Campfire #46: Is A Software Engineering Career For Me?

A Nucamp Instructor and Software Engineer’s Surprising Advice for Aspiring Techies In Episode #46 of Campfire, Frank Smith discusses his background, how he became interested in tech, and answers a few viewer questions. Frank has been a Nucamp Ins... Read more

Douglas Sorge's React Blog Template Portfolio Project For his final project in the Nucamp , Douglas Sorge built a React blog template website. He specifically made the site adaptable to easily use as a base for any theme you’d like. Watch the v... Read more

The Nucamp experience from Cody Lillywhite's perspective How would you feel if you spent thousands of dollars on a degree to find out your skill set wasn’t up to par with internship requirements? The pressure of needing to take care of your famil... Read more

A Meme Generator Full Stack Project For her final project in the Nucamp , Claire Lu created a meme generator. Her app helps people view and post memes and interact with a group chat function. The front end uses React Native and the back end use... Read more

What to Know When Choosing the Coding Bootcamp that’s Right for You The fourth in our series on coding bootcamp reviews Nucamp’s review of Hack Reactor Are you thinking about a career change into the tech industry, but don’t know where to star... Read more

Contents * * * * * * * * * * * * The demand for software engineers We’re going through a coding education (and coding bootcamp) boom! And with good reason. Programmers are in high demand. A career in software ... Read more

How the Women Techmakers Program by Google can reduce the inclusion gap Last week on Campfire, Nucamp CEO Ludo Fourrage was joined by Nucamp Director of Curriculum Chryssa Jones, Women Techmakers Program Manger Sequoyah Patrick, and Global Lead for... Read more

After Landing Your First Job in Tech? When Can You Start Being Choosy? One-third of each day, 5 days a week is a significant amount of time to dedicate to work, or to dedicate to anything. Given the time commitment, having a satisfying career tha... Read more

How to research a company’s culture and benefits. If you’re looking to work in the tech industry, But when it comes to a company’s culture and benefits, developers are the same as other employees. What’s important is different for everyone. A... Read more

There's literally money sitting on the table for you. Can you believe that amount? $200,000. Over 730 students have received a scholarship in the short 5 years of Nucamp’s existence—especially considering how affordable our bootcamps already are.... Read more

Using React Native to build a stock trading game For his final project in the Nucamp , Matt Nordstrand created a stock trading game using React Native and Redux. The app uses a financial modeling prep stock API to pull real stock information. P... Read more

1. Login to your Discord account 1. Go to 1. 2. If you do not have an account, create one. 2. Join the Nucamp Discord Server 1. Go to 2. Or add the server to your discord list. Type in “nucamp” and click “Join Server”. ... Read more

Learn how to prepare for tech interviews with Nucamp's Job Hunting Bootcamp Nucamp Graduate, Mobile Developer, and now Nucamp Instructor, Brad Reed, joined me on a live episode of Campfire to share his advice on the tech interview process. Brad w... Read more

A React website for borrowing your favorite toys and games For her final portfolio project in the Nucamp , Margaret Britton built a responsive React website utilizing Bootstrap, Reactstrap, CSS, Formic, Yup, React Social Icons, and Framer Motion. ... Read more

Nucamp CEO, Ludo Fourrage joined by Jonika Hoomes and Kate Rivera, Google Cloud Learning Services for Campfire episode #39 I met with Google Cloud's Jonika Hoomes and Kate Rivera to talk about what the partnership between Nucamp and Google Cloud me... Read more

Nucamp and Google Cloud partner to heighten Nucamp’s curriculum and to sponsor a $50,000 Women in Tech scholarship fund Nucamp was joined by Google Cloud Learning Services team members Nathalia Silva and Alan Ranciato for Campfire episode #38. Nu... Read more

From Crime Scene Investigator to Jr Front End Developer, LovelySkin > "You can use free resources, but at the end of the day, without the bootcamp, > there’s no guidance. The bootcamp is super helpful to have a class to work > with, but also the de... Read more

A Crypto Wallet Full Stack Portfolio Project For her final project in the Nucamp , Samiya McIntosh built an interactive crypto wallet app. She used React Native and Coin Gecko's API to fetch current and top cryptos currencies. The app features ... Read more

What can businesses do to prevent quiet quitting? Work can be hard. We all know and accept that. But it should be rewarding and satisfying, too. That's why so many put up with the stress and long hours—because they want to be proud of their ach... Read more

Using new Python skills to develop a blackjack game For his final portfolio project in the Nucamp , Praful Gatti designed a blackjack game using Python and Docker. He plans to build upon the game by creating Python data visualization reports, add... Read more

Learning to use React Native and React Hooks For his final portfolio project in the Nucamp , Seth Beard built a React Native app called Positive Vibrations. The app is a Spotify playlist management and search tool that users log into with their S... Read more

From Middle School Teacher to QA Engineer, LeanDNA > "It can be very difficult to learn coding on your own with free online > resources. There’s something about having a course, having something you’re > paying for and you’re invested in, to give y... Read more

From Lab Technician to Jr Applications Developer, Wiley Edge > "I learned I have a lot of perseverance. I was able to switch from one entire > career to another." This is QuaNayzia Garden, a Nucamp graduate and now a Jr Applications Developer at ... Read more

Nucamp and Google Cloud are partnering to integrate Google Cloud into the Front End and Full Stack bootcamps to give you job-critical cloud experience PLUS a $50,000 scholarship for Women in Tech. You might be asking yourself, "How job-critical is ... Read more

The realities of pushing through rejection during the job application process Nucamp graduate, Keidus Hall joined a live episode of Campfire to share his story about breaking into web development. During the episode it was clear that Keidus’ dete... Read more

From 8th Grade English Teacher to Software Engineer 1, Ramsey Solutions > "If you’re thinking about taking a coding bootcamp, and learning to code is > something you’re serious about, honestly do exactly what I did: take the Web > Development Funda... Read more

For backend development, the data shows developers prefer Python. Python vs. Java When we were deciding which our students, we were already seeing the trend that Python was growing in adoption and popularity, while Java was declining. If you'v... Read more

Nucamp partners with Opportunity@Work the provider of Stellarworx, a platform to find tech jobs without traditional degree requirements Nucamp’s newest partner brings a great resource to our graduates. On episode #35 of Campfire, I met with Custo... Read more

Implementing both front end and back end coding skills For her final portfolio project in the , Calli Oberembt created a Halloween-themed eCommerce site. Calli’s website includes a shopping cart, About page, Home page, and Contact page. She use... Read more

From actor to Content Management Specialist, SeKON Enterprise > “The more I learn, I realize I haven't abandoned story telling; I can tell > stories through code. And not only my own stories, but any and everyone's > stories, from anywhere in the w... Read more

An open-house style Campfire episode where YOU were the featured guest In episode 7 of Campfire, Nucamp hosted an open house to field live questions from you as the viewer. There were a few who dialed in to chat live and many who wrote in their q... Read more