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Angular to React: Fullstack Academy Updates its Curriculum
In order to mirror industry demand and improve the relevancy of Fullstack Academy's curriculum, a major technology switch from Angular.js to React has recently been implemented. CEO and co-founder, David Yang, takes up the pen to explain why this change was necessary and advantageous for Fullstack's students.
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Grace Hopper Program
Coding Bootcamp Guide: 7 Things to Consider When Looking at Coding Schools
With more bootcamps opening each year, it's essential to select the one that's best for you. Here's what to look for when evaluating all the options.
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How Fullstack Works
Reapplying to Fullstack: 3 Ways to Better Prepare
Fullstack Academy's rigorous application process means that not everyone will pass on their first attempt. Luckily, candidates are allowed to reapply after 2 months of additional practice. Here's what our Director of Admissions recommends to level-up your programming game.
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Featured Alum Post
8 Fullstack Success Stories: Career Launches, Pivots, and Transitions
Every Fullstack student is different: like snowflakes or the amount of chicken in each burrito bowl you order. But seriously, here are eight recent students, who despite different backgrounds and roads-to-code, used Fullstack Academy to launch exciting careers in tech.
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How Fullstack Works
Why do Fullstack and other top coding bootcamps have such hard admissions?
Fullstack - and other schools like Hack Reactor, App Academy, and Flatiron School - have difficult admissions processes and are therefore very selective. Here, our Director of Admissions talks about why this is the case.
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How Fullstack Works
The Surest Way to Prepare for the Coding Bootcamp Admissions Process
A lot of aspiring web developers want to attend an immersive coding school, and successfully navigating the coding bootcamp admissions process is the key. Here's why we at Fullstack Academy stopped relying on online resources and now offer a prep course of our own.
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How Fullstack Works
Is the Programming Language Taught at a Coding Bootcamp Important?
Some immersive coding schools teach Ruby on Rails, some teach full-stack JavaScript. The distinction is important for both your education and career in development.
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Coding Bootcamp Student Projects
Coding Bootcamp Projects: A Hackathon Called Stackathon
Using personal interests and emerging technologies as inspiration, students create projects that inform, inspire, and entertain.
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Community Updates
Announcing the Grace Hopper Program: A Women’s Program with No Upfront Tuition (2015)
Starting January 2016, The Grace Hopper Program will begin educating the next wave of women in tech. With a deferred tuition payment model and robust mentorship programs, this school is designed to facilitate successful career transitions.
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FULLSTACK FEATURE | TEACHING FELLOWS: KAMILLA, EMMIE, KATIE
Meet 3 recent teaching fellows at Fullstack Academy and learn how the teaching fellowship works to help maximize the learning experience for students at Fullstack.
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Featured Alum Post
Fullstack Feature: Sarah Muenzinger and Seema Ullal
In this month’s Fullstack Feature we talk to Seema (left) and Sarah, two Fullstack students who have completed the 17 week immersive program as well as a three month fellowship after graduation.
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Featured Alum Post
Alum Feature: Lynda Montgomery
“Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained”- English Proverb.
A Fullstack student successfully juggles obligations.
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