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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…

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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…

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…

COVID-19 Update: Transitioning to Virtual Class Sessions

Updated as of March 17, 2020 For the health and safety of our students, in cooperation with UC San Diego Extension, current UC San Diego…

After Quitting His Job, Relocating, and Completing a Coding Boot Camp, Steven Dytewski Finally Landed in the Right Place

Early on in his career, Steven Dytewski interned as an electronic technician. While in this role, he asked one of the senior engineers at the company for…

Sheetal Srikumar Has Spent Her Whole Life Learning—With a Baby on the Way, She’s Realizing it’s Time to Teach

Sheetal Bangalore Srikumar considers herself a lifelong learner. Her inquiring mind has always guided her decisions, and it is what eventually drew her toward a life-changing…

Saba Borjian on Coding, Using Her Boot Camp Skills, and Women in Tech

Saba Borjian came into the Coding Boot Camp at UC San Diego with no shortage of knowledge about the tech industry, having previously worked as a software development…

All Roads Lead to Data: Tony Phelps’s Serendipitous Journey Into Analytics

The path to what you want isn’t always clear-cut—a fact Tony Phelps knows well. For Tony, the journey to his current role was multi-pronged. With…

From Petri Dish to Professional Coder: How this Lab Tech Changed Careers to Land His Dream Job

When Kevin Lee landed a job in biotech right out of college, he was excited. He’d worked in the field as a researcher before graduation and had…

Student Spotlight: Chemical Engineer Expands Skill Set With Coding

Melissa Nguyen wasn’t sure she wanted to learn how to code while at school, despite pursuing research in some complex technical areas including ultrasound technology.…