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As an elementary school art teacher, Jennifer Alejos always found creative ways to incorporate her passion for technology into her curriculum. She created YouTube lessons for her students, taught them how to use different programs, and even built websites to write and maintain an art curriculum for new teachers at her school.  When Jennifer decided…

You’re interested in an online boot camp—but you first want to know how it actually works. What can you expect from the online format? If you’re just discovering our boot camps, you likely have many questions that you’d like the answers to before taking the next step. It is important to make an informed decision…

Think about one of your favorite websites. Maybe it has exceptional functionality, or perhaps you love it for its aesthetic characteristics. The joy and ease you experience on that website are largely thanks to the fruits of a front end developer’s labor.  There are different types of web developers, all of whom participate in the…

Many of today’s leading employers are beginning to embrace new models of education, including online learning. As a result, we see a number of employers hiring online boot camp s due to their work ethic and combination of hard skills (technical knowledge) and soft skills (adaptability, collaboration, creativity, etc.). Because of the fast-paced nature of…

As the unprecedented shift towards online learning continues to grow, more s are seeking out the combination of skills development and flexibility offered through an online boot camp education. Today it is more possible than ever to break into fields such as web development, financial technology, UX/UI, cybersecurity, and digital marketing through the help of…

Thanks to the many advancements in modern technology, an online education has become more accessible than ever before, allowing learners to receive the same high-quality experience and outcomes offered by traditional education via a virtual experience. The recent weeks have witnessed an increasing number of schools and universities around the world transition to online-only learning,…

Updated as of March 24, 2020 For the health and safety of our students, in cooperation and in accordance with University of Arizona, current face-to-face Univesity of Arizona Boot Camp classes will move to virtual class sessions.  To ensure a seamless transition, we’re providing extra training to all active instructional staff on how to effectively…

After selling the tech start-up he co-founded, Charles Gedeon wondered what to tackle next. While handling operations at his company, he’d always been fascinated by the work done by the coders on his team, so that seemed like a good place to start.  “That whole process pulled me in,” Charles said. “So I started dabbling…

As a self-taught programmer, I wasted time learning things I didn’t need to know and took more time in my studies than necessary. Later, when I found a mentor, I realized the importance of formal instruction to help students avoid similar mistakes. This revelation inspired me to become an instructor, and I started in a…

As a church musician, Jaime Gonzalez thought he had landed his dream job—one he truly enjoyed, was naturally talented at, and could see making a difference in people’s lives.  But he yearned to start a family with his husband. “We wanted to get a house and have kids,” he said, adding that his musician’s salary was just…