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An International Student's Guide To Lighthouse Labs

General
Feb. 25 2016
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By
Rosy Lee & Kate Ciborowski

We’re lucky to have students come from all corners of the globe to take our programs. To help ease the transition of moving to a new city before launching into the wild world of bootcamp, we’ve compiled the essential neighbourhood need-to-knows for international students in this blog post.

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Our Education Philosophies

General
Feb. 11 2016
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By
Khurram Virani

Lighthouse Labs was created to to deliver the best education experience and evolve the way software developers are being trained. We aim to transform the lives of our students, and the industry. In this blog post, we explore our raison d'être with an overview of our education philosophies from our Co-Foudner Khurram.

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One Year After Bootcamp: Grant Winter

Students
Jan. 21 2016
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By
Rebecca Haliburton

Grant Winter is one of our original alumni, having graduated from our Web Development Bootcamp in March of 2014. He came to Lighthouse to refresh his career after finding no joy in being a Chiropractor, and now is loving life as a father of a brand new baby and a Rails developer with Vogogo in Calgary.

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Rookie Mistakes: Job Hunting

Career Services
Jan. 13 2016
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By
Charlyne Fothergill

Advice for anyone looking to break into the world of tech with a new series focusing on rookie mistakes.

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Tapping Into Calgary’s Tech Community

Community
Jan. 04 2016
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By
Rebecca Haliburton

Calgary’s tech community has been around for many years but it wasn’t until 2015 that things really started to take off. #LHLYYC's Community Manager Jenn gives us an overview of the scene and a breakdown of events geared towards developers.

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From Engineer to iOS Developer: How Katie Upgraded her Skills to Fit the Calgary Job Market

Students
Dec. 18 2015
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By
Rebecca Haliburton

Katie Peterson is a graduate of both our part-time Intro to Web Development course and our full-time iOS Bootcamp in Vancouver! She's taken the time to write about her experience with Lighthouse Labs taking her from Engineer to a new career as an iOS Developer in Calgary.

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Codecreate is More Than Just an Hour of Code

Community
Dec. 17 2015
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By
Don Burks

We are very, very pleased to have been a part of Codecreate, BC's largest youth coding event for Hour of Code. Resident Code Master Don Burks gives us a recap on why we love empowering kids to take the reigns to learn how code runs our lives.

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3 Steps To Programming Your New Year

General
Dec. 15 2015
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David VanDusen

Computing dominates our world but many people forego learning to harness its power. Your computer is waiting to do your bidding; all you have to do is learn its language — code.

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7 Tech-Savvy Gifts For The Dev In Your Life

General
Dec. 10 2015
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Rebecca Haliburton

When it comes to gift-giving, developers are used to being inundated with gifts like touch screen gloves and ergonomic desk pillows. Here are some gifts that the developer in your life will actually use.

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Code It Forward Charity Check-In

Community
Dec. 01 2015
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Rebecca Haliburton

To celebrate Giving Tuesday, we checked in with two non-profits from our charity hackathon: Code It Forward. The Canucks Autism Network and The Rare Disease Foundation both were recipients of customized solutions created at our event where developers, designers, and ideators gather together for a weekend to solve tech problems for charities and non-profits.

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The Perks and Problems of Working Remotely

Career Services
Nov. 27 2015
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By
Monique Danao

Seasoned remote working pros, Scott Wayatt and Myles Gordon from Cali Style Technologies, gives us the inside scoop on how to succeed on a remote dev team.

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Hot Chicken and Cool Code

Community
Nov. 23 2015
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By
Don Burks

Don Burks had the pleasure of attending the Nodevember conference conference in Nashville, Tennessee! Here’s his highlight reel, from favourite speakers to lots of love for bootcamps.

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Teacher Feature: Monica Olinescu

Community
Nov. 09 2015
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Rebecca Haliburton

At Lighthouse Labs, we believe that having incredible teachers is an invaluable part of our students' success. We are lucky to have amazing teachers who are top craftsmen in their field. They have been working as professional developers for over 10 years and are ready to pay that experience forward. We want to take the time to get to know these teachers a little better. Next up, our Ruby on Rails wizard: Monica!

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What is Programming?

General
Oct. 31 2015
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By
Monique Danao

Lighthouse Labs' Head Instructor in Vancouver, Don Burks, waxes philosophic and poses the question: “What Is Programming?”

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Bootcamp Admissions Process: Inside Look

Admissions
Oct. 14 2015
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By
Rebecca Haliburton

Will Lam, who was at the time of writing a prospective Lighthouse Labs bootcamp student, gives us a sneak peak inside the LHL admissions process.

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