We get it — coding can feel intimidating. It’s hard to know the best way to learn coding when the Hollywood-cool portrayal of the profession can seem so daunting. You know the scenes, with hands practically flying over the keyboard, a skilled programmer churns out lines of indecipherable code and crafts a flawless application by…
Digital Collaboration: How UX/UI Professionals and Learners are Using Figma to Maintain a Collaborative Workspace Online
Teamwork and collaboration are two of the most important factors in an effective UX/UI design process that leads to the development of a great product. With the recent widespread move to remote work, many teams who are used to collaborating in person now rely on the internet to bring them — and their ideas —…
How an Online Boot Camp Gave This World Traveler Skills She Can Use to Work From Anywhere
Ashley Hart didn’t always know that she wanted to code, but she always knew that she wanted to travel. As a free spirit who loves living in new places, Ashley wanted a job that she could do from anywhere in the world. Ashley’s career involved work in many fields, from nonprofit organizations to customer service centers.…
17 Skills All Programmers Need to Have (2021 List)
So, you want to become a programmer — but what does the term mean, exactly? And what are the specific sets of hard and soft skills that programmers need? It’s remarkably broad as far as labels go, since individuals with programming skills could work in fields as far-flung from each other as healthcare and game development. …
Your Top 15 Online Boot Camp Questions Answered
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…
Why Employers Are Drawn to Online Boot Camp Learners
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…
7 Characteristics of a High-Quality Online Boot Camp
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…
The UX/UI Industry: A Beginner’s Guide
In today’s digital era, a well-designed user experience (UX) and user interface (UI) make a website or an app more engaging, trustworthy, and accessible. That is why an increasing number of companies are looking for talented user interface and user experience designers who can transform the digital presence of their business through optimized interfaces,…
10 Tips for Effective Online Learning
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,…
10 Effective Job Search Strategies
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…