Boot Camp Blog

After five years of working in IT, Mare’a Armstrong felt stuck in the daily grind. Eager to escape his comfort zone, he enrolled in The Cybersecurity Boot Camp at UCR Extension to gain modern, market-driven skills.  As the first day of class approached, Mare’a fought conflicting emotions; on one hand, he was thrilled to finally…

Brad Johnston wakes up in the morning as early as possible, helps his son get set up with online school, fires up his computer, and gets to work. He touches base with his team and figures out what he needs to get done that day. Then, he codes — for hours. Spending all of his time…

Out of all the motivating factors that lead students to enroll in our boot camp, career advancement stands out from the rest. According to a study by Indeed, 80 percent of companies surveyed have offered jobs to boot camp alumni, and 99.8 percent of those who did would do it again. Finding the job that…

What is Cybersecurity? Cybersecurity refers to the practice of safeguarding systems, computers and data from digital attacks. These attacks often involve attempts to breach, modify, or damage the target’s computer system, resulting in interruption or downtime for services, theft of confidential or proprietary data and exposure of personal information. The field of cybersecurity is ever…

You’re interested in an online boot camp—but you first want to know how it actually works. What can you expect from the online format? If you’re just discovering our boot camps, you likely have many questions that you’d like the answers to before taking the next step. It is important to make an informed decision…

Many of today’s leading employers are beginning to embrace new models of education, including online learning. As a result, we see a number of employers hiring online boot camp s due to their work ethic and combination of hard skills (technical knowledge) and soft skills (adaptability, collaboration, creativity, etc.). Because of the fast-paced nature of…

As the unprecedented shift towards online learning continues to grow, more s are seeking out the combination of skills development and flexibility offered through an online boot camp education. Today it is more possible than ever to break into fields such as web development, financial technology, UX/UI, cybersecurity, and digital marketing through the help of…

Thanks to the many advancements in modern technology, an online education has become more accessible than ever before, allowing learners to receive the same high-quality experience and outcomes offered by traditional education via a virtual experience. The recent weeks have witnessed an increasing number of schools and universities around the world transition to online-only learning,…

After selling the tech start-up he co-founded, Charles Gedeon wondered what to tackle next. While handling operations at his company, he’d always been fascinated by the work done by the coders on his team, so that seemed like a good place to start.  “That whole process pulled me in,” Charles said. “So I started dabbling…

Updated as of April 2, 2020 For the health and safety of our students, in cooperation and in accordance with UC Riverside, the campus will be closed until further notice due to increasing concerns about the spread of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). UCR Extension Boot Camp cohorts will move to virtual class sessions until campuses…