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  How Laura Launched Her Creative Tech Career After BrainStation

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on October 21, 2020

  Laura Brennan worked in a variety of administrative jobs (including running her own bar in France!), but she yearned for a career that would fuel her ambitions to be a creative problem-solver. Laura listened to the advice of her supportive family and enrolled in BrainStation’s Web Development Bootcamp. Ev...

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  From Journalism to UX Design: Why Rena Chose Berkeley UX/UI Boot Camp

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on October 20, 2020

  Rena Silverman was a journalist for 15 years before a move to California inspired her to develop her technical skill set at Berkeley UX/UI Boot Camp (offered in collaboration with edX). Three months after graduating from the program, she used her network to first land a job at Run The World as their Chief UX Writer and then,...

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  Data Engineering vs. Data Science vs. Machine Learning Engineering

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on September 9, 2025

  The three most popular careers in data are data science, machine learning, and data engineering. But what exactly do these jobs entail? Jonathan Heyne, VP and General Manager of Data and Engineering Programs at Springboard, joins us to explain how these three jobs work together, the different tools that machine learning engineers, data scientists, and data engineers use on the job, the salaries...

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  Scholarships We Love: Aspire 1000 at Software Guild

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on January 25, 2021

    The Software Guild and sister company, mthree have launched Aspire 1000, a new scholarship program that gives free training to one thousand underrepresented new techies! The robust program offers skills training as well as thorough career support for graduates. But what makes this pr...

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  How Clovette Pivoted Into Tech Sales with Flockjay

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on July 22, 2021

  Clovette had many years of business experience, but knew she needed stronger hard skills in order to be competitive in today’s tech sales industry. Learn how Flockjay’s online tech sales bootcamp and career services gave Clovette the in-demand skills and reinforcement she needed to land a job as an Account Executive at Zoom. Clovette al...

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  September 2020 Coding Bootcamp News

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on February 8, 2021

    Course Report · September 2020 Coding Bootcamp News It’s a new school year, but with COVID-19 ever-present, we read more interesting articles about Gap Year opportunities for college students. There was plenty of buzz around workforce development in...

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  How to Use Microsoft Excel Like a Data Analyst

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on September 30, 2022

  Since 1987, Microsoft Excel has been used in virtually every office by employees with various job titles. But how is Excel used in data analysis today and can it be learned at a...

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  How Galvanize Alum Suchaya Became a Remote Data Engineer at Gap

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on September 25, 2020

  Suchaya Rojanasuwan had the drive and the passion to work in data science, but wasn’t sure how to make the career change. Suchaya shares how the Data Science Immersive bootcamp at Galvanize taught her the necessary data science languages, soft skills, and career support to land her first job as an Associate Data Science Engineer at...

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  A Guide to Network Engineering with NGT Academy

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on August 18, 2021

  We’re taking a look at what it takes to get started in network engineering with Jacob Hess, co-founder of NGT Academy. Learn the answers to all of your networking questions: do network engineers need to learn programming? Which certification and soft skills do you need in network engineering? What kinds of salaries can you expect af...

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  How Tech Elevator is Facing the Challenge of Online Learning

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on September 23, 2020

  Tech Elevator has been an immersive bootcamp in campuses across the US since 2015, but the onset of COVID-19 in March prompted a quick shift into a remote platform. Dedicated to a seamless transition, they rolled with the punches and resolved to problem-solve their bigges...

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