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  From Academia to Data Science with Galvanize

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on March 24, 2020

  As Rosie Martinez approached the end of her Doctorate of Science in Public Health, she realized her favorite part of her studies was data analysis. When she couldn’t land a data science job right away, she realized she needed to upskill and learn more modern technologies, so she enrolled at Galvanize’s Data Science Immersive bootcamp...

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  Back to School: These 26 Coding Bootcamps Start in Fall 2024

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on October 3, 2024

  As summer meanders into its final weeks, does back-to-school season make you long to be back in the classroom? It’s not just high schools and colleges that are about to reboot their classes in fall – these coding bootcamps all have upcoming courses online and in-person to jumpstart your new career starting in Fall 2024! Apply today and you could be a developer by the time 2025 rolls around! If y...

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  Balancing My Job with Learning to Code at LearningFuze

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on August 5, 2019

  Nicole fell in love with coding when she took some C++ and Python courses during her math degree. She attempted to teach herself the basics of software development, but wasn’t sure which topics to focus on, so enrolled in nearby coding bootcamp LearningFuze in Orange County, CA. Nicole tells us, how she balances her full-time job...

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  July 2019 Coding Bootcamp News Roundup

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on May 15, 2024

  The coding bootcamp space is certainly not slowing down for summer – in July we read about so many new initiatives happening in the edtech space! Schools raised over $5 million and a bootcamp loan provider raised a $9.8 million Series A round, and several companies like Twitter and huge New York banks are partnering with coding bootcamps to train students. We break down a new income share agree...

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  An Inside Look at a Tech Elevator Capstone Project

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on July 31, 2019

  Megan Mulroy decided to pivot careers from graphic design to coding by attending Tech Elevator. One of her capstone projects was to build a website combining front end CSS and coding, back end Java coding, and pulling the website content from a database using SQL for a dynamic website experience. Megan walked us through her proje...

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  Product Design vs UX Design

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on September 17, 2021

  Understanding the difference between Product Design and UX Design can be challenging since many of the required skill sets can overlap. Terry Million, Design Product Manager at Thinkful, breaks down the two disciplines for us and the potential career opportunities for each. Learn which technical and soft skills are needed for UX vs...

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  Compare Data Science Bootcamp Costs

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on October 24, 2025

  Data scientists are more in-demand than ever, but how much does it cost to learn data science at a bootcamp? From students looking for free data bootcamps to those wondering if a $17,000 data course is worth it, we understand that cost is import...

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  How to Learn Data Science: Python vs R

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on October 17, 2019

  When it comes to data science programming languages, you have two options: Python and R. Both Python and R will help you analyze data to see valuable business insights, but which one should beginners learn first to maximize their chances of landing a job? We asked Galvanize Lead Data Science Instructor, Sean Reed, to explain the diff...

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  How Matt Prepares Students for Tech Careers at Rithm School

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on July 17, 2019

  With a background teaching at UCLA and another coding bootcamp, Matt Lane brought a wealth of coding and educational experience to Rithm School when he helped co-found it in 2016. As a Lead Instructor, Matt tells us how he helps students feel comfortable asking questions in class, why he believes hands-on assignments are important...

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  How App Academy Grad Jerrik Became a Software Engineer at 23andMe

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on July 17, 2019

  Jerrik Shaw, a graduate of App Academy’s software engineering bootcamp wrote a verified review of his bootcamp experience and won our latest sweepstakes competition! Over 1200 tech bootcamp graduates wrote a Verified review for t...

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