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  How I Landed a LinkedIn Apprenticeship with Flatiron School

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on June 24, 2019

  After studying languages, and working as a translator in Turkey, Jacqlene Sifre started working for a tech company and saw the potential of software engineering. She wanted to learn to code, but didn’t want to quit her job, so she enrolled in...

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  How Amy Stepped Up her Digital Marketing Career with Springboard

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on October 21, 2020

  Amy discovered her passion for marketing through non-profits, and decided she needed to formalize her skillset with a digital marketing bootcamp to take her career to the next level. She chose Springboard’s remote...

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  Why BeSmartee Hires Software Developers from LearningFuze

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on August 19, 2021

  After hiring six graduates from LearningFuze coding bootcamp in Irvine, California, BeSmartee co-founder Veronica Nguyen plans to hire more! Veronica tells us what she is looking for in new hires at the B2B FinTech company, how LearningFuze refers their new grads to companies, and how employees are mentored on the job. She also pred...

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  Women in Tech: Meet 3 Tech Elevator Instructors [video]

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on October 17, 2019

  Tech Elevator has five campuses in the Midwest, preparing students from all backgrounds to transition into tech. We spoke with three instructors – Katie Dwyer from Cincinnati, Beth Campbell from Pittsburgh, and Margaret Green from Detroit – about the tech scenes in their cities, their teaching styles, and why they’re passionate a...

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  Meet an Instructor: Mark McIver from DevMountain

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on June 11, 2019

  Mark McIver is an instructor at DevMountain’s Web Development immersive bootcamp – a course he himself graduated from four years ago! We caught up with Mark and he shared how he’s transitioned from being a bootcamp student to a developer and now an instructor. Learn how he started coding, some of the industry trends he’s seeing, an...

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  May 2019 Coding Bootcamp News Roundup

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on May 31, 2019

  In May the coding bootcamp industry got a lot of coverage in mainstream news including the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. In our latest podcast we discuss the new ways military veterans can learn to code, we look at three New York Times articles about coding bootcamps, and hear about a coding bootcamp facing closure. Income share agreements remained a hot topic, plus find out abou...

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  Learning How to Launch a Product with General Assembly

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on May 15, 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. When Nataly found out her job was being eliminated due to an acquisition, she realized it could be an opportunity to upskill...

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  From Sports Coach to DevOps Engineer with Holberton School

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on June 24, 2019

  Jacob began his professional life running a water polo club, but kept thinking about the coding he explored in community college. He decided to switch careers into software and enrolled at Holberton School! Jacob tells us...

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  Increasing the Visibility of Women in Tech after Codesmith

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on June 24, 2019

  Alex was interested in coding throughout college but initially dismissed it, thinking that coding just wasn’t for her. But seeing the potential of technology while working for nonprofits, she decided to revisit software engineering, and loved it. Alex won the Edie Windsor Lesbians Who Tech Scholarship to attend Codesmith coding bootc...

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  Why Datadog Hires Solutions Engineers From Flatiron School

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on May 31, 2019

  Being a Solutions Engineer at Datadog takes a unique combination of technical and soft skills. And since many Flatiron School graduates come armed with previous client-facing experience, Datadog has hired 8 of them for this role! We sat down with Avery Johnson, a Technical Solutions Recruiter for D...

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