Chicago Tribune (March 15) -- The Starter League, a pioneering coding school launched in Chicago in 2011, has been acquired by Fullstack Academy, a larger competitor based in New York City. Fullstack CEO David Yang and co-founder and CTO Nimit Maru, both Illinois alumni, said their high admissions standards – they take on amateur programmers, not complete beginners – will help qualify graduates for entry-level developer roles, something coding bootcamps are sometimes criticized for not achieving.