This episode, we're covering $70M in fundraises and acquisitions in the coding bootcamp space, and how a few bootcamps are making the shift to include apprenticeships. Layoffs at big tech companies continued to loom in the headlines — but are those layoffs actually affecting bootcamp graduates? Plus, the latest on OPM regulation and a new Pell Grant bill for short-term programs, and 7 bootcamps new to the Course Report directory this February!

February 2023 Coding Bootcamp News Roundup

It's here: The 39 Best Coding Bootcamps of 2024! We've rounded up the best, immersive web development bootcamps around the world. The bootcamps included in this list teach students the skills needed to become a software engineer or web developer by teaching full stack programming languages. Take a look at our methodology and the full list here: https://www.coursereport.com/best-coding-bootcamps

The 39 Best Coding Bootcamps of 2024

It's here: The 31 Best Online Bootcamps of 2024! We've rounded up the best, immersive online bootcamps around the world. Take a look at our methodology & the full list here: https://www.coursereport.com/best-online-bootcamps

The Best 31 Online Bootcamps of 2024

Through the recently approved Dole Act, the VA education benefit, Veteran Employment Through Technology Education Courses (VET TEC) is back in 2025! Find out what this means for veterans and coding bootcamps. Full transcript: https://bit.ly/42dknRa

VET TEC is back in 2025! What's new for veterans and coding bootcamps

Missed out on coding bootcamp news in April? We’ve collected everything in this handy podcast. Find out why outcomes reporting is useful for students, how schools are working to boost their diversity with scholarships, student experiences at bootcamp, and new schools. bit.ly/April-2017-news

Episode 13 April 2017 Coding Bootcamp News Roundup

As we get ready for our 200th episode, the 4 year anniversary episode wasn't too shabby at all.  We were joined by Jill Ford, who heads up the city of Detroit's innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives, as well as Logols, a new coding boot camp that offers a pay as you can model, and the team behind the Detroit.Code conference coming up that we've got two tickets to give away for next week at our event in Royal Oak...

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ITintheD Ep199 - Detroit Innovation, Logols Coding Boot Camp, DetroitCode Conference

In August we heard about a $43 million fundraise and a big acquisition, we saw the decline of CS degrees in the tech job market, we read about a bunch of interesting alumni, we looked at how coding bootcamps can help us avoid “robogeddon,” and we celebrated an initiative teaching women in prisons to code. Plus, we’ll talk about all of the new bootcamps in August and our favorite blog posts! bit.ly/August-2018-bootcamp-news

August 2018: Coding Bootcamp News Roundup

In January, the news was all about Income Sharing Agreements and university coding bootcamps. We start with a potential policy change discussion in Congress, talk through a $30 million fundraise, and summarize articles about ISAs from New York Times, Fortune, Vice, and TechCrunch. Plus, we tell you about the 11 new bootcamps that we added to the Course Report directory in January! bit.ly/january-2019-bootcamp-news

January 2019 Coding Bootcamp News Roundup

June 2019: A coding bootcamp fundraise, an interesting acquisition, and great new initiatives to encourage more women and underrepresented groups to get into tech. In this month’s podcast, we talk about the status of the tech skills shortage, what is happening to fill the gaps in areas like data science and cybersecurity, and the ongoing conversation around income share agreements. Plus, the CEOs of huge companies like Intuit, Upwork, and IBM share their opinions of bootcamps. bit.ly/june-2019-podcast

June 2019 Coding Bootcamp News Roundup

This is the fifth episode in a series covering the story of Mined Minds, a coding bootcamp that set out to retrain out-of-work coal miners for work in the tech industry. 

First episode: https://soundcloud.com/user-630857765/episode-1-conflicting-coverage

Over a year ago, in the early weeks of 2018, a colleague shared with me a story about a coding bootcamp that was looking to train out-of-work coal miners for jobs in the tech industry. Mined Minds was launched in southwestern Pennsylvania by Amanda Laucher, who comes from a family of coal miners, along with her husband, Jonathan Graham. Their organization had received a lot of positive media coverage from outlets like NPR, CNN, and CBS. They, along with other workforce development organizations, had a received a grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission of $1.5 million, and they had begun training dozens of future coders. 

Their model seemed really promising. They would train people for free, and then employ them as apprentices for a time with an affiliated for-profit software consultancy. They said they could train just about anyone to do this work, regardless of their previous experience, and even gave some of their learners new computers. I think a lot of people got excited by their story because, if it could work in Appalachia, maybe it could work in other places too.

But then, other reports started emerging. Some graduates of the program were reportedly laid off after just a few days of work on the for-profit end. 

In late 2017, two former learners who had gone through the program, Ty Cook and Tori Frame, launched a class-action lawsuit against Mined Minds, arguing that they had been promised pay to attend the program that they never received.

The first three episodes of Code Burst went over everything up to that point.

When I began reporting on Mined Minds, many folks I contacted didn’t want to get in touch with me. But throughout this summer, more and more people started reaching out. These follow up episodes are intended to capture the experiences of some of the former learners of Mined Minds.

It all started with a great idea: coding work is in high demand. So if someone could train people for this work in underserved communities, that can raise everyone up and bring business back into any region. These episodes are intended to discuss where that vision fell to the wayside, and reality set in. 

This episode, I got in touch with Billyjack Buzzard. Seven generations of his family have worked as coal miners before him. He got laid off, started working in a tattoo shop, and then took the MIned Minds course offered in Clendenin, West Virginia. He was exactly the type of person Mined Minds was looking to serve, and he served as a highly charismatic spokesperson for the organization while working there. Listen for his account of how everything went down.

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"I Wish I Got a Degree" Billyjack Buzzard Reflects on His Time at Mined Minds

We talk about everything to do with coding bootcamps and technology education, including gender parity, scholarships, and the latest industry news.

In the Appalachia region of the U.S., a region once dominated by the coal industry, mines have continued to close one after another. In answer, two tech consultants have established a free coding bootcamp called Mined Minds to retrain out of work coal miners and others for work in tech. What they promise seems like it could improve the socioeconomic status of communities around the world. 

But some believe they aren’t as beneficial as they come off. Several ex-learners have criticized the bootcamp, saying they were promised employment upon completion of the program and were fired days later. Others have filed a class action lawsuit against them on charges of fraud. Code Burst investigates Mined Minds, their efficacy, and whether their model can work for others.

Code Burst is produced as a collaboration between CKUT 90.3 FM and eLearning Inside News.

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The duo has been putting on free networking events for the metro Detroit information technology community for over 10 years, helped more than 1,200 people find new jobs, and been featured in local and national news stories and publications for their efforts.  After taking on speaking engagements starting in 2011 that helped refine their message, in 2013 they took their ramblings to a broadcast format that has proven to be far more popular than anyone expected.
The IT in the D show is more conversational and less instructional – it is far more geared toward entertainment and local goings-on in the metro Detroit area than a deep-dive about specific technical issues.  It’s a bar chat, not technical seminar.  You’ll hear more movie quotes than MySQL queries and more Depeche Mode than development methodologies.  Not that the guys don’t roll up their sleeves and deep dive from time to time, but with guests ranging from local CIOs and CEOs to roller derby girls and pop culture icons from the 80s, don’t let the “IT” in “IT in the D” scare you.
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The show has been listened to over five million times to date and has been heard in all 50 states and 41 countries. We appreciate the time spent with us and welcome all feedback.

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