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| Jul 26, 2017 | Two national dev bootcamps shut down, but these Philly camps aren’t fazed | In the past 30 days, Iron Yard and Dev Bootcamp have announced they’d be shutting down all their coding schools by the end of the year.
Both decisions were ultimately fueled by a rough climate in the coding education space. As more and more... |
| Jul 13, 2017 | Dev Bootcamp shuttering shows challenges of teaching coal miners to code | We heard this week that Dev Bootcamp, the first of the coding bootcamps, will close its doors in December, unable to “reach a sustainable business model,” according to the company. But I think there’s more hiding behind the headlines (isn’t... |
| Jul 13, 2017 | Dev Bootcamp shuttering shows challenges of teaching coal miners to code | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
We heard this week that Dev Bootcamp, the first o... |
| Jul 3, 2017 | 5 perspectives on diversity in tech | Who’s responsible for creating a pipeline for diverse tech talent?
In New York City, much of that work is being done by Dev Bootcamp, and the immersive web development program does not take that responsibility lightly.
“As a local bootcamp ... |
| May 30, 2017 | Which coding bootcamp is best for you? 6 things to consider | In the past five years, New York’s coding bootcamp industry has grown significantly. The growth is good in many ways. A growing market with more competition means more choices for students and greater acceptance of non-traditional tech empl... |
| Mar 31, 2017 | These 13 companies are hiring right now and you can meet ’em at NET/WORK 2017 | Dear friend,
Are you on the hunt for a more (pick all that apply) exciting/profitable/challenging/mission-driven job?
Maybe you’re just curious as to what opportunities are out there for someone with your skill set?
What if you could meet f... |
| Jun 15, 2016 | Meet the 17 best Meetup groups in DC | Technical.ly’s mission is focused on bringing communities together. The same could be said of Meetup. But how do you get all of a city’s niche tech meetups together in one place for one purpose? You create a Super Meetup.
The idea of the Su... |
| Apr 11, 2016 | Facebook’s using F8 proceeds to fund Dev Bootcamp scholarships for underrepresented people in tech | Ahead of its annual F8 developers conference, Facebook has announced a partnership with Dev Bootcamp to fund scholarships for 20 people of color and/or women to attend the 19-week program for free this year. Facebook’s using a portion of th... |
| Mar 5, 2016 | 3 signs you’ll soon be attending a coding bootcamp at your college | Drew Sing Contributor
Drew Sing is a consultant focused on the edtech space.
It all started as an alternative to the traditional college education. Now they’ve caught the eyes of deans across the country.
Coding bootcamps have been a trendi... |
| Feb 22, 2016 | How NET/WORK helped this new developer get a job at Tonic Design Co. | Job hunting can be brutal.
In 2014, Philly native Stanley Griggs II decided to pursue a career in web development and bought a ticket to NET/WORK Philly. Not sure of the outcomes, Griggs put on his game face and opted to make the best of th... |
| Nov 8, 2015 | Coding bootcamps are replacing computer science degrees | In recent years, a growing number of coding boot camps have helped address the large gap between available software engineering positions and qualified candidates to fill them. Coding bootcamps have been so successful that observers have wo... |
| Feb 17, 2015 | YWeb Career Academy Tackles Tech Diversity, Madison Racial Disparity | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
It’s one thing to lament the tech industry’s lack of diversity, as many have done in recent months. It’s another thing to actually go out and do something about it.
One group ... |
| Jan 13, 2015 | Bringing Programming Education Online, Thinkful Raises $4.25 Million | Thinkful, the online continuing education services company for programmers and developers, has raised $4.25 million in a new round of funding as it looks to expand its portfolio of education offerings.
“We’ve found a away to get a lot of pr... |
| Dec 16, 2014 | A Wave Crests: Silicon Valley, Postsecondary Education And A Half-Trillion Dollars | Shawn Drost Contributor
Editor’s note: Shawn Drost is co-founder of Hack Reactor.
It’s easy to forget that these are early days for the Internet. We still have different ideas on what it is or how it should work. The web is governed by an i... |
| Nov 7, 2014 | Codecademy Teams Up With Online And Offline Coding Schools To Create ReskillUSA | A lot of people probably see Codecademy as a place to build up programming skills before hitting the job market, but now the company is teaming up with similar organizations like Thinkful, The Flatiron School, and Dev Bootcamp to create a b... |
| Sep 24, 2014 | Learn-to-code boot camps open doors for talented graduates | Coding boot camps, which generally focus on Ruby on Rails and front-end coding languages like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, say they have job placement rates north of 90 percent. These intensive programs are generally selective and expensive. ... |
| Sep 11, 2014 | Corporate America, Your Future Engineers Aren’t Attending Career Fairs Anymore | Vivek Ravisankar Contributor
Vivek Ravisankar is co-founder and CEO of HackerRank.
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Editor’s note: Vivek Ravisankar is the CEO and co-founder of Y Combinator gradu... |
| Aug 20, 2014 | Inside PhillyDevCamp, the city’s first free developer bootcamp | Aisha Davie got her master’s degree in school counseling from Harvard but she never made it to a Philadelphia public school.
“When I found out they were laying off counselors and closing schools, I knew I had to figure something else out,” ... |
| Aug 20, 2014 | Startup Institute Alumni Raise $400K to Help Others Afford Alternative Learning | When Sebastian Fung enrolled in the Startup Institute, he had dreams of starting his own company. He left his comfortable finance job at PricewaterhouseCoopers, and moved from Toronto, Canada, to Boston in hopes of finding a co-founder — a ... |
| Jul 29, 2014 | 16 Coding Bootcamps That Offer Scholarships for Women | In a recent study, RJMetrics found that the tech community was about 29% female, with some cities scoring as low as 17% or 20%. Sam Altman just released some Y Combinator statistics on diversity, revealing that 19.5% of the startups they’ve... |
| Jun 18, 2014 | Galvanize CEO Opens Up About $18M Round, Plan to Create Ed Startup | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Ever since Jim Deters and his co-founders launched Galvanize in Denver in October 2012, they’ve emphasized what they call the three C’s: community, capital, and curriculum.
Bu... |
| Feb 18, 2014 | 14 Resources That Women in Tech Should Know About | With women only making up an estimated 12 percent of software engineers in the United States, and a growing shortage of software developers, momentum is gathering to encourage and show women that they can succeed in technology roles. Grants... |
| Feb 18, 2014 | Why Coding Bootcamps Should Be Regulated | Learn to code bootcamps are all the rage these days. Hundreds are cropping up across the world, and that number continues to grow. As these schools become popular among job seekers and students, government regulators are cracking down on pr... |
| Jan 30, 2014 | California bootcamp will work with regulator: ‘Whatever the cost — it’s worth it to satisfy the state’ (interview) | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
VentureBeat reported yesterday that a little-know... |
| Jan 30, 2014 | California bootcamp will work with regulator: ‘Whatever the cost — it’s worth it to satisfy the state’ (interview) | VentureBeat reported yesterday that a little-known California regulatory agency called Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education (BPPE) sent cease-and-desist letters to at least eight learn-to-code bootcamps.
According to my sources, these... |
| Oct 31, 2013 | The 7 best ways to learn how to code | It’s never been a better time to pick up programming.
No matter your age or experience, a plethora of tools are available to get you started or to help you refine your programming chops. Best of all, many of those resources are free.
You no... |
| Jun 24, 2013 | Canadian Province Cracks Down On Coding Schools | Learn-to-code programs go up against the status-quo education system. Now at least one code school has learned that it might also be going up against the law.
Bitmaker Labs’ business model is to train people in Toronto to become professiona... |
| May 14, 2013 | RocketSpace Launches RocketU Developer Bootcamp With In-Person Classes For N00bs And Ninjas | If you can’t program, the future’s looking bleaker and bleaker. And if you can, learning to manage other code monkeys could get you promoted. Office-as-a-service provider RocketSpace’s new RocketU is a tech professional education program ai... |
| Mar 16, 2013 | Marvin Ammori's Favorite Techdirt Posts of the Week | With so many good posts this week, it’s hard to select only a handful of favorites. Here are some stories that captured my attention. I chose an overall favorite and then one per day. They’re all worth reading. |
| Jan 12, 2013 | General Assembly aims to match education to market demands | The digital economy demands a workforce that is computer-literate, fluent in technology trends, and attuned to the market. General Assembly, a global education network focused on technology, business, and design, claims it can get the masse... |
| Dec 31, 2012 | In 2013, here’s why we’ll seriously consider alternatives to higher ed | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
This is a guest post by Dale Stephens, founder of... |
| Dec 8, 2012 | Defining A Growth Hacker: Debunking The 6 Most Common Myths About Growth Hacking | In this series titled “Defining a growth hacker,” I explore the meaning and practical application of growth hacking through a number of interviews with prominent growth hackers. This is the fifth and final post in the series. The previous p... |
| Dec 3, 2012 | How Dev Bootcamp Is Transforming Education To Focus On “Extreme Employability” | Michael Staton is an Entrepreneur in Residence at Learn Capital and a Community Advisor to NewSchools Venture Fund EdTech. He is the founder and Chief Evangelist of Inigral, and is currently mapping the market of innovation in education. He... |
| Aug 9, 2012 | HackRocket sends out global casting call to aspiring mobile entrepreneurs | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
In the ever-unfolding drama of the technology world, the conflict dominating the stage is how to successfully create mobile apps. The q... |
| Jun 6, 2012 | Ladies Learning Code Team Aims to Fix Programmer Education – One City at a Time | Heather Payne wanted to learn to code. She worked in marketing for a large company and wanted to learn to make websites on her own, but she didn’t have any support network: No developer friends to give her advice on what language to use. No... |
| May 10, 2012 | Startups Court Dev Bootcamp’s Ruby Grads: 88% Have Offers At Average Of $79K | There are no two ways around it, there’s a high demand for developers and engineers not only in the Bay Area, but around the country. There’s a war for talent, as we touched on here, and it’s well worth finding a new approach to not only co... |
| May 10, 2012 | Developer Bootcamp Teaches Regular Folks To Code – and Maybe Get a Job at a Startup | Learning to code is becoming the key skill for anyone who wants to launch a tech startup, or even just get a job working at a hot tech company. That may seem intimidating, but programming is not some monumental skill that only specially gif... |
| Apr 28, 2012 | They Ain’t Making Any More of Them: The Great Engineering Shortage of 2012 | Editor’s note: This post is authored by guest contributor Jon Bischke. Jon is a founder of Entelo and is an advisor to several startups. You can follow Jon on Twitter here.
Corner any up-and-coming Kevin Systrom wanna-be and have a heart-to... |
| Apr 18, 2012 | Startup News: Dev Bootcamp, Incubator Deadlines, Closet Monsters From TV and Free Food | Stacy London of What Not to Wear has a new startup called Style For Hire. (Source: Phil Plait via Wikipedia)
SHUTTER. Luminance is not your average photography conference. Instead of focusing on the latest gear, this two-day program will br... |