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From Artist to UX/UI Designer with Springboard
3/16/2020
Springboard recently launched their new UI/UX Design Bootcamp with the option to pay after getting a job. It’s an online, mentor-led program which can be completed in about 9 months. We spoke to Stephanie who is a student in the first UI/UX cohort about why she chose Springboard, how she is juggling her job with the bootcamp, and why UX design is actually similar to video game illustration.
Continue ReadingCoding Bootcamps + COVID-19: Updates, Scholarships and Tips for Learning Online
9/24/2020
Schools and universities may be scrambling to figure out remote learning, but coding bootcamps have essentially been preparing for this since 2013. Online coding bootcamps already use Zoom video, Slack, GitHub, and VS Code Live Share for pair programming, online lectures, and to connect mentors and instructors with students. Of course, you can learn to code online – but it doesn’t stop there! Maybe you’ve needed to learn SQL for a while, or sharpen your data science skills, or wrap your head around UX Design. All of these digital skills are being taught online (not to mention, these are jobs that can be done remotely). Online bootcamps have been perfecting the online learning experience for years – and in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many in-person bootcamps are launching remote options. If you’re dreaming of a career change while stuck indoors, working from home, or quarantined, then here are our tips:
Continue ReadingHow Baba Gana Boosted His Tech Sales Career with SV Academy
3/16/2020
From his time spent as a door-to-door salesman, Baba Gana always knew he wanted to be in sales, but just wasn’t sure how to make the leap from business and marketing to tech sales in Silicon Valley. His MIB advisor recommended the free tech sales bootcamp SV Academy and Baba’s career has continued to grow ever since. Undaunted by SV Academy’s 3% admittance rate and intensive 4-week tech sales bootcamp, Baba Gana tells us how SV Academy helped him get two promotions in one year for his first full-time tech sales job!
Continue ReadingInside the new UI/UX Design Course at LearningFuze
3/11/2020
LearningFuze is launching a new part-time UI/UX Design Course at their campus in Irvine, California. We sat down with Lucy Darby, Instructor and Curriculum Designer, to find out what the UX curriculum will include (and exactly which UX tools you’ll learn), who the ideal student for the course is, and why learning HTML/CSS can help take your UX Design career to the next level!
Continue ReadingInside the new Lighthouse Labs Intro to Data Analytics Course
3/10/2020
After teaching web development for years and seeing the tech landscape evolve in Canada, Lighthouse Labs is taking the next step into data analytics and data science. We caught up with co-founder Khurram Virani to find out where he sees the need for data skills, what the curriculum for their new Part-Time Data Analytics Course will cover, and how to make the most of your time at a data bootcamp.
Continue ReadingFrom Healthcare to Software Engineer with Hackbright Academy
3/10/2020
Reyna Diaz began her career as a medical assistant, working in patient care and administration, but she soon realized neither were her dream job. She took her empathy and problem-solving skills to Hackbright Academy where she attended their Software Engineering bootcamp. Just three months after graduating from Hackbright Academy, Reyna is now working as a Software Engineer at Commure! We spoke with Reyna to learn how her pre-bootcamp skills help her in her new tech career, how Hackbright Academy prepared her for a JavaScript job, and how she landed her role at Commure.
Continue ReadingAlumni Spotlight: Mannex Pimentel of [Lighthouse]
3/9/2020
Mannex Pimentel decided to transition from talent management into a more stable tech career. After graduating from a web development bootcamp, he wanted to expand his data analytics skill set and chose Lighthouse’s Data Science and Analytics Part-Time Intensive in Atlanta. Mannex shares what makes Lighthouse different from other coding bootcamps, how the tech scene in Atlanta is growing, and how his career has evolved since graduating from Lighthouse.
Continue ReadingMeet Kasia: From Dancer to Developer with CareerFoundry
3/6/2020
Kasia Pryczek didn’t even own a computer, but was on the hunt for a creative, flexible, stable career as she raised her newborn. She enrolled in CareerFoundry’s Full-Stack Web Development Program, and after graduation, moved back to her home country of Poland for a job at a software consulting company called Startup Development House. Find out how Kasia juggled motherhood and bootcamp, got promoted from Junior to Mid-level Web Developer, and fought through imposter syndrome in her career change.
Continue ReadingInside the DigitalCrafts Career Prep Program
3/9/2020
DigitalCrafts alumni have been telling us about the bootcamp’s career prep for years – so what exactly goes into DigitalCrafts’ jobs curriculum? From interview prep to salary negotiation to honing soft skills, Student Success Manager Natalie Cataldo explains how DigitalCrafts students are set up for success post-graduation. We caught up with Natalie to find out what employers are looking for in new hires today plus how DigitalCrafts gets bootcampers job-ready with their comprehensive Career Prep module.
Continue ReadingInside Josie's Final UX Design Project at Brainstation: TrackFit
3/3/2020
Josie Altare combined her research skills with on-the-job training to transition into UX design. The UX designers she worked with recommended BrainStation, and Josie enrolled in the part-time UX Design Certificate Course and the part-time UI Design Certificate Course. Throughout those courses, Josie built the UI for a fitness tracker app and shares her Sketch and InDesign project with us! Today, Josie is a UX Designer at Morneau Shepell – learn how she got there, what she thinks about her BrainStation experience, and how she’s grown as a designer over the past 2 years.
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