Giving Compass' Take:

· Writing for EdSurge, Wade Tyler Millward takes a look at Springboard's coding bootcamp and how it raised $11 million to expand the mentor-driven program. 

· How is this online program helping boost the amount of talent in the workforce? How can donors support programs like this to increase workforce potential?

· Check out this article from EdSurge analyzing the success of coding bootcamps.

Kashif Ross needed a career change. The 34-year-old felt rewarded in his job as a seventh-grade teacher, but he knew that a job in the tech industry would yield more pay plus more time with his wife and his two kids.

Ross searched for online programs he could afford and came across Springboard, which advertises itself as a part-time bootcamp you can take at home. He spent about three months of 2019 learning to design programs. He worked one-on-one with a mentor, whom he’s stayed in touch with even now that he’s landed a full-time job as a user-experience designer in Austin, Texas.

“I’ve doubled my pay and decreased my workload,” says Ross. “I’ve found something that fits my design background, my artistic background and my communications background.”

He isn’t the only person to give Springboard a stamp of approval. The San Francisco-based company has plans to reach more learners now that it’s raised an $11 million post-Series A financing round. Reach Capital led the round. Pearson Ventures, International Finance Corp., Costanoa Ventures, Learn Capital and Blue Fog Capital participated.

Read the full article about Springboard's coding bootcamp by Wade Tyler Millward at EdSurge.