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Choosing a Coding Bootcamp

Caitlyn Greffly on September 30, 2019

So you decided to dive headfirst into a career change and learn to code... Congratulations! It's scary just to commit to such a big life change, so...
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Chris C

Thanks for the read, Caitlyn!

Have been poking around with Python (happy to see it's in high demand).

Finally got around to installing pyCharm from snapcraft.io/pycharm-community on my laptop. Now I need some fun starter projects 😉

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John K. Speck

Thanks for this! I'm currently at Flatiron School in Brooklyn. I gotta say, as a father with 2 kids(one of which is an infant), it's a very tough "row to sow". I wish I had considered other programs that were less time intensive, or spread out over a longer period.

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Caitlyn Greffly

That sounds really difficult, I know school was hard enough without little ones running around. It's hard to know in advance what kind of time commitment it will really be, I definitely put in more time each week than I expected. Take care of yourself, but keep at it! It'll be worth it!!

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Chuck

Hey John, Flatiron Online myself. Reach out if you need anything.

Caitlyn, great to see you on here.

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Willoughby Labs

That relationship chart is super handy, thanks!

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Alexandre Plennevaux

Awesome article Caitlyn!
For people in Belgium looking to upskill themselves in 7 months for free, check out becode.org !

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deboutlaw

Awesome article! Thanks!

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Ian

Nice article.