Alumni Spotlights

As a parent of two small children, Lara needed a flexible, online bootcamp that could accommodate her schedule and help her land a career in tech right after graduation. Lara shares how Hyrise Academy gave her the real world experience she needed to pivot her career from academia to tech sales. With...

When middle school teacher MaiAda hit a ceiling in her education career, she decided it was time to pursue her hobby – software engineering. MaiAda enrolled in Penn LPS Coding Boot Camp, offered in collaboration with edX, to develop a new skill set...

Thomas was a single parent who dreamed of working remotely in the IT field. By enrolling Eleven Fifty Academy’s part-time, online Cybersecurity bootcamp, Thomas was able to juggle working and parenting full-time while also making a career change. Find out how...

University student John Castaneto is wrapping up a degree in business management, but wanted real-world experience so he can quickly launch a career in digital marketing. The part-time, online Digital Marketing bootcamp at Jelly Academy offered John the real world application and instructional support he needed to understand and in...

Since graduating from BrainStation’s UX Design Bootcamp five years ago, Dorsa Giyahi has been building her career in product design. To take her career to the next level, Dorsa enrolled at BrainStation’s online Digital Leadership and Innovation course. Now Dorsa is applying the digital leadership techniques sh...

Jessica was working in local government administration where she got the opportunity to work on a technical project and found an interest in Python. After researching coding bootcamps, Jessica chose the full-time bootcamp at Coding Temple and landed her first Full Stack Developer role at Critical Mention just three months after gra...

When the pandemic disrupted Andre’s job in the service industry, the U.S. Navy veteran decided it was time to launch his tech career. Impressed by its full stack curriculum, affordable tuition, and affiliation with Georgia Tech, Andre decided to enroll in Georgia Tech Coding Boot Camp, offered in collaboration with edX. A...

Course Report · Was Borrowing an Ascent Loan Worth it For Liam? One of the most popular questions we hear at Course Report is “how do I pay for a coding bootcamp?” and we know that ~20% of bootcampers use a 3rd party loan. One of the most popular...

Steven toured the world as a theatrical electrician, but when the global pandemic put a screeching halt to his career, he decided to make the leap into tech. Steven shares why Coding Dojo was worth it for him, and walks us through the benefits of their attentive...

When he was laid off at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Akibo Watson decided it was time to pivot his sales role into a more stable, data-driven career. Akibo enrolled in the part-time course at Columbia Engineering Data Analytics Boot Camp (offered in collaboration with edX) to learn the fu...

The UT Arlington Cloud Engineering Bootcamp powered by Quickstart gives students real-world projects, on-demand mentoring, and portfolio-building opportunities. From strengthening security to understanding servers, Edgar Ayala’s final project – a Virtual Private Cloud – d...

Tim Dooley enjoyed teaching his high school students, but ultimately wanted a career that focused on unearthing exciting finds through innovative research. After some self-teaching, Tim enrolled at Metis’s full-time Data Science Bootcamp to learn everything from Python to data scraping to neural networks. Tim shares how the online communit...

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. General Assembly Immersive graduates Jess, Shane, and Scott learned everything they needed to know about prototyping, user...

Although Chris Santos was skilled in hardware test engineering, he knew it wasn’t his long-term career path. His tendency to organize led him to data engineering at Jigsaw Labs! With its personalized teaching style and career support, Chris explains what set Jigsaw Labs apart from other data bootcamps. Now Chris is three weeks into his new job as a Data Engineer at NEAR, and he shares what to ex...

Four years ago, Mathew Kostiuk was working odd jobs and wanted to find a career that would mentally challenge him. With his interest in coding piqued, he enrolled in Lighthouse Labs' Web Development bootcamp in Victoria, Canada. Mathew explains the benefits of his Lighthouse Labs over self-teaching, how...

After working for a decade in aerospace engineering, Jack Henstridge wanted to tap into his creative side and shift gears into UX design. After extensive research, he decided to enroll in the UX Academy program at Designlab because of the hands-on curriculum and mentors...

Juan, a graduate of Correlation One’s data science bootcamp wrote a Verified review of his bootcamp experience and won our latest sweepstakes competition! Over 1,200 tech bootcamp graduates wrote a Verified review for their school on Co...

Even with a background in economics, Doug was passed over for the data positions he wanted because he didn’t have an advanced degree. He spent his time rising up the ranks at Domino’s Pizza, going from food delivery to store manager, before the pandemic had Doug reassessing his career goals. In this article, Doug tells us why he chose...

Rohan Gupta was ready to transition into product management – he had mentors and support from his employer, but still needed formal training. Rohan enrolled in Product School to quickly reskill into a product management career while working full-time. Rohan gives us insider’s advice about making the shift fr...

Amber Riley started her career in a tech support role, but wanted to continue learning and growing in tech. She decided to pivot her career into software engineering by enrolling remotely at TrueCoders. Amber shares with us how the online coding bootcamp gave her the structure, community, and programming foundations she needed to be...