Level Effect: Training the Next Generation of Cyber Security Experts
According to intelligence firm Risk Based Security, data breaches in 2020 led to the exposure of 36 billion records, and that’s for the first semester alone. Indeed, cyberspace has seen an alarming rise in cybercrimes, most of which resulted in…
The Most Popular Programming Languages
Knowing a programming language is essential for many high-tech jobs, such as those in the fields of data science and software engineering. A question people often ask when considering a new career that involves technology is "which programming language(s) should…
Top Bootcamp Rankings: First Quarter 2021
Bootcamps are an increasingly popular method of learning the skills one needs to pursue a tech job. In fact, over 40,000 people attended a bootcamp in 2020 alone, according to our most recent State of the Bootcamp Market study. Bootcamps…
A Deep Dive Into GetSmarter: Learning and Development Made Relevant
Careers used to be simple. Earn your bachelor’s degree, land a well-paying job, and work away until retirement. Over time, that simple model has gotten more complicated. Starting and maintaining a career is no longer a one-and-done deal but a…
TripleTen: How a European Tech Giant Is Making Tech Careers Available for All
Most coding bootcamps are tough and there’s a good reason. Coding bootcamps squeeze huge amounts of information into a short amount of time. And much like real bootcamps, students have to show their commitment by sticking with the programs no…
Take a Seat In the Galvanize Software Engineering and Data Science Classrooms
Galvanize needs no introduction. Nearly a decade since its establishment, Galvanize has managed to prime itself as a household name in the coding bootcamp space. At the time of writing, it has established its roots online and in eight cities…
Inside the Kenzie Academy Classroom: Instructors’ Spotlight
“I came to work this morning and I had this posted on my desk,” said Randy Cox as he showed us an orange sticky note with a message that read, ‘Come see me - Fury.’ “And you know, I’ve only…
Success Stories: Find Out What Life Is like after Nucamp
If you’re looking for a quick way to become a full-fledged web or mobile developer, Nucamp may be the solution for you. Taking that first step toward a brand new future doesn’t have to be scary and it doesn’t have…
The Algorithm Works, If You Fit the Culture: How App Academy Closes Tech’s Diversity Gap
In 2015, Google drew the ire of the public after its image-recognition app auto-tagged photos of Black people as “gorillas.” The following year, a tool used by US courts to measure a defendant’s re-offending rate was found to flag Black…
State of the Bootcamp Market Report 2021
Last year, we published our State of the Bootcamp Market 2020 report, a retrospective on the bootcamp space over the last decade. In 2019, the coding bootcamp market grew 4.38%, and we estimated 33,959 people attended and graduated from a…
Ethos, Logos, & Pathos: The Three Parts of a Persuasive Presentation
Every persuasive speech you’ve heard in your life—a marketing spiel, a political campaign speech, a call to action—is governed by the same three pillars of speech. These pillars have already been laid out more than 2,000 years ago, but they…
How to Get a Full-Tuition Scholarship for DevelopIntelligence’s Learn to Code Bootcamp
Handsome salaries, growth potential, and job security are just three of the many reasons people choose to pursue a career in tech. The news of talent shortage has been making headlines for several years now and experts are saying there…
The Rithm Team Reflects on the Anniversary of the Pandemic
“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” -Alan Watts We’ve all had to learn how to join in the dance of change this year. Much about…
How Coding Temple Can Help You Gain the Confidence To Break Into Tech
Are you thinking about a career change? If yes, you’re not alone. According to an Indeed study in 2019, 65% of the respondents have expressed the desire to make the shift at one point or another in their professional lives.…
The Springboard Experience: Making the Impersonal Personal
Virtual work and study have been an option for some time now, but over the last year, it’s clear that the shift to online platforms has accelerated faster than we could have ever imagined. With this proliferation of distance learning,…
Why DigitalCrafts Offers Two Ways to Learn Remotely
In a time where social distancing is an absolute necessity, remote learning is the perfect model for those looking to upskill or reskill amidst the pandemic. Many education providers, including DigitalCrafts, have moved their entire operations online. DigitalCrafts is a…
Thinkful’s Support Team: Building a Community of Success
In a previous article, we asked, “Why Thinkful?,” to discover why students might choose Thinkful for their bootcamp experience. A bootcamp’s curriculum and financing options may be appealing, but there’s another aspect that’s equally important to finding the right fit…
Deep Dive: How Tech Elevator Offers Opportunities for Everyone In Software Development
The software development field is expanding at a rapid pace, and many companies need technical talent to keep up. Because people are using the internet more than ever to work, stream, date, learn, and shop, companies of all stripes are…
An Income Share Agreement Helps A Flight Attendant Enter the Digital Cloud
After nearly five years of flying above the clouds, Evan Kolb found himself entering a different kind of cloud—the digital one. Upon earning a bachelor’s degree in East Asian Languages and Cultures, Evan landed a job as a flight attendant…
Hit Play With General Assembly: A Free Tech Conference Series
For a decade now, General Assembly has cultivated a robust community with a strong passion to spur the growth of the tech industry. This is evident in its award-winning curriculum, career-centric support, and expansive offerings to help tech aspirants worldwide…
How to Use the Python Get Current Directory Method
You can use the Python scripting language to interact with your operating system and navigate between files. The process is similar to using a command line interface. Python’s get current directory, or Python os.getcwd(), allows you to change directories and…
A Beginner’s Guide to Income Share Agreements with Meratas
If you’re here, you’re probably looking to make a career change. When you’re trying to find a new path, it can be daunting to look through every option you have at your disposal. Beyond that, it can be stressful figuring…
Is Flatiron School Worth It? A 2020 Job Outcomes Report Deep Dive
“I graduated in May of 2019 from a coding bootcamp [called] Flatiron School. I got my job a week before graduation and I started working in June [as a junior software engineer for biotech company Baylor Genetics]... So, here we…
Nucamp: 2020 and Early 2021 in Review
Nucamp has been in the bootcamp scene since 2016, born out of founder Ludovic Fourrage’s aspiration to fill in the talent gap in the technology industry. Mr. Fourrage himself is no stranger to the tech sphere, having spent 18 years…
JavaScript Add Class: A Guide
Adding a class property to an element helps the developer create a dynamic user experience on the web page. When a class property is added to an element, that selected element will assume the styling associated with that class name.…
Using jQuery toggle()
The jQuery toggle() method can be thought of as a lightswitch. When called, it toggles the selected elements “on” or “off.” That is, it toggles between rendering elements to the user or hiding them. In the following example, we will…
How to Use git merge
When contributing code to an app, usually you’ll be committing that code on a feature branch in git. In this guide, we will look at how to keep the projects commits in sync. We will also take a brief look…
A Brief Introduction to jQuery animate()
The jQuery animate() method performs custom animations on specified CSS properties. It accepts a number of arguments. The first argument is an object containing the CSS changes to be made. The second argument is able to handle multiple options such…
PowerShell: Courses, Trainings, and Other Resources
The command-line interface is a powerful and common tool that programmers and security professionals alike use every day. Linux has a very powerful command-line interface called Bash, which allows root-level access to all directories and installed tools of the operating…
Why The Tech Academy May Be The Right Bootcamp For You
The Tech Academy Origin Story The Tech Academy is the brainchild of Erik Gross, a seasoned industry professional with over 20 years of experience, and a longtime friend with an extensive background in teaching and curriculum development, Jack Stanley. Mr.…
