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Month: May 2016

Blizzard Entertainment : Becoming a Next-Generation Developer

Blizzard Entertainment : Becoming a Next-Generation Developer

By Jordan Kimura Blizzard is the premier interactive gaming and entertainment company in the world and what a pleasure it always is when LearningFuze friend Dahmian Owen comes to share his insights. As a Software Developer Manager at Blizzard, Dahmian talked about how to become the next-generation developer. It starts with a good first impression and solid skills. 3 things that Dahmian specifically looks for in the interview process: Passion Where there is passion, motivation shall follow. The passion has…

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Win $1000 Towards the Full-Immersion Bootcamp!

Win $1000 Towards the Full-Immersion Bootcamp!

LearningFuze is giving you a chance to win $1000 towards the Full-Immersion Bootcamp! How to Enter Answer the contest questions RSVP for the upcoming info session where the winner will be announced! Contest Rules We are collecting entries from May 19th – May 31st, 2016. No entries will be accepted after 11:59pm PST on May 31st (Tuesday), 2016. Grand Prize winner will be selected by the LearningFuze judges. Judges will take into consideration the overall quality and dedication towards pursuing…

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Big Rentz Tour, A Short Break From a 17 Hour Hackathon

Big Rentz Tour, A Short Break From a 17 Hour Hackathon

By Jordan Kimura The Cohort enjoyed a grand tour of Irvine-based BigRentz, the world’s largest online heavy equipment rental network, led by CTO Liam Stannard. A seasoned executive with over 20 years of experience, Liam has been writing code for over 33 years, 25 of those professionally. He also provided valuable insight on entering and thriving as a software developer and what BigRentz specifically looks for in applicants. The environment at BigRentz is lively, collaborative, fun as well as focused,…

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LearningFuze is on the move!

LearningFuze is on the move!

Since opening our doors in mid 2014 the bootcamp has seen a plethora of students come through the program and go on to careers in web development at companies such as Kelley Blue Book, Panasonic Aviation, BigRentz, Restoration Media, Insikt, NextVR and more. The program is led by 2 senior developers with the support of 2 junior level developers and the availability of a UI/UX designer which results in a student to teacher instructional ratio of about 5 to 1….

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