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How LearningFuze Equipped Krystian For a Career in UI/UX Design
12/2/2020
When COVID-19 left Krystian unemployed, he jumped at the chance to make a career-change into design by enrolling at LearningFuze. Krystian shares his experience with us, including the tools he used to collaborate remotely with his classmates and instructors, what he learned in the LearningFuze UX/UI curriculum, and how he built up his design portfolio to prepare for his job search. LearningFuze is committed to helping graduates land their first design job, and Krystian shines a light on what that support actually looks like.
What inspired you to pursue a career in UI/UX design?
Continue Reading →October 2020 Coding Bootcamp News
10/29/2020
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10/1/2020
Continue Reading →From Teacher to Remote Software Engineer: Why James Chose LearningFuze
9/3/2020
James Dinh didn’t have the confidence to pursue his love for technology until he discovered LearningFuze. After spending years in college to become a history teacher, James enrolled in the Full-Immersion Coding Bootcamp at LearningFuze. Within three months of looking for a job amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, James landed his first remote software engineering job! James shares how LearningFuze continues to help him grow as a software engineer, plus his advice to other teachers who are looking to pivot into a tech career now.
What were you doing before launching your tech career?
Continue Reading →Are tech companies hiring coding bootcampers during COVID in 2021?
8/4/2020
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Virtual Classroom Tour: LearningFuze's Online Bootcamp
5/14/2020
LearningFuze bootcamps are usually taught in southern California, but have moved completely online due to COVID-19. Cody Miller, an instructor of the Full Immersion Program, Cody walks us through the differences between the online and in-person immersive, gives us a virtual tour of the LearningFuze online classroom, and shares advice for students who want to do well in an online bootcamp.
Continue Reading →4 Steps to Become a Remote Developer
5/6/2020
Remote jobs are rapidly becoming more popular in nearly every industry, growing by over 173% in the past decade. This phenomenon is sweeping the US, Canda, and most of Europe as millennials demand a better work-life balance. Over 3% of US employees work from home at least half of the time, and over 5% of the US works full-time remote jobs. Whether you want to work from home, become a digital nomad, or have a more flexible schedule, becoming a remote developer can help you find the job of your dreams. Remote work and remote coding bootcamps open a wide range of possibilities, including better salaries (remote software developers make an average salary of $66,000), less time spent commuting, and a better work-life balance.
Continue Reading →Coding Bootcamps + COVID-19: Updates, Scholarships and Tips for Learning Online in 2021
1/8/2021
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 start here – we've rounded up all of the scholarships for anyone impacted by COVID-19, updates from bootcamps regarding classroom closures (and reopenings), and our best tips for job searching online:
Continue Reading →Inside 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 Reading →What John Built at LearningFuze (and one year later)!
12/6/2019
John Holman was a Project Manager with a limited career path and a second child on the way when he decided to make a career change with LearningFuze. One year after graduating from the Full-Immersion Web Development Bootcamp, John sits down with us to talk about his career change and walk us through his final project. John and his group created a functional app called “Fund That Film” in PHP – see how it helped him land a Software Engineering job at Griddy.
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