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April 2022 Coding Bootcamp News
5/4/2022
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How Brandon Went From Gig Work to IT Support with Merit America
4/11/2022
Brandon was working in gig jobs for Instacart and Doordash, but saw an entry point into tech through IT Support. He enrolled at Merit America to learn IT alongside his career coach and used the Success Sharing Agreement to avoid upfront tuition, balancing the remote program while continuing to work in New York. The career team at Merit America set Brandon up with an interview at Infosys, and today he is working as a Tech Support Associate on a project at Aerojet Rocketdyne. Read Brandon’s advice for other beginners who want to get their foot in the door and hear if Merit America was worth it!
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3/1/2022
Continue Reading →Ultimate Guide to Non-Profit Coding Bootcamps
2/10/2022
While many coding bootcamps are for-profit educational institutions, there are a handful of non-profit coding bootcamps that are on a mission to help career-changers break into tech! Some non-profit coding bootcamps are working to make the tech industry more diverse while others exist to uplift underserved communities and provide training for high-wage jobs. There are also coding bootcamps that began as a private, for-profit partnership but grew into non-profits.
In this guide, we’ve rounded up 10 non-profit coding bootcamps and everything you need to know about them. Find out what makes non-profit coding bootcamps unique, why a bootcamp would choose to become a non-profit, and which non-profit coding bootcamp might be best for you!
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