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Alicia BoddyUpdated on January 11, 2024What Is VET TEC? VET TEC is a high-tech training pilot program that doesn’t use GI Bill benefits and pays a monthly housing stipend to students in the program. VET TEC stands for Veteran Employment Through Technology Education Courses. In other words, veterans can attend a coding bootcamp for free without using any GI B...Continue Reading →- Imogen CrispeUpdated on October 28, 2019Fundraising Fall kicked off this October with three multi-million dollar bootcamp fundraises (plus one coding bootcamp was put up for sale). We’re also covering news about why companies like IBM and Accenture hire coding bootcamp grads, which companies are partnering with bootcamps to offer scholarships, and why more universities are launching bootcamps. Plus, find out information about t...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on October 24, 2019Tech Elevator’s sixth campus is in Philadelphia, PA, where the team is hoping to help solve the shortage of software developers in the area. We chatted with Caitie Zajko, Tech Elevator’s Pathway Program Director...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on November 1, 2021Three years into her degree, Selin realized that she no longer wanted to study neuroscience. She had always been interested in coding so she signed up for the Lighthouse Labs 21-Day Coding Challenge to test out the waters. The coding challenge helped Selin solidify her desire to switch d...Continue Reading →
- Liz EgglestonUpdated on October 22, 2019Katherine Louie is a Technical Recruiting Manager for Accenture with a focus on Diversity & Inclusion, so she knows how important it is to hire diverse technical teams. Accenture partners with Hackbright Academy, an all-women coding bootcamp in San Francisco, and has hired five graduates into their Technology and Co...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on October 21, 2019After running the UX Design Career Track for over a year, Springboard is launching a longer, more in-depth UI/UX Design Career Track with th...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on October 21, 2020Military veteran Albert Villaviza was tired of working in commission-based sales and wanted more financial security to support his wife and four young children. Albert came across Prehired’s software sales bootcamp on Facebook, and found the job guarantee “irresistible.” He tells us about working through the online program, getti...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on October 23, 2019DevMountain Director of Outcomes and Student Success, Chris Dominguez, gives us a peek at how his team helps graduates land jobs with companies like American Express and Wayfair after coding bootcamp. Chris explains how he...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on October 23, 2019Ben Lindau was a banker with an economics degree who knew he wanted to be coding for a living. Instead of moving further into his banking career, he switched jobs to work for a non-profit and enrolled in <...Continue Reading →
- Imogen CrispeUpdated on October 7, 2019Eric Carrillo was a surfer and entrepreneur dreaming of a digital nomad lifestyle. A serendipitous encounter with the CEO of Codesmith led him to enroll in their Continue Reading →
