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How Rory Landed a Lockheed Martin Internship with Holberton School
5/29/2020
After years of trying different career paths as a salesman, bartender, and caterer, Rory Fahy realized that his future was in technology. When Holberton School’s New Haven campus opened up right near his home, Rory took it as a sign to enroll in the Full Stack Web Development career pathway. After completing the Foundations portion of the program, Rory landed an internship at Lockheed Martin. Learn what Rory plans to pursue next in Holberton School’s Specialization program, plus his advice for others looking to launch a tech career.
Continue Reading →How Rene Landed a Remote Internship After Holberton School
5/1/2020
Rene Goertzen has always taken her education into her own hands – so she found the self-driven, collaborative classroom at Holberton School to be perfect for her learning style. After learning C and Python at Holberton in San Francisco, Rene landed a remote internship with Alygne. We caught up with Rene to share her tips for working remotely, the importance of building community while learning, and her advice to get the most out of Holberton School.
Continue Reading →April 2020 Coding Bootcamp News Roundup
5/27/2020
Continue Reading →March 2020 Coding Bootcamp News
3/31/2020
In the face of the global coronavirus pandemic, this month has shown that coding bootcamps are uniquely prepared to deliver quality remote learning to those now staying indoors, working from home, or even unemployed. In addition to COVID-19 news, March brought a $19 million fundraise, regulatory news, several scholarships to close the gap in diversity in tech, and 6 new schools in the Course Report directory!
Continue Reading →A Guide to Low Level Programming for Beginners
3/23/2020
High-level languages like JavaScript and Python may be the most popular programming languages today, but there’s no argument that these languages are doing a lot of work for the developer, from memory management to runtime interpretation. On the other hand, low level programming has very little abstraction – you’re writing code much more closely to the computer. So why would you want to learn low level programming? In this guide, a mentor and student from Holberton School answer all of your questions about low level programming!
Continue Reading →Coding Bootcamps + Coronavirus: Updates, Scholarships and Tips for Learning Online
6/3/2020
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 Reading →February 2020 Coding Bootcamp News
2/27/2020
February was busy with $70 million in fundraising, 5 new university-bootcamp partnerships, and regulatory controversies that centered around California schools Lambda School and Holberton School. We also talk about two new influential reports about tech training this month, and continued discussion about the future of tech education. And of course we round up new campuses, and 13 new coding bootcamps we added to the Course Report directory in February.
Continue Reading →January 2020 Coding Bootcamp News Roundup
1/30/2020
It's our first podcast of 2020 and January is already buzzing with bootcamp news! To kick off the New Year, we’re telling you about new acquisitions, fundraises, accreditation, and regulation. Plus we’re passing along tips on how to spruce up your resume for that new tech job! And of course we round up general coding bootcamp updates, new campuses, and new coding bootcamps in the Course Report directory.
Continue Reading →All About Holberton School’s New Tulsa Campus
11/11/2019
Holberton School’s new Tulsa campus launches in January 2020 in Tulsa’s downtown Arts District. Libby Wuller, the Campus Director at Holberton School’s Tulsa campus, tells us why Tulsa is the perfect city for their new campus, the financial incentives they’ll be offering to attract and keep software engineers in Tulsa, and what the tech industry in looks like in Oklahoma. Plus, Libby’s favorite Tulsa meetups to dip your toes into coding!
Continue Reading →From Musician to Pinterest Software Engineer with Holberton School
9/23/2019
After an injury derailed his plan to be an orchestral flute player, Jinji Zhang started wondering how his computer (or “Netflix machine”) worked. He tried out coding, and became addicted! His love for San Francisco combined with his self-starter personality led him to Holberton School. Jinji tells us how Holberton’s application process convinced him it was the right choice, how diverse his cohort was, and how his music background was applicable to coding. Now Jinji is working as an Apprentice Software Engineer at Pinterest!
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