Clint SchmidtinNews on the BlocBloc Year Six: What We’ve LearnedBloc is the oldest, biggest and best (I’m biased) online coding and design bootcamp in the world. We’ve had over 5,000 enrolled students…Dec 21, 2017Dec 21, 2017
Clint SchmidtWhy We’re Not Joining CIRR (Yet)Earlier this year, the Council on Integrity in Results Reporting (CIRR), an independent body for outcomes reporting standards, released…Nov 22, 2017Nov 22, 2017
Clint SchmidtinNews on the BlocDon’t Believe The Hype: Coding Boot Camps Are Just Getting StartedSeveral recent reports have concluded that the coding boot camp industry has already peaked. As evidence, these reports cite the closing of…Nov 3, 2017Nov 3, 2017
Clint SchmidtinNews on the BlocCovered Wagons and Opportunity in a Tech-Driven EconomyThe United States currently faces a large and growing technical skills gap, stubborn income stagnation, and low labor force participation…Oct 18, 2017Oct 18, 2017
Clint SchmidtinNews on the BlocIn-person Coding Bootcamps are Terrible Business ModelsI worked for Michael Dearing at Harrison Metal in 2013 when he asked me to advise the founders of Bloc, the world’s first and largest…Jul 13, 20174Jul 13, 20174
Clint SchmidtinNews on the BlocThe Quality Wedge for Coding BootcampsConsistent quality will be the wedge that divides the emerging technical training industry (aka “coding bootcamps”): credible brands will…Oct 17, 2016Oct 17, 2016
Clint SchmidtThe 7 Most Useful Interview QuestionsDistilled from hundreds of interviews over the last 15 years. There’s something specific I hope to learn from each question. The first one…Aug 26, 2016Aug 26, 2016
Clint SchmidtinNews on the BlocEnter the Charlatans: Job-Ready Claims From Coding Classes That Warrant Deep SkepticismLet’s start with our bona fides: Bloc was the first online coding “bootcamp”, founded in 2011 while the first Dev Bootcamp cohort was…Jan 4, 20163Jan 4, 20163
Clint SchmidtinNews on the BlocHow to Make Coding Bootcamps AccessibleThe opportunity to transition into a career as a web developer, mobile developer, or designer should not be limited to folks who can:Oct 22, 2015Oct 22, 2015
Clint SchmidtinNews on the BlocCoding Bootcamps Don’t Need Accreditation, So Why Are They Chasing It?The astute Paul Fain recently reported that a coding bootcamp had partnered with accredited Lynn University ($33,450 tuition) to provision…Oct 19, 2015Oct 19, 2015