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You Are Not a Fraud: How to Quell Your Imposter Syndrome and Keep Kicking Butt
Impostor syndrome is characterized by an inability to internalize accomplishments, and a fear of being exposed as a fraud--and coding bootcampers, most of whom have non-traditional background experience and education for the tech industry, have it in spades. Here are four tips to combat the phenomenon and build confidence, from Grace Hopper Dean Meg Duffy.
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Job & Career Advice
Want to Build a Better Product, Team, and Company? Cultivate Empathy First.
Meg Duffy, Program Manager of the Grace Hopper Program, explains why empathy is good for your company, your product, and your team.
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How Fullstack Works
Fullstack Maintains (and Helped Create) CIRR for the Strictest Outcomes Reporting Standards
CIRR (Council on Integrity in Results Reporting) members present honest and complete outcomes reports. We're creating transparency in the world of coding bootcamps.
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Women in Tech
Fullstack Coding Bootcamp Project Highlights (May 2017)
Fullstack Academy students from New York, Chicago and across the U.S.A. demo their Capstone projects.
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Coding Bootcamp Student Projects
Fullstack Coding Bootcamp Project Highlights (April 2017)
Fullstack Academy students from New York, Chicago and across the U.S.A. demo their Capstone projects.
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Women in Tech
Building a VR classroom experience for Google Daydream headsets
Team Transcend built a virtual reality classroom that works in the Google Daydream headset (and in desktop browsers):
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How Fullstack Works
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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Women in Tech
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
Yes, Fullstack Academy's Hiring Outcomes Are Really That Good
97%, 98%, 95% — The top coding bootcamps in the country claim to have remarkable hiring results, but some question if these outcomes are really possible. Our Director of Admissions recently detailed why Fullstack (and other top schools) stand by their hiring outcomes.
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