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The History of Our Coding Bootcamp

 You know Launch Academy today as a Course Report-acclaimed coding bootcamp. We’ve spent years honing our program to ...

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Take a Deeper Look at Launch Academy's Hybrid Program

What’s it like to Launch your coding career in these unprecedented times? After pivoting to a fully remote learning experi...

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Looking at New Ways to Hire and Connect with Launchers Remotely

While the virtual format of our 28th Boston cohort was an unexpected twist, we’re proud to see our Launchers working towar...

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Online Small Group Projects at Launch Academy

Many grads will agree that the most rewarding aspect of attending Launch Academy was, and still is, the highly social and ...

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Building a COVID-19 Tracker : Learn How We Built It and How To Build Something That Matters!

In such a time of need, I’ve felt called to demonstrate that code and software gives us power. I created a COVID-19 tracke...

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A Response to Coronavirus: Virtualizing the Launch Academy Experience

Last Updated: April 18th, 2020 While we must always put the health of our students, team, and alumni community first, the ...

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A Peek Inside Our Hiring Events

It’s a brisk Tuesday morning, and the students arrive to launch the next chapters of their lives. They’ve been working to ...

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Outcomes: Five Things to Ask When Selecting a Coding Bootcamp

Did you know that the software development industry used to measure performance completely wrong? In the days of mainframe...

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Launch Academy awarded Best Bootcamp for Third Year Running

We're honored to have won the SwitchUp 2018 Best Bootcamps Award.  Thanks to our 750+ alumni for believing in us!The resul...

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SwitchUp Best Bootcamp Award

We're honored to have won the SwitchUp Best Bootcamps Award.   Thanks to our 1,000+ alumni for entrusting us with your pro...

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Always Iterating: How Launch Academy Updates Its Coding Curriculum

At Launch Academy, our curriculum is never static: Because tech is always changing, our curriculum needs to evolve along w...

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Why Coding Bootcamps are Still a Good Idea: A Letter from Launch Academy Co-Founder Evan Charles

Dear Launch Academy Community,Like many others, we recently heard the unfortunate news that two high-profile coding bootca...

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Launch Academy Expands to Washington, D.C.

We opened our doors in Boston in 2013 and Philadelphia in 2016. In that time, we’ve graduated more than 600 students, star...

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Why We Use an Agile Approach to Education at Launch Academy

If you’re pursuing a career in software engineering, you may have seen the word “Agile” thrown around. As explained in the...

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Launch Academy Offers Lifetime Career Services to Alumni Job Seekers

“Sometimes, potential students think ‘I’ll go to Launch Academy, and they’ll give me a job,’” says Corinne Babel, VP of Ca...

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