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  What I Wish I Knew Before Thinkful

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on October 20, 2021

  Kris and Cassie both broke into tech with Thinkful, but their paths were different and they each learned lessons along the way. Kris attended Thinkful’s full-time Engineering program, while Cassie attended Thinkful’s...

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  What John Built at LearningFuze (and one year later)!

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on December 6, 2019

  John Holman was a Project Manager with a limited career path and a second child on the way when he decided to make a career change with LearningFuze. One year after graduating from the Full-Immersion Web Development Bootcamp, John sits down with us to talk about his career change and walk us through his final project. John and his...

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  Deep Dive: Career Services at Codesmith

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on December 5, 2019

  Codesmith has campuses in Los Angeles and New York City and is known for having strict admissions standards – but that selectivity also means graduates land mid-level and senior-level entry jobs. So how do they prepare their students for a senior developer interview? Shanda McCune, Director of Admission...

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  Dataquest vs. Datacamp: The Ultimate Guide

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on January 27, 2025

  Dataquest and Datacamp are both self-paced data science classes that run on monthly or yearly subscriptions and are delivered entirely on an online platform. Both schools offer multiple career tracks which include portfolio projects and a focus on either...

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  November 2019 Coding Bootcamp News Roundup

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on December 3, 2019

  November was full of news about fundraises (and layoffs) and updates on past acquisitions like Trilogy and Thinkful. We’re also covering news about credentialing in bootcamps, a partnership between Wyncode and General Assembly, advice for data science bootcamp graduates about what to study after graduation, and 3 new bootcamps in Spain. And congrats to CodeClan –...

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  Günther’s Story: From Lawyer to Web Developer with CareerFoundry

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on November 27, 2019

  Günther von Häfen’s itch to learn something new started while he was working as a lawyer in Germany. He began dabbling in web development courses online and loved it so much that he decided to make a career change and enrolled in a...

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  Celia’s Experience as a Woman in Tech after Hackbright Academy

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on November 25, 2019

  When mechanical engineer Celia Song launched a startup, she had to teach herself to code to build its website. That experience kickstarted her career change and Celia found all-women bootcamp ...

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  What is CSS: A Guide for Beginners

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on April 30, 2025

  How does a website get its style? CSS, of course! But what exactly is CSS and how will you use it as a developer? Tech experts Joseph Mecham (Web Development Program Director at Devmountain) and Rob Merrill (Software Engineering Instructor at LearningFuze) explain in fun, beginner-friendly terms what CSS is, how it’s used by software developers, and how it works with other programming languages...

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  Software Engineering Job Descriptions: Reading Between the Lines

  

  Kim Desmond

  Updated on April 16, 2020

    When learning to code – or considering learning to code – it’s wise to look at software engineering job descriptions to see what type of jobs interest you, and the skills you need to acquire to qualify for those jobs. However, job descriptions can sometimes be scary. Even some entry-level developer posti...

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  How Jamil’s UX Design Project Landed Him a Job at Chase

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on May 14, 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....

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