Coding bootcamps can provide you with the necessary skills to start or advance your tech career, but they’re not the right choice for everyone. Here are a few things to consider when deciding if you should pursue a coding bootcamp in San Diego.

First, decide whether a coding bootcamp or degree might suit your goals better. Although both options prepare you for tech roles, a bootcamp may help you enter the field faster, at least in an entry-level position. Meanwhile, employers may require or prefer a relevant degree, like a computer science degree, which comes with a heftier time and cost commitment.

However, if you want to train quickly for a specific career, like DevOps engineer, a relevant bootcamp could be a good choice. In a Forbes Advisor survey of 500 coding bootcamp graduates, more than 90% of graduates were satisfied with their bootcamp curriculum, and over 87% felt prepared for jobs in the field.

Next, consider your expectations. For example, if your primary goal is to increase your salary at your current job by enhancing your coding skills, you might be happy to learn that nearly 80% of survey respondents saw a moderate to significant increase in income after graduating from their bootcamps, with an average increase of about $27,920.

A bootcamp may also help you switch careers or qualify for a promotion. In our survey, over 48% of graduates say they successfully advanced in their current jobs after completing their program, while another 27.6% started a different job using their new skills.

Still, there are a few drawbacks to coding bootcamps, including their lack of regulation and financial aid opportunities. And, although some bootcamps provide career services to prepare you for work after graduating, jobs aren’t guaranteed. In our survey, it took 45% of graduates at least three months to find a job after completing their bootcamp.

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — There are 5.6 billion reasons why people walked up to the microphone at San Diego City Hall on Wednesday night: the multi-billion-dollar budget for the City proposed by Mayor Todd Gloria.

Some from the communities hit by the Jan. 22 floods weren’t mincing their words in emotionally charged public comments on where the city should be budgeting its money.

“It’s time for you guys to plan before the next rain comes,” one speaker said.

“I’m drained…of speaking and asking for (expletive) help. I’m tired,” Michael Rios, a flood victim, said.

During its presentation, city staff showed the Council that the key priorities in the budget are stormwater resilience, homelessness, street repair, and public safety, among other things.

“They really give the money to the housing commission to help subsidize payments for us for new rental leases,” Rios said. “The number one priority on this budget should be for the infrastructure and the flood survivors and allocate all of the money towards us, to give us permanent housing and to help us.”

Other impacts include programs, arts, libraries, and many other things that are being brought to the city council.

“So I wanted to come down and make sure that equity should be a top priority,” LaShae Sharp-Collins, who spoke during public comment, said.

Many, like Sharp-Collins, expressed concern about the budget’s lack of equity for underinvested communities.

“The cuts that are happening is going to impact me drastically,” Sharp-Collins said. “Those cuts are not only going to impact me as far as employment; it’s going to impact the education. It’s going to impact the housing opportunities. It’s going to impact us in all types of shapes and forms.”

People plan to continue to express their opinions before the city council makes its final decision on the budget in June.

“I grew up in the 4th District, and the 4th District, we’re always on the chopping block. So for me, it’s important that we come down here and voice our opinion, and my community has a strong voice,” Sharp-Collins said.

“We need to use every minute and chance we have to speak to the city council and to the city to get us the help we need. We have no time to waste,” Rios said.

By Cailin Acosta

SAN DIEGO – Something I love to do each month is honor my friends celebrating a birthday with a handmade card. Once a month, a group of us meet for lunch and I bring cards for those celebrating in our group. They get passed around and signed by everyone in attendance. It might not be much but I feel if I am making something for you, then you are someone special in my life and deserve to be honored for another year I get to spend with you.

AJC’s (American Jewish Committee’s) survey of San Diego Jewish history during Jewish American Heritage Month features San Diego native Rose Schindler. One of the first times I met Schindler, she asked about my family and then asked when my birthday was. I told her it was December 27. She gave me a big hug and a kiss on the cheek and said, “Mine is December 28, you are my birthday twin!” For many years before she passed, I sent her handmade birthday cards or if I knew I would see her I would hand her one. She would ask me my name since she would forget but she would always call me her birthday twin. Click here to read her story.

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JEWISH ORGANIZATIONAL NEWS

During the Yom Ha’atzmaut event at the JCC on May 19, the Jewish Teen Foundation will culminate its work by awarding grants on state to Israeli and local nonprofits. Visit the JTF booth to congratulate the teens on their incredible fundraising efforts, hard work, and thoughtful selection of grantees. Click here to make your reservation for this free event.

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If this year has taught us anything, it’s that we must plan for the unexpected. Hillel of San Diego has been challenged to raise $50,000 to ensure all Jewish students in San Diego have a safe and welcoming environment through Hillel. Every dollar that is raised from our generous community will be matched one-for-one. Click here to help keep students safe.

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Keren-Dee Hamui, the new executive director of The Butterfly Project wrote in an introductory fundraising appeal that “I do not take lightly the seriousness of this moment as we witness the relentless incidents of antisemitism, Holocaust denial, and hate-fueled bullying against other marginalized groups in our communities.  We must take action now. Click here to donate.

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Nierman Preschool at the Lawrence Family JCC is holding open enrollment for children ages 18 months to 5 years. Click here to schedule a tour.

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CONGREGATIONAL NEWS

Beth Israel’s annual fundraiser on June 8 will feature actor and comedian Jason Alexander, known for his role as George Constanza on Seinfeld. Alexander will be performing his one-man show, “As Long As You’re Asking – A Conversation with Jason Alexander.” It will be an evening of comedy, music, and conversation. Click here to make your reservation.

Rabbi Devorah Marcus of Temple Emanu-El, on the progress of her child, wrote in a Temple bulletin: “As Rafael is in his 4th week of life, I am filled with worry and woe. As he masters drinking from a bottle and I watch him get better at it every day, knowing each bottle down means we’re one step closer to leaving the wonderful and amazing NICU that I cannot wait to get released from, I am counting, and patiently waiting and watching in our own Omer, not just of days, but of bottles, and milliliters, and breaths and swallows, and pulse oxygenation. And I am so unspeakably grateful for every minute of it on this, the 16th day of the Omer when we contemplate might within beauty.” … Another milestone within that congregational family, Rabbi Emeritus Martin S. Lawson will celebrate 50 years in the rabbinate at Shabbat services on Friday evening, May 10.

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Rabbi Mathew Marko of Tifereth Israel Synagogue was asked to teach Hebrew Scripture in Dr. Elisabeth Burke’s Scriptures class at Grossmont Community College. Rabbi Marko took a Torah with him to share with the students.

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GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

San Diego City Councilwoman Dr. Jen Campbell has endorsed Chief Deputy City Attorney Heather Ferbert in November’s election for City Attorney against Assemblyman Brian Maienschein.  Campbell stated: “Heather Ferbert’s commitment to the law and her extensive experience in the City Attorney’s office makes her the clear choice for San Diego’s next City Attorney.”

Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Oakland) endorses fellow Democrat Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) in the U.S. Senate race against Republican Steve Garvey. Schiff said about his former primary election opponent: “Congresswoman Barbara Lee is one of our nation’s most powerful advocates for social justice and a tireless fighter to combat economic injustice, champion health care for all, and protect civil rights.” Garvey responded that Lee’s agenda is “a permanent ceasefire with Hamas, out-of-control crime, $50 minimum wage, and a failed track record with the Latino community.”

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Cailin Acosta is the assistant editor of San Diego Jewish World. Acosta can be reached via cailin.acosta@sdjewishworld.com