Liz Eggleston
Updated November 01, 2016
Have you heard the news? MakerSquare and Telegraph Academy’s network of schools are rebranded as Hack Reactor Austin, Hack Reactor Los Angeles, Hack Reactor San Francisco and Hack Reactor New York City. But what exactly does this mean for MakerSquare and Telegraph Academy alumni, current students, staff, and future students? We asked the Hack Reactor team to answer our questions about how this ...
Imogen Crispe
Updated September 01, 2016
As an immigrant from the Dominican Republic who grew up loving computers, Ricardo originally studied civil engineering in case he had to return home to get a job. But after the recession reduced the number of exciting civil engineering jobs available in the US, Ricardo decided to revisit his passion for coding and enroll at MakerSquare in Austin, Texas. Ricardo tells us about why he chose Maker...
Imogen Crispe
Updated December 04, 2024
Welcome to the August 2016 Course Report monthly coding bootcamp news roundup! Each month, we look at all the happenings from the coding bootcamp world from new bootcamps to big fundraising announcements, to interesting trends. This month the biggest news is the Department of Education's EQUIP pilot program to provide federal financial aid to some bootcamp students. Other trends include job pla...
Imogen Crispe
Updated August 02, 2016
Jamie was a software engineer working at companies like eBay and PayPal for 10 years before he followed his passion for teaching and joined MakerSquare Austin in August 2015. He is now Head of Instruction and leads the senior phase of the bootcamp, as well as iterating on the curriculum. Jamie tells us why he fully believes in the bootcamp model, why soft skills and team skills are so important...
Imogen Crispe
Updated July 14, 2016
MakerSquare has just opened in New York; its fourth campus after Austin, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. We spoke to campus managing director, Tyler Lambe, about his background starting another bootcamp, why MakerSquare chose to expand to New York, how the curriculum differs compared with other campuses, and what sort of companies are hiring junior developers in NYC. Q&A How is MakerSquare NYC ...
Liz Eggleston
Updated November 06, 2024
Since the first bootcamp acquisition in June 2014, we’ve seen several coding bootcamps get acquired by a range of companies from for-profit education companies (Capella Education), to co-working companies (WeWork), and other coding bootcamps (Thinkful + Bloc)! With rapid market growth in the bootcamp industry, for-profit education companies are taking note. These acquisitions and consolidations...
Liz Eggleston
Updated May 13, 2016
Meet Doa, an alum of MakerSquare’s first cohort in 2013. Three years later, Doa has immersed herself in the New York startup scene, fallen in love with JavaScript, and even hired several coding bootcamp graduates. Doa isn’t your “typical” developer, and she says that’s made all the difference. We talk about what makes a truly successful bootcamp grad, the 12-point checklist every bootcamper nee...
Imogen Crispe
Updated April 11, 2016
MakerSquare and Hack Reactor are two well-reputed, full-time coding bootcamps which teach full stack JavaScript. In January 2015, Hack Reactor acquired MakerSquare, and it became part of the Reactor Core network of schools. While MakerSquare continues to operate independently, the curriculum has changed slightly to better align with the other Reactor Core schools. Because of the overlap in curr...
Ravi Parikh
Updated March 15, 2016
Have you ever thought about building a technology company using code school graduates as your founding employees or even as a co-founder? It’s tempting since a junior developer from a bootcamp can cost two thirds less than a senior engineer, but can a code school graduate really build what you need at such an early stage? Hiring a junior at the foundational level of your company is a huge decis...
Liz Eggleston
Updated December 28, 2020
Are you planning on attending a coding bootcamp? Deciding between two bootcamps? We’ve scoured the net for alumni blogs from top coding bootcamps including Fullstack Academy, Dev Bootcamp, The Iron Yard, Coding Dojo, MakerSquare and Hack Reactor. From a CS major to an event planner, these bootcamp graduates give you a snapshot of what makes each coding school and experience unique. FVC Producti...
Nick Toscano
Updated September 08, 2015
Move over tinsel town and make some space in the greater Los Angeles area for some of the finest coding programs in the country. While LA once paled in comparison to San Francisco when it came to the sheer quantity of bootcamps, we've seen a surge in LA coding bootcamps this year. There is a wide choice of code schools with campuses in LA's "Silicon Beach" that all bring a unique take on web de...
Liz Eggleston
Updated May 14, 2015
Jeff Louie was a Physics and Econ double major at UC Davis who always had an interest in astronomy. After completing MakerSquare’s San Francisco JavaScript bootcamp, Jeff continued his education as a Fellow before landing a position as a software engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. We chat with Jeff about his coding bootcamp search, learning how to learn, and how much of Interstellar ...
Liz Eggleston
Updated April 15, 2015
Over the past year, we’ve seen coding bootcamps merge and be acquired by education powerhouses, but Hack Reactor’s recent acquisition of MakerSquare marked a first for the industry. What has this meant for the two full-stack, JavaScript bootcamps who have both boasted killer job placement rates and starting salaries? We catch up with MakerSquare CEO Harsh Patel to talk about the evolving curric...
Harry Hantel
Updated October 08, 2019
Welcome to the March News Roundup, your monthly news digest full of the most interesting articles and announcements in the bootcamp space. Want your bootcamp's news to be included in the next News Roundup? Submit announcements of new courses, scholarships, or open jobs at your school! Bootcamps in the News Tuition at We Can Code IT bootcamp Is Free - Until You Get a Job Innovate Arkansas Bringi...
Harry Hantel
Updated April 06, 2015
(updated April 2018) Slide across the roof of the General Lee, we’re heading south of the Mason-Dixon to check out the best coding bootcamps in the southern United States. There are some fantastic code schools from the Carolinas to Georgia and all the way to Texas, and we’re covering them all. Talk about Southern Hospitality! Hack Reactor Why: Even as they’ve expanded to San Francisco and Los A...
Liz Eggleston
Updated February 07, 2020
Welcome to the January News Roundup, your monthly news digest full of the most interesting articles and announcements in the bootcamp space. Want your bootcamp's news to be included in the next News Roundup? Submit announcements of new courses, scholarships, or open jobs at your school! Bootcamps in the News Obama announced plans to make community college free- should bootcamps be free too? Met...
Liz Eggleston
Updated January 28, 2015
Thinking about applying to MakerSquare or another immersive coding bootcamp? Thanks to a new partnership between online learning platform Thinkful and JavaScript bootcamp MakerSquare, you can get a headstart! We talk with MakerSquare founder Harsh Patel and Thinkful founder Dan Friedman to learn about their new Bootcamp Prep Course and how you can get $50 off your next Thinkful class! UPDATE: S...
Liz Eggleston
Updated December 22, 2014
Since 2013, MakerSquare has taught Ruby on Rails to aspiring full-stack developers. They've introduced more and more JavaScript with each cohort, and recently announced that the next cohort in February 2015 will be taught 100% JavaScript. MakerSquare founder Harsh Patel tells us why he's excited for the curriculum change! We recently heard the news that MakerSquare is fully switching to JavaScr...
Liz Eggleston
Updated November 19, 2014
Brian was a touring Texas singer-songwriter when he had an idea for an internet radio station app. He found MakerSquare in Austin and decided he would learn to build the app himself. We talk to Brian about his motivations for changing his career, what he would do differently, and how his class worked together throughout the course. Tell us what you were doing before you started at MakerSquare. ...
Liz Eggleston
Updated October 02, 2014
Welcome to the September News Roundup, your monthly news digest full of the most interesting articles and announcements in the bootcamp space. Want your bootcamp's news to be included in the next News Roundup? Submit announcements of new courses, scholarships, or open jobs at your school! Bootcamps in the News Udacity Raises Fresh $35M to Expand the ‘University of Silicon Valley’ In September, ...
