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  Git and GitHub: A Guide for Beginners

  

  David Whitaker

  Updated on February 3, 2020

  You 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 developers...

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  From Graphic Design to Coding in Pittsburgh with Tech Elevator

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on November 27, 2018

  Matthew 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 building J...

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  My UX Design Final Project at DevMountain

  

  Lauren Stewart

  Updated on November 26, 2018

  Justin 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 app to...

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  How Greg Became a Software Engineer at Atlassian after Holberton School

  

  Lauren Stewart

  Updated on November 14, 2018

  Greg 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 attend...

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  The New Online Badges at The Software Guild

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on November 13, 2018

  After offering an online coding bootcamp for several years, The Software Guild is launching a new version of the online program divided into four badges in 2019. We had a few questions about how these new badges would work, so we sat down with Th...

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  6 Coding Bootcamps at University of California Schools

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on October 21, 2020

  The University of California (UC) network is vast and well-established from Sacramento to San Diego, so it was only a matter of time before these schools offered coding bootcamps of their own. But which UC bootcamp is best for you? At the time of publication, all UC coding bootcamps are offered in collaboration with Trilogy Education. Because they’re powered by the same platform and network, w...

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  Engineering for a Good Cause After the Grace Hopper Program

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on November 8, 2018

  Mariya graduated from the Grace Hopper Program in mid-2016, and has been working as a Software Engineer at Crisis Text Line for more than two years. We...

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  Learning to Code as a Veteran at General Assembly

  

  Lauren Stewart

  Updated on November 15, 2018

  Josh Pearson served in the US Army for 5 years in operations management and as a helicopter pilot. When he was ready to transition into a civilian career, he chose to combine his project management background with a new set of coding skills from General...

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  From Software Developer to Data Scientist with Springboard

  

  Imogen Crispe

  Updated on November 6, 2018

  Brandon became a software engineer by attending a coding bootcamp, so when he wanted to shift his career to data science, there was no question he would turn to another bootcamp. He wanted to keep his part-time job and was living in a remote area, so he decided to enroll in...

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  Why This Lead Data Scientist Mentors Online with Thinkful

  

  Lauren Stewart

  Updated on December 4, 2024

  If you’re paired with Lauren Washington as your Thinkful mentor, consider yourself lucky. Lauren’s experience in the data science industry spans from a master’s degree in quantitative methods, to research for the CDC, to digital research at Nielsen, to wor...

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