2022 Madison Bootcamps

The job outlook for bootcamp graduates in Madison is excellent and only expected to rise in conjunction with industry demand. Since 2014 the technology labor market has grown by 47 percent. Major corporate giants have established ties to the area including Google, American Family Insurance, and road bike manufacturer Trek, all of which are actively hiring in technical and analyst roles. Other homegrown success stories include intelligent logistics provider Swan Leap, named the fastest growing company in 2018 and Zendesk, an international customer service software provider whose Madison presence grew from three to 300 employees in recent years. Bootcamp grads are sure to benefit from this continued growth as the region has officially been named an “area of high growth” in the technology industry with the potential to become a highly innovative region by a Brookings Institution Report.

If startups are more your scene, Madison has got you covered there too. The “Silicon Prairie,” as the region has been nicknamed, ranked as the number five city in startup activity and entrepreneurship in a recent report. Innovative organizations that have recently completed multi-million rounds of funding include presentation platform developer Airdeck and cross-platform app developer Iconic. Other firms are invested in bringing the next generation of technology to market like Holos, which develops VR content management systems in the education space and EnsoData, a startup using AI to conduct sleep studies and create tech wearables. These budding companies are supported by the growing venture capital community and incubators and accelerators in the city like gener8tor and StartingBlock which provide funding, physical infrastructure and mentorship. Bootcamp participants in Madison have numerous choices in combining the “hard skills” they learn in data science, management, or development to their passions in entrepreneurship, cutting-edge tech and more.