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  How a 21-day Coding Challenge Inspired Selin to go to Lighthouse Labs

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on November 1, 2021

  Three years into her degree, Selin realized that she no longer wanted to study neuroscience. She had always been interested in coding so she signed up for the Lighthouse Labs 21-Day Coding Challenge to test out the waters. The coding challenge helped Selin solidify her desire to switch direction, and she enrolled in the...

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  Why This Accenture Recruiter Hires Hackbright Alumnae

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on October 22, 2019

  Katherine Louie is a Technical Recruiting Manager for Accenture with a focus on Diversity & Inclusion, so she knows how important it is to hire diverse technical teams. Accenture partners with Hackbright Academy, an all-women coding bootcamp in San Francisco, and has hired five graduates into their Technology and Co...

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  How Top Companies Influence the Springboard UI/UX Design Course

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on October 21, 2019

    After running the UX Design Career Track for over a year, Springboard is launching a longer, more in-depth UI/UX Design Career Track with th...

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  How a Veteran Landed a Software Sales Job in 7 weeks with Prehired

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on October 21, 2020

  Military veteran Albert Villaviza was tired of working in commission-based sales and wanted more financial security to support his wife and four young children. Albert came across Prehired’s software sales bootcamp on Facebook, and found the job guarantee “irresistible.” He tells us about working through the online program, getting he...

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  How to Land a Job After Coding Bootcamp with DevMountain

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on October 23, 2019

  DevMountain Director of Outcomes and Student Success, Chris Dominguez, gives us a peek at how his team helps graduates land jobs with companies like American Express and Wayfair after coding bootcamp. Chris explains how he helps...

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  From Banker to Software Developer with The Software Guild

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on October 23, 2019

  Ben Lindau was a banker with an economics degree who knew he wanted to be coding for a living. Instead of moving further into his banking career, he switched jobs to work for a non-profit and enrolled in...

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  Becoming a Remote Developer for Hilton after Codesmith

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on October 7, 2019

  Eric Carrillo was a surfer and entrepreneur dreaming of a digital nomad lifestyle. A serendipitous encounter with the CEO of Codesmith led him to enroll in their...

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  Upskilling Online in UX Design & Data Science with BrainStation

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on October 23, 2019

  When Georgie Gow had a taste of data-driven UX design, she decided to upskill in her marketing career, and get into more digital roles. She enrolled in BrainStation’s p...

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  From Insurance Claims to Data Analysis with Thinkful

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on October 21, 2020

  Feeling drawn to the “numbers behind-the-scenes,” finance grad Keaton Hutchison recognized that if he wanted to feel satisfied in his job, he needed to be working with data. A friend recommended Thinkful’s online tech courses, and...

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  Should You Learn Object-Oriented Programming at Coding Bootcamp?

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on February 8, 2021

    In your research as a beginner coder, you will probably come across the term “object-oriented programming” to describe certain coding languages and approaches to coding. But what is object-oriented programming, and should beginners learn an object-oriented coding language? Will knowledge of object-oriented programming help you reach your goals of landing a job as a software engineer? We...

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