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Learn more about coding bootcamps, the tech industry, local events around Atlanta & Houston, and a whole lot of code.
DigitalCrafts Joins The Greater Houston Partnership
DigitalCrafts is proud to announce that we have formally joined The Greater Houston Partnership.
Published 11th April 20182 minute read
Building the Future of Advertising Using ARKit
Advertising is the means of selling items of value to people. Whether you see a billboard on the highway or a poster on the wall or a commercial on TV, all of these are ways of advertising a product to the customers. In the future Augmented Reality is going to play a very important role in how ads will be presented to the consumers.
Published 9th April 20185 minutes minute read
Top 5 Fastest Growing Technology Companies in Atlanta
They say it's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog. Here are the Top 5 technology companies in Atlanta with the most fight, making them the fastest growing around town!
Published 4th April 20183 minute read
How Successful Are Students After a Coding Bootcamp?
In January of 2018, DigitalCrafts decided to join the Council on Integrity in Results Reporting aka "CIRR" (see announcement here) alongside 12 other leading coding bootcamps who have all committed to analyzing and reporting placement data using a standard process. How successful are students after graduating from a coding bootcamp? Well, as a prospective student you are now able to compare each of these 12 member schools side-by-side and rest assured that you are using up-to-date and accurate data to make an important decision which will impact your career and life from this point forward.
Published 26th March 20185 minute read
Our Houston Coding Bootcamp is Growing! Meet Our New Houston Campus Team Members
DigitalCrafts is proud to welcome the newest members of the Houston team
Published 21st March 20185 minute read
Online Presence: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Simple. Your name + The internet = Online presence. This means anything on social media including LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr. It also includes blog pots or contributions to an online community and sites such as GitHub. What online presence means and how you can use it could fill a book. What I want to talk about is how potential future employers are going to evaluate you based on your online presence.
Published 13th March 20185 minute read
Are Coding Bootcamps Tax Deductible?
With the April 15th deadline quickly approaching, code school graduates are often asking whether or not their bootcamp tuition is deductible on their tax returns. Please note, we are not tax professionals, and our best advice is to ask your CPA whether or not your tuition is deductible given your circumstances. That said, here is a summary of what we've found on a Federal level.
Published 9th March 201810 minute read
Q&A with Ryan Leon: From DigitalCrafts to Junior Software Engineer
Published 15th February 20184 minute read
Coding Bootcamps in Atlanta
Atlanta is one of the top 10 cities for coding bootcamps and plays a big role within the coding bootcamp industry. Here is an up-to-date list of programs currently available in the city.
Published 25th January 20187 minutes minute read
DigitalCrafts Joins CIRR for Student Outcomes Reporting
Today, DigitalCrafts is very excited to announce its provisional membership in the Council on Integrity in Results Reporting (CIRR). We're incredibly excited about being a CIRR member and releasing our outcomes data in the CIRR format, which we're committed to doing right away. Our placement metrics are posted online at Course Report as we speak!
Published 19th January 20185 minute read