August 2024 Coding Bootcamp News

Table of Contents

• $11M IN BOOTCAMP FUNDRAISES
• THE FUTURE OF TECH TALENT
• BRIDGING THE TECH GAP
• 2 NEW CODING BOOTCAMP COURSES
• FAVORITE PIECES ON THE BLOG

As summer wraps up, we’re highlighting news about an $11M coding bootcamp fundraise, and the impact that smaller, regional coding bootcamp programs are having on their communities. We also cover the latest initiatives to diversify tech and train more people in AI skills. And here at Course Report, we released our Best Online Bootcamps of 2024 list! Plus, learn about the 6 new coding bootcamps we added to Course Report this August.

Curious about what happened in July? Check out last month’s post to listen to our July coding bootcamp news roundup!

$11M IN BOOTCAMP FUNDRAISES

• Upskilling platform, Uplimit, closed an $11M Series A round led by Salesforce Ventures. The funding will help them further develop their AI-powered enterprise training. 
• Upright Education, which runs bootcamps at schools like the Community College of Vermont, received an investment from Rebalance Capital this month. 
• Wake Tech announced it will launch its own 30-week cybersecurity bootcamp this November, thanks to an $882,000 cooperative agreement from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

THE FUTURE OF TECH TALENT

• Technical.ly’s Holly Quinn asked the question if coding bootcamps are still worth it in 2024, and noted that smaller and not-for-profit coding bootcamps, like Zip Code Wilmington, are thriving.

• Christopher Wink from Technical.ly dug into where the future of tech talent will come from. 
• Inside Indiana Business had a conversation with Alex Sejdinaj, co-founder of South Bend Code School, about training and supporting regional tech talent. 
• In Nature, Christian Landry, who runs a research lab, shared how effective a Python bootcamp was in reskilling his employees. 

BRIDGING THE TECH GAP

• Thanks to a recent grant from MacKenzie Scott’s fund, Yield Giving, Technical.ly reports that Resilient Coders has been able to hire more staff members and add AI skills and entrepreneurial training programs. 
• Hechinger Report zoomed in on the positive effect non-profit, tuition-free tech training programs like Marcy Code Lab in NYC and Hack the Hood in Oakland are having. 
• CBC reported on the effectiveness of Coding for Veterans, a Canadian tech training program for military veterans.

2 NEW CODING BOOTCAMP COURSES

• UK-based Northcoders announced it will be offering a Software Development in C# bootcamp and they’re now accepting applications for its first cohort. 
• Virginia-based online tech training provider, Kodeco, has expanded their bootcamp offerings to include two new AI programs.

6 NEW SCHOOLS ADDED TO COURSE REPORT

• Greenbootcamps
• University of Louisiana at Lafayette Bootcamps by Institute of Data
• VCU Bootcamps by Institute of Data
• UTS Bootcamps by Institute of Data
• Curtin University Bootcamps by Institute of Data
• Singapore IMDA Bootcamps by Institute of Data

FAVORITE PIECES ON THE BLOG

Jess spoke with Zubair Desai from Hack Reactor about the do’s and don’ts of using generative AI as a coding bootcamp student. 

Liz enjoyed learning about what it’s really like to work as a Chief Compliance Officer from Daniel Barzman. Daniel also shares about why he upskilled with the cybersecurity bootcamp at 4Geeks Academy, and whether he would hire cybersecurity bootcamp grads for his own team.