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Imogen CrispeUpdated on December 4, 2018After teaching data science for two years, Thinkful is adding a flexible, online Data Analytics Program. We asked Thinkful’s Data Science Program Director, Matt Shull, about the differences between data analytics and data scie...Continue Reading →- The Springboard TeamUpdated on March 8, 2021What do Machine Learning Engineers do and how are their jobs different from Software Engineers and Data Scientists? Chirag Mahapatra, a Springboard Mentor and Machine Learning Engineer at Airbnb explainsContinue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on November 30, 2018When Susanna first moved to the US from Finland, she started teaching herself to code while waiting for her green card. When she wasn’t advancing as fast as she wanted to, Susanna decided to enroll atContinue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on November 30, 2018In the last week at Codesmith, students take part in Hiring Day, where employers visit the campus looking to hire new software engineers. Students interview with employers and show off their final projects. We visited Codesmith’s New York City campus...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on November 29, 2018This November has been super busy in the immersive coding education world, and at Course Report! We read about how Amazon’s new headquarters will impact the coding bootcamps in New York City, we celebrated successful coding bootcamp grads, we were sad to hear that a school is closing, we heard advice for being successful at bootcamp, and found out about new initiatives to improve diversit...Continue Reading →
- Matthew ShortUpdated on December 7, 2018Different coding bootcamps teach different languages and stacks, and it can be hard to keep track of all the technology options. One technology you might have heard of in relation to full-stack JavaScript curricula, is Express (also known as Express JS or Express.JS). In this guest post, Matthew Short, an Instructor and Head ...Continue Reading →
- David WhitakerUpdated on February 3, 2020You may have heard of Git and GitHub as essential tools for software developers, but do you know what they are, and why they exist? We asked Turing School Front-End Instructor David Whitaker to tell us why Git and GitHub are important for develop...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on November 27, 2018Matthew had 10 years of work experience, but when he moved from Chicago to Pittsburgh, he noticed a gap in his skills. There were tons of tech jobs that he was unqualified for, so when he heard that coding bootcamp Tech Elevator was opening a campus in Pittsburgh, he enrolled in the first cohort. Matthew tells us about build...Continue Reading →
- Lauren StewartUpdated on November 26, 2018Justin worked in graphic design and art direction for more than 10 years before wanting to digitize his skill set. He’d never heard of UX design, but when he started researching, he realized it ticked all of his boxes. Justin enrolled in DevMountain’s full-time UX Design Bootcamp in Salt Lake City, and designed a fascinating ...Continue Reading →
- Lauren StewartUpdated on November 14, 2018Greg was a Collegiate Athletics Director of Operations for the Track & Field program for 6 years before realizing he wanted a new intellectual challenge. He was interested in software development, but felt he needed to learn for longer than 12 weeks. So Greg moved from North Carolina to San Francisco to attendContinue Reading →
