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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dev_Bootcamp > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dev_Bootcamp.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dev_Bootcamp > Source revision: 1339566327 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|19-week coding bootcamp}} {{Infobox school | name = Dev Bootcamp | logo = Dev Bootcamp logo.png | city = [San Francisco, California](/source/San_Francisco), [Chicago, Illinois](/source/Chicago), [New York City, New York](/source/New_York_City), [Seattle, Washington](/source/Seattle), [Austin, Texas](/source/Austin%2C_Texas), [San Diego, California](/source/San_Diego) | country = [USA](/source/United_States) | type = [Private](/source/Private_school) | established = {{start date and age|2012}} | faculty = 40 | USNWR_ranking = | website = {{URL|http://devbootcamp.com/}} | founders = Shereef Bishay, Jesse Farmer, and Dave Hoover | closed = 2017 | president = | enrollment = 450 (per year) | campus = [Urban](/source/urban_area) | free_label = Owner | free_text = [Kaplan, Inc.](/source/Kaplan%2C_Inc.) }} '''Dev Bootcamp''' was an immersive 19-week [coding bootcamp](/source/coding_bootcamp) founded by Shereef Bishay, Jesse Farmer, and Dave Hoover in February 2012.{{cite news|last1=Empson|first1=Rip|title=Startups Court Dev Bootcamp's Ruby Grads: 88% Have Offers At Average Of $79K|url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/05/10/dev-boot-camp-is-a-ruby-success/|accessdate=16 July 2015|work=Tech Crunch|publisher=AOL|date=10 May 2012}}{{cite news |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-dev-bootcamp-coming-to-chicago-next-spring-20121203,0,853880.story |title=Dev Bootcamp coming to Chicago next spring |author=Wailin Wong |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=December 3, 2012}} It was designed to make graduates job-ready by the end of the program.{{cite news|last1=Olanoff|first1=Drew|title=Dev Bootcamp in San Francisco just increased the number of Ruby devs by 20|url=https://thenextweb.com/dd/2012/03/31/dev-bootcamp-in-san-francisco-just-increased-the-number-of-ruby-devs-by-20/|accessdate=16 July 2015|work=The Next Web|date=31 March 2012}}{{cite web|last1=Rowinski|first1=Dan|title=Developer Bootcamp Teaches Regular Folks to Code and Maybe Get a Job at a Startup|url=http://readwrite.com/2012/05/10/developer-bootcamp-teaches-regular-folks-to-code-and-maybe-get-a-job-at-a-startup|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026001259/http://readwrite.com/2012/05/10/developer-bootcamp-teaches-regular-folks-to-code-and-maybe-get-a-job-at-a-startup|url-status=usurped|archive-date=October 26, 2012|website=Read Write Web|publisher=Wearable World|accessdate=16 July 2015|date=10 May 2012}} Dev Bootcamp was headquartered in [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco), [California](/source/California), with additional locations [Seattle](/source/Seattle), [Chicago](/source/Chicago), [New York City](/source/New_York_City), [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.), [San Diego](/source/San_Diego), and [Austin](/source/Austin%2C_Texas). It was acquired by for-profit education company [Kaplan, Inc](/source/Kaplan%2C_Inc.) in 2014.{{Cite web|title = General Assembly leads coding boot camps into the regulated side of higher education|url = https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/09/18/general-assembly-leads-coding-boot-camps-regulated-side-higher-education|website = Inside Higher Ed|accessdate = 2015-09-29|date = 2015-09-18|last = Fain|first = Paul}} Dev Bootcamp closed in 2017.{{Cite web |title=Dev Bootcamp, which Kaplan bought three years ago, is closing |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/07/14/dev-bootcamp-which-kaplan-bought-three-years-ago-closing |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=www.insidehighered.com |language=en}} ==The program== The program was 9 weeks of remote work (called Phase 0) and then 9 weeks of intensive onsite training in professional [web development](/source/web_development), including [Ruby on Rails](/source/Ruby_on_Rails), [HTML5](/source/HTML5), [CSS](/source/Cascading_Style_Sheets), and [JavaScript](/source/JavaScript).{{cite news |url=http://www.fastcompany.com/1815287/hacker-school-helps-solve-silicon-valleys-hiring-problem |title=A Hacker School That Helps Solve Silicon Valley's Hiring Problem |author=E.B. Boyd |newspaper=Fast Company |date=February 10, 2012}}{{cite news |url=http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-01-04/tech/30588007_1_app-iphone-factory-work |title=Someday, Writing Code Could Be As Common As Farming Or Factory Work |author=Boonsri Dickinson |newspaper=Business Insider |date=January 4, 2012 |access-date=December 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109064055/http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-01-04/tech/30588007_1_app-iphone-factory-work |archive-date=January 9, 2012 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/12/03/dev-bootcamp/ |title=How Dev Bootcamp Is Transforming Education To Focus On "Extreme Employability" |author=Michael Staton |newspaper=TechCrunch |date=December 3, 2012}} A week of career training followed the 18 weeks of technical training.{{cite web |url=http://devbootcamp.com/2014/07/17/Career-week/ |title=What Happens After Dev Bootcamp Is Over? Enter Career Week. |author=Alex Botsford |date=July 17, 2014}} The program took students with little or no prior programming experience and taught them the fundamentals of computer programming.{{cite news |url=http://technorati.com/technology/article/dev-bootcamp-producing-amazing-talents/ |title=Dev Bootcamp Producing Amazing Talents |newspaper=Technorati |author=Kyle Leishear |date=December 13, 2012 |access-date=December 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214191836/http://technorati.com/technology/article/dev-bootcamp-producing-amazing-talents/ |archive-date=December 14, 2012 |url-status=dead }} The program's goal was to develop the necessary skills within the students to make them job-ready for an entry-level developer position. According to Hoover, applicants to the 2013 Chicago programs had varied backgrounds, ranging from students with Master's degrees in computer science to a Starbucks barista. The program valued learning by building and doing; in contrast to traditional classrooms, Dev Bootcamp students worked through a series of programming challenges, usually working in pairs or small groups, which culminated in a final group project.{{cite news |url=http://mashable.com/2012/12/13/dev-bootcamp/ |title=This Dev Bootcamp Will Make You More Hireable in 9 Weeks |author=Fran Berkman |newspaper=Mashable|date=13 December 2012|access-date=16 July 2015}}[http://devbootcamp.com/learn-more/ About]. ''Dev Bootcamp''.{{cite news |url=http://www.sdtimes.com/blog/post/2012/01/09/A-novel-solution-to-the-programmer-education-problem.aspx |title=A novel solution to the programmer education problem |newspaper=Software Development Times |author=J.D. Hildebrand |date=January 9, 2012 |access-date=December 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121210230218/http://www.sdtimes.com/blog/post/2012/01/09/A-novel-solution-to-the-programmer-education-problem.aspx |archive-date=December 10, 2012 |url-status=dead }} The tuition costs were $13,950 in the New York and San Francisco locations, and $12,700 for the Chicago, San Diego, Austin, and Seattle locations for the 9-week, 40-hour-per-week program. Core class hours were weekdays 9am-6pm in San Francisco and 8am-5pm in Chicago. However, most students stayed nights and weekends, which amounted to an approximate 70–80 hours per week. Dev Bootcamp organized hiring days for technology companies to interview students. They then collected a [referral fee](/source/Referral_recruitment) from employers that hire their graduates, and they passed along part of that fee to the graduate in the form of a hiring bonus. In 2015, Dev Bootcamp tested a remote teaching model in a pilot program in [Columbus, Ohio](/source/Columbus%2C_Ohio), which was canceled after the first round even though four of its 14 enrollees had already found jobs.{{Cite web|title = Dev Bootcamp ends Columbus pilot despite 2Checkout, CoverMyMeds, Cardinal Solutions hiring grads|url = http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/2015/05/dev-bootcamp-columbus-got-beginning-coders-jobs.html|website = Columbus Business First|accessdate = 2015-09-29|date = May 28, 2015|last = Ghose|first = Carrie}} The company announced it was closing its doors on July 23, 2017 via a press release.{{Cite news|url=https://www.geekwire.com/2017/kaplan-owned-dev-bootcamp-shut-closing-seattle-coding-school-sites/|title=Kaplan-owned Dev Bootcamp to shut down, closing Seattle coding school and other sites|date=2017-07-13|work=GeekWire|access-date=2017-07-25|language=en-US}} ===Phases=== The program was divided into three core phases, each lasting three weeks. In the first phase, students learned some of the fundamentals of computer programming in Ruby, including algorithms and database querying. The next phase introduced front-end technologies and combined them with previously learned material. The final phase brought everything full-circle with the [Ruby on Rails](/source/Ruby_on_Rails) framework. In this phase, students built a web application from scratch.[http://devbootcamp.com/faq/ FAQ] "Dev Bootcamp FAQ" Students were also required to remotely complete 9 weeks of preparation material before the on-location courses began. ==Reception== After its founding in 2012, Dev Bootcamp was featured in the ''[Chicago Tribune](/source/Chicago_Tribune)'', ''[Fast Company](/source/Fast_Company_(magazine))'', ''[Business Insider](/source/Business_Insider)'', [TechCrunch](/source/TechCrunch), and ''[Inc. Magazine](/source/Inc._Magazine)''.{{cite news |url=http://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/the-fast-track-to-start-up-life.html |title=The Fast Track to Start-Up Life |author=Jessica Stillman |date=May 17, 2012}}{{cite news |url=http://betabeat.com/2012/04/startup-news-dev-bootcamp-incubator-deadlines-and-free-food/ |title=Startup News: Dev Bootcamp, Incubator Deadlines, Closet Monsters From TV and Free Food |newspaper=Betabeat |author=Ben Weitzenkorn |date=April 18, 2012}}{{cite news |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2012/12/coder-boot-camp-grads-snapped-up.html?page=all |title=Coder boot camp grads snapped up |newspaper=San Francisco Business Times |author=Patrick Hoge |date=December 7, 2012}} According to the company, 95% of the individuals who had graduated from Dev Bootcamp San Francisco that year found jobs, with an average starting salary of more than $85,000. == See also == * [Web development](/source/Web_development) == References == {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://devbootcamp.com/ DevBootcamp.com] *[https://twitter.com/devbootcamp Dev Bootcamp] on [Twitter](/source/Twitter) {{Clear}} {{Graham}} Category:Chinatown, San Francisco Category:Organizations based in San Francisco Category:Coding schools --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Dev Bootcamp](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dev_Bootcamp) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dev_Bootcamp?action=history)). 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