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Success Story: How Tonja Made the Leap from Graphic Designer to Web Developer

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Tonja Daniels had been working as a print Graphic Designer since 1996. And while the field was changing, she freely admits that she got comfortable, and didn't keep up with the industry and the new skills needed. When she did start adding to her skill set by learning HTML and CSS, she realized she enjoyed them, but adding those to her resume wasn't enough to get her hired into a new role. ...

Interview with Actualize Online Live graduate Jennifer Blom

Q: What made you decide to learn to code?

A: I had been working in customer support for most of my career, and one of the common patterns I had kept on encountering in my job was dealing with the errors that the customer would experience when using our software. Ultimately, I wanted to have a bigger impact than just helping the customers avoid these ...

How Do I Know If I'll Be Good At Coding?

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You're excited about the prospects of becoming a software developer. You're aware that it can be a fun and lucrative career - a career that fulfills your potential.. You even have a plan for how you're going to learn to code.

But there's one question that's holding you back. It's a question that everyone has.

How do I know that I'll actually be good at codi...

What is a Code Academy? And what is Codecademy? Code Academy vs. Codecademy

I just thought I might clear up the air in case there was any confusion.

There are various venues for learning to code, and they basically fall under one of two categories:

1. Live courses (either in-person or online).

2. Online platforms (i.e. websites with educational content on it).

The first category - live courses, are commonly referred to as coding bootca...

I Have No Coding Experience. How do I Prepare for a Coding Bootcamp?

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We get this question a lot, so I figured I'd write up a blog post to answer it.

What to prepare for a coding bootcamp depends very much on the coding bootcamp you hope to attend. When choosing a coding bootcamp, it's very important to understand the different types that exist so that you can choose the coding bootcamp that is right for you.

While there are many different ty...