Type of business | Private |
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Founded | 2014 |
Headquarters | Kirkland, Washington , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Founder(s) | Jonathan Lau |
Industry | Internet |
Services | Technology education |
Website | https://www.switchup.org/ |
Commercial | Yes |
Launched | August 2014 |
Current status | Active |
SwitchUp is an online coding and computing programing platform.[1] Students use the website to research online and offline programming courses by reading alumni reviews, connecting with mentors in the forum, taking an online quiz, and reading industry studies.[2] SwitchUp only accepts reviews from verified alumni and has a verification process.
SwitchUp, was started after Jonathan Lau, an MIT alum, attended a Coding Bootcamp in Boston. He launched SwitchUp with a small team, and left the first code bootcamp review on the site.
SwitchUp aims to add transparency to the technology education industry.[3] The website was launched in August 2014.[4]
As of October 2020, the site had over 20,000 reviews of 1000 different programming bootcamps and courses across 30 different countries.[5][2] [6] Switch guides students on a career path, recommends bootcamps, and aggregates alumni reviews.[6]
SwitchUp regularly publishes industry research[7] and bootcamp rankings.[8] They also put out data science,[9] cyber security,[10] and web design[11] rankings.
They also offer scholarship information[12] and listings for bootcamps that accept the GI Bill.[13]
In a job outcomes study conducted by researchers published on Dec 1, 2016, the following trends were found:[7]
SwitchUp also published the 2018 best coding bootcamp rankings on December 31, 2018.[8]
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SwitchUp.
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