Haven campus opened up right near his home, Rory took it as a sign to enroll in the Full Stack Web Development care...

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  May 2020 Coding Bootcamp News

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on February 16, 2021

    Course Report · May 2020 Coding Bootcamp News While the global pause on life-as-we-know-it continued through May, we continued to see coding bootcamps taking extraordinary action to meet the needs of those who are unemployed or underemployed due to COVID-1...

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  Why Sheldon Chose Lighthouse Labs Over a CS Degree

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on May 27, 2020

  Frustrated with his university computer science courses, Sheldon Malboeuf decided to drop out and enroll at Lighthouse Labs in Montreal. Halfway through the bootcamp, the COVID-19 pandemic forced Sheldon’s in-person program online...

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  John Ray’s Journey into Web Development with BrainStation

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on May 29, 2020

  When John Ray Martinez immigrated to Canada from the Philippines, he was already years into an IT diploma but found that his credits didn’t transfer. While completing a computer science diploma program in Toronto, John Ray came across...

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  A Day in the Life of a Cybersecurity Engineer after Fullstack Academy

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on February 8, 2021

  We sat down with two Fullstack Academy Cyber Bootcamp alums to find out what it's like to work in cybersecurity today. Fabianna Rodriguez-Mercado and Sarah Gold both graduated from the...

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  Sam's Journey: From Thinkful to Twitter Software Engineer

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on May 21, 2020

  When Sam Gould moved to San Francisco, he did his research as he made a career change and was drawn to the tangible skills of programming. Sam enrolled in Thinkful’s Engineering Immersive and landed a...

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  Meet Anupama: From Architect to Data Scientist with Metis

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on May 20, 2020

  Architect Anupama Garla fell in love with data science and dreamed of combining the two fields. After Anupama discovered that Metis operates a Live Online Data Science Bootcamp, Anu followed a friend’s advice and chose to apply! After...

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