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Coding bootcamps are intensive programs of software development. They first appeared in 2011. [1]
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Coding bootcamps are intensive programs of software development. They first appeared in 2011. [1]
The first coding bootcamps were opened in 2011. [2] [3]
As of July 2017, there were 95 full-time coding bootcamp courses in the United States. [4] [ needs update ] The length of courses typically ranges from between 8 and 36 weeks, with most lasting 10 to 12 (averaging 12.9) weeks. [5]
Following the increased popularity of coding bootcamps, some universities have started their own intensive coding programs or partnered with existing private coding bootcamps. [6]
There are various online options for online bootcamps. These usually work by matching students with a mentor and are also generally cheaper and more accommodating to specific student needs. [7]
Bootcamps that focus less on full stack development and more on producing data scientists and data engineers are known as data science bootcamps. [8]
Coding bootcamps may be selective and require minimum skills; some companies aim to help novices learn prerequisite skills and apply to bootcamps. [9]
Coding bootcamps can be part-time or online, they may be funded by employers or qualify for student loans. [10] According to a 2017 market research report, tuition ranged from free to $21,000 for a course, with an average tuition of $11,874. [11]
"Deferred Tuition" refers to a payment model in which students pay the school a percentage (18%–22.5%) of their salary for 1–3 years after graduation, instead of upfront tuition. [12]
In Europe, coding bootcamps can be free or a couple thousand euros per program.[ citation needed ] In contrast to formal university education, private offerings for training appear expensive. [ citation needed ]
On August 16, 2016, the US Department of Education announced up to $17 million in loans or grants for students to study with nontraditional training providers, including coding bootcamps. [13] These grants or loans will be administered through the pilot program, EQUIP which stands for Educational Quality through Innovation Partnerships. [14] Programs must partner with an accredited college and third-party quality assurance entity (QAE) in order to receive federal financial aid. [15]
In 2016, there were concerns that partnering private coding bootcamps with federal financial aid could attract less reputable organizations to create coding bootcamp programs. [16] Barriers to entry and exit mean established schools face less competition than in a free market, which can lead to deterioration of quality, and increase in prices. Also, problems within traditional university models could easily transfer to the university/bootcamp partnerships. [17] On the other hand, others believe that enhancing policy around financial aid will help lower income prospective students attend. There are several sentiments of coding bootcamps being accessible only for the rich. [18]
A couple of businesses work with children in bootcamps and other coding programs in order to progress them through different levels and areas of the field of programming. One of the most prominent mentions of this is the kids programming education franchise Code Ninjas.
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Udemy, Inc. is an education technology company that provides an online learning and teaching platform. It was founded in May 2010 by Eren Bali, Gagan Biyani, and Oktay Caglar.
edX is an American massive open online course (MOOC) provider created by Harvard and MIT. It hosts online university-level courses in a wide range of disciplines to a worldwide student body, including some courses at no charge. It also conducts research into learning based on how people use its platform. edX runs on the free Open edX open-source software platform. 2U is the parent company, with edX operating as its global online learning platform and primary brand for products and services.
Codecademy is an American online interactive platform that offers free coding classes in 12 different programming languages including Python, Java, Go, JavaScript, Ruby, SQL, C++, C#, and Swift, as well as markup languages HTML and CSS. The site also offers a paid "Pro" option that gives users access to personalized learning plans, quizzes, and realistic projects.
2U, Inc. is an American educational technology company that contracts with non-profit colleges and universities to build, deliver and support online degree and non-degree programs. The company is an online program manager (OPM), supplying its client institutions with a cloud-based software-as-a-service platform, coursework design, infrastructure support, and capital.
Dev Bootcamp was an immersive 19-week coding bootcamp. It is designed to make graduates job-ready by the end of the program. Dev Bootcamp was headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional locations in New Delhi, Mumbai, Seattle, Chicago, New York City, Washington DC, San Diego, and Austin. It was acquired by for-profit education company Kaplan, Inc in 2014. Dev Bootcamp closed in 2017. The Dev Bootcamp domain was acquired in undisclosed deal.
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SwitchUp is an online coding and computing programing platform. Students use the website to research online and offline programming courses by reading alumni reviews, connecting with mentors in the forum, taking an online quiz, and reading industry studies. SwitchUp only accepts reviews from verified alumni and has a verification process.
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Pluralsight, LLC is an American privately held online education company that offers a variety of video training courses for software developers, IT administrators, and creative professionals through its website. Founded in 2004 by Aaron Skonnard, Keith Brown, Fritz Onion, and Bill Williams, the company has its headquarters in Farmington, Utah. As of July 2018, it uses more than 1,400 subject-matter experts as authors, and offers more than 7,000 courses in its catalog. Since first moving its courses online in 2007, the company has expanded, developing a full enterprise platform, and adding skills assessment modules.
Lighthouse Labs is a tech education company that offers 12-week boot camps for web development and data science, as well as part-time up-skilling courses, with locations across Canada. In previous years, they organized an annual free learn-to-code event, The HTML500, in partnership with Telus.
Hack Reactor is a software engineering coding bootcamp education program founded in San Francisco in 2012. The program is remote-only and offered in 12-week full-time, 19-week full-time, and 38-week part-time formats.
Fullstack Academy is an immersive software engineering coding bootcamp located in New York City. Students of the full-time flagship course learn full stack JavaScript over the course of a 13-week, on-campus program. Fullstack Academy offers beginner courses in JavaScript and front-end development, as well as a summer program for college-age students, and a part-time version of their full-time curriculum (Flex).
The Data Incubator is a data science education company. It offers corporate data science training and placement services. It is best known for an 8-week educational fellowship preparing students with Master's degrees and PhDs for careers in big data and data science.
WeFinance is a technology-enabled platform headquartered in San Francisco, which connects lenders with borrowers. The platform allows borrowers to pick their own interest rate, length, and other terms. Typical loans are non-restrictive and can be used for educational expenses, tuition refinancing, coding bootcamps, or moving.
DevMountain is a private coding bootcamp school that offers in-person and online courses ranging from 6 to 26 weeks in a variety of subjects including web development, mobile programming, user experience design, software quality assurance, and salesforce development. The school was founded in Provo, Utah by Cahlan Sharp, Tyler Richards, and Colt Henrie in 2013.
Woz U is a company founded by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak that focuses on technical education for independent students, and offers curriculum to universities and organizations to upskill their employees.
Trilogy Education Services is a New York City-based technology education company that offers non-credit technology training programs, colloquially known as coding bootcamps, through affiliate universities. In-person courses are held on the affiliate university campus. Revenue from the tuition is shared with the affiliate university.
Bloom Institute of Technology, also known as BloomTech, is a for-profit massive online course. When it launched in 2017 under the name Lambda School, it gained attention for being a coding bootcamp that offered income share agreements as a method of financing. Following several layoffs and cost cutting measures, it transitioned from a bootcamp model to MOOC, and refocused on traditional student loans. It currently faces several lawsuits for deceptive marketing, allegedly lying about how many students find jobs, among other issues.