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Why David Quit His Job to Learn Coding Full-Time at TrueCoders
9/13/2022
David Taccetta dove into several life changes at once: getting married, quitting his job, and enrolling in a full-time coding bootcamp at TrueCoders to make a career change! At TrueCoders, he was impressed with the beginner-friendly curriculum, dedicated career services, and reasonable repayment plans for tuition. Equipped with the practically applied information he learned at TrueCoders, David was ready for technical interviews. Find out what it was like as a bootcamper and what he’s working on now as a Junior Developer for Heritage Insurance!
What inspired you to pivot from working as a Research Analyst to Software Developer?
Continue Reading →WordleAssistant: What Jill Built at TrueCoders
6/15/2022
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Jill Oakes worked in TV for 16 years before transitioning to a tech career. She chose the Full Stack Software Engineering track at TrueCoders to boost her C# skills because of the job-relevant curriculum and affordable price. Jill walks us through WordleAssistant, an app she built for her capstone project at the bootcamp. Jill shares how TrueCoders gave her a slew of projects like WordleAssistant to add to her Github, and how that helped Jill land her first software developer role at online seed retailer, Beck's Hybrids! Plus, Jill shares her tried-and-true advice for incoming bootcampers on how to get the most out of their bootcamp experience.What is a Coding Bootcamp Like?
3/22/2022
Coding bootcamps are certainly the most efficient way to quickly make a successful career pivot. But what is a coding bootcamp actually like? Since 2014, we’ve spoken with hundreds of alumni about their in-person, online, full-time, part-time, and self-paced bootcamp experiences and now we’re sharing their insights with you! Let’s break down a typical day at a bootcamp, teaching styles, and exactly what to expect in a bootcamp classroom.
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Continue Reading →How TrueCoders Took Daniel From Construction to Coder in 9 Weeks
2/8/2022
Daniel Aguirre was working construction in 2021 and decided it was time to focus on making a career out of coding. Daniel enrolled at TrueCoders because of its solid coding foundation, dedicated instructors, flexible scheduling, and committed career coach. Daniel graduated from the online bootcamp and landed a .NET Developer job with Nexient, a hiring partner of TrueCoders! Daniel shares how he made this career change work amidst a pandemic and parenthood and whether he thinks TrueCoders was worth the investment.
Continue Reading →How TrueCoders Helps Students Land Tech Jobs
11/4/2021
With students from a wide variety of backgrounds from across the country, TrueCoders’ Career Services team steps in to prepare students for jobs that can change the trajectory of their lives. Denise Shines, Director of Career Services at TrueCoders, shares how her team helps students develop the networking, branding, and communication skills – starting in Week One on the bootcamp. Find out what you can expect throughout that TrueCoders career curriculum and why soft skills (like an eagerness to learn) are so important in the hiring process.
Continue Reading →From Tech Support to Software Engineering after TrueCoders
7/27/2021
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 qualified for developer and test engineer roles. Plus, Amber breaks down how the Career Services team at TrueCoders helped her land a Software Test Engineer job at eFinancial!
Continue Reading →Coding Bootcamps + COVID-19: Updates, Scholarships and Tips for Learning Online in 2022
4/7/2022
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:
At Course Report, we have been keeping tabs on how coding bootcamps are responding to and meeting the needs of their current and upcoming cohorts. We’ve seen in-person coding bootcamps transition to delivering live remote instruction, and also a lot of new hardship scholarships and initiatives to support students breaking into tech now.
Continue Reading →Back to School: These 27 Coding Bootcamps Start in Fall 2022
8/12/2022
As summer meanders into its final weeks, does back-to-school season make you long to be back in the classroom? It’s not just high schools and colleges that are about to reboot their classes in fall – these coding bootcamps all have upcoming courses online and in-person to jumpstart your new career starting in Fall 2022! Apply today and you could be a developer by the time 2023 rolls around!
If you’re interested in going to coding bootcamp soon, act quickly, as many of these fall coding bootcamp cohorts have application deadlines coming up very soon. Pro Tip: do some bootcamp prep to learn basic programming skills before you start the application process!
Continue Reading →Become a Developer at these Summer Coding Bootcamps!
5/4/2022
Oh Summer, one of the best seasons of the year! While it’s a time to relax, bask in the sun, and plan trips with family and friends, summer is also an awesome time to learn. If you’re a current student, teacher, or professional looking to learn to code, a summer bootcamp is a great opportunity to learn to code in a short time frame. Various coding bootcamps offer summer courses to help you launch a new career in tech. Check out the following courses to help you #learntocode this Summer 2022.
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