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  Mel's Story: Landing a Job after DigitalCrafts with No Prior Tech Experience

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on April 7, 2021

    Have you ever set a New Year’s Resolution to start coding? Melissa Cantu researched coding bootcamps for years, but resolved to make 2018 the year she made a career change. To make her goal a reality, she decided to invest in a coding bootcamp with...

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  From Self-Taught to Full-Time: Formalizing a Coding Career with Thinkful

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on February 25, 2019

  Val had started teaching himself Android and was even getting some freelance projects – so why did he go to a coding bootcamp? He needed to formalize his skills so he could market himself as a real developer - so he turned to...

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  2 Years Later: Where are These Metis Grads?

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on February 22, 2019

  At Course Report, we talk to tons of data science bootcamp graduates – most bootcampers are going to a data science bootcamp with the goal of getting their first job as a data scientist when they graduate. And that's most likely going to be a junior level job – a Data Analyst or a Junior Data Scientist or Apprentice. That first job is definitely one milestone in a very successful data science...

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  What is AWS? A Guide to Amazon Web Services for Beginners

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on January 6, 2021

    In today’s world, understanding the ecosystem beyond coding can be the difference between a junior and a senior software engineer. One part of that ecosystem is cloud computing infrastructure like Amazon Web Services (AWS). Schno Mozingo, Head of...

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  Brynne's Career: From Fashion to UX Design with BrainStation

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on February 20, 2019

  Brynne’s background in the arts and visual design led her to the fashion industry, but she was ready to shift careers towards a more sustainable future. She decided to merge her creative background with her interest in psychology and pursue a career in UX design. Brynne enrolled in BrainSt...

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  Inside Lambda School’s European Expansion

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on October 4, 2019

  Lambda School has taken its curriculum (and popular Income Sharing Agreement) abroad! We sat down with Tommy Collison from Lambda to learn the motivations behind the school’s international expansion, how the ISA...

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  Why Learn Software Engineering at General Assembly

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on May 17, 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. With tech changing so rapidly, General Assembly has updated their Software Engineering Immersive curriculum to reflect the c...

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  Learning Product Design with Flatiron School

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on February 2, 2026

  Flatiron School took feedback from their design hiring partners to create the new Product Design program. We caught up with...

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  From Marine Corps to Web Development with San Diego Code School

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on October 21, 2020

  After four years in the Marine Corps, Samuel Warren considered a few different career paths. He decided to develop his analytical side by enrolling at San Diego Code School (SDCS) and found his military background had prepared him for an intensive learning experience. Samuel tells us about the real client project he built and how it’s helping him thr...

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  Tips for Kickstarting a Successful Software Engineering Career

  

  Michelle Lai

  Updated on February 11, 2019

  To launch your career as a software engineer, you’ll need to approach your education with your job goals at the forefront. So where should you put focus in order to equip yourself to land your first software engineer role and excel in that role?...

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