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Liz EgglestonUpdated on January 6, 2015In today's spotlight, we talk to Ryan Holdaway of Mastery Connect, an education company that has hired several DevPoint Labs graduates. Learn about their relationship with DevPoint Labs, what Mastery Connect looks for in new hires, and how they mentor DevPoint grads to continue g...Continue Reading →- Liz EgglestonUpdated on December 26, 2014After founding Notch8, a Ruby on Rails consultancy, in 2007 and working with several Epicodus graduates, Chelsea and Rob Kaufman decided to expand into education, launching Notch8 LEARN. We talk to Chelsea and Rob about the LEARN Ruby on Rails bootcamp, why they're excited to teach new programmers in San Diego, and their par...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on November 27, 2024Josh Mejia is a true example of a bootcamp success story: when a traditional college education wasn't an option, Josh decided to shape his career by attending gSchool. When Jeff Casimir left gSchool to start Turing, Josh saw an opportunity to be involved in a new type of education. He is now a full-time inst...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on December 24, 2014NOTE: This Q&A may be outdated. Tealeaf Academy is now Launch School. Matthew Barram had done some website development for his side-business, but had doubted his ability to be a full-time web developer. Based in Brisbane, Australia and too far from in-person developer bootcamps,...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on December 23, 2014Ryan Choi was looking for a career path that allowed him to be creative when he found LearningFuze in Irvine, California. We catch up with Ryan about his experience at LearningFuze: how he learned to build breaks into his schedule, the PHP curriculum, and LearningFuze's committment to job and interview preparation.Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on December 23, 2014Since 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...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on December 22, 2014Alex got her undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering and previously worked as a program manager for a manufacturing company. As she started to think about future projects to pursue, Alex knew she would need programming skills. After meeting Jeff Casimir at Turing, Alex was convinced. We talk to her ab...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on December 22, 2014Aaron Brager is a seasoned iOS Developer who gained notoriety by contributing extensively to the Stack Overflow community. Now, he's the iOS Course Director at Bloc, an online, mentored bootcamp with courses in ...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on December 20, 2014Although John Shiver had a stable job as an underwriting lawyer, he turned to Code Fellows when he was ready for a career change. We talk to John about his initial skepticism of a bootcamp education, instructor Cris Ewing's teaching s...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on December 19, 2014Introducing Sue Li, Instructional and Curriculum Designer at CareerFoundry. Sue’s extensive background in K-12 education and project-based learning made her the perfect fit for the Berlin-based educational platform where she works on the design of the curriculum for CareerFoundry’s online courses inContinue Reading →
