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Updated as of April 2, 2020 For the health and safety of our students, in cooperation with University of New Hampshire Professional Development and Training, current UNH Boot Camp classes will move to virtual class sessions. To ensure a seamless transition, we’re providing extra training to all active instructional staff on how to effectively lead…

Thanks to the many advancements in modern technology, an online education has become more accessible than ever before, allowing learners to receive the same high-quality experience and outcomes offered by traditional education via a virtual experience. The recent weeks have witnessed an increasing number of schools and universities around the world transition to online-only learning,…

After selling the tech start-up he co-founded, Charles Gedeon wondered what to tackle next. While handling operations at his company, he’d always been fascinated by the work done by the coders on his team, so that seemed like a good place to start.  “That whole process pulled me in,” Charles said. “So I started dabbling…

Today it is possible to learn the critical skills for a high-tech career through the help of a boot camp. With a wide range of boot camps on the market, mastering a new skill set has become more accessible than ever before. While boot camps are a great way to jump-start your career, they also…

Growing up in the same town and sharing similar interests, Gregory Row and Joshua LeBoeuf were bound to cross paths at some point. But it wasn’t until they both encountered an online ad for the UNH Coding Boot Camp that their journeys aligned.   Both were thriving in the food-service industry—Gregory as a server, Joshua as a chef—but neither felt professionally…

When Scott Sawyer was an inventory and logistics manager for a seafood company, he found his life pretty hectic, with a management job, long commute, and a newborn to care for. After missing some of his child’s milestones, Scott decided he needed better work-life balance, with a job closer to home.  “After talking to my wife, we…

Growing up with a software engineer father, Zachary Rheaume was always curious about coding. “My dad has been a software engineer since the 80s, so I’ve always had a little bit of interest in it,” he said. While in high school, Zach took coding courses that taught introductory Python. Here, he built a range of basic programs,…

Roxana Milea loves to challenge herself. When it was time to decide on her high school path in her native Romania, she chose to study computer science because “it was the most difficult subject,” she said.  Roxana excelled at coding and enjoyed the tech world, but it was just one of her many interests. So when…

This Mother's Day, we're reflecting on the incredible women in tech. We are inspired by the talented women who have either gone through our boot camp programs, lead our classes as instructors, or support our students as teaching assistants or support staff. Thank you for making an impact on our future as you help to advance the technology industry! Watch…

This is part two of “The Making of Panic in the Dark,” a zombie-themed, multiplayer HTML5 game using Node.js, Express, MySQL, Sequelize, and Socket.IO. If you are just finding this article I would strongly suggest you check out The Making of Panic in the Dark Part 1. Going into the second sprint we had a…