What to Expect from the TripleTen AI Automations Bootcamp

Welcome back to our Course Report Q&A series – where we talk to bootcamp instructors, alumni, and career coaches to understand what you can expect from top tech bootcamps. Today, I’m joined by Elise Deitrick, who is on the TripleTen curriculum team, to discuss their new AI Automations Bootcamp. If you have questions about the AI Automations Bootcamp, how TripleTen integrates AI into its existing bootcamps, and what the future of AI education looks like for career changers at TripleTen, stay tuned!

Why is it so important, especially for career changers and aspiring engineers, to understand the fundamentals of AI in 2025? Why is this a priority?

In 2025, the job market is much more competitive than it was during the bootcamp boom in 2018–2019. Whether you're a bootcamp grad or a college grad, you're now competing against more experienced talent. One way to stand out is to say, “Sure, that person has two years of experience, but I know how to use AI.” AI makes you more productive and faster. And as a manager balancing a budget, someone who can produce more work in the same amount of time will always rise to the top of the candidate pool.

Do you see AI tools helping early-career professionals launch their tech careers? 

Yes. While junior roles may evolve over the next three to five years, where once you needed to know HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, the exact syntax is becoming less critical. What matters more is understanding computational thinking patterns – because now, AI can write the code, and you just need to check it. Those who dive into AI tools and stay on the cutting edge are the ones who will land roles. As industries adapt, new entry-level role equivalents will emerge, and AI will be integrated into all of them – just slightly different from how we define junior roles today.

Let's dig into the TripleTen AI Automations Bootcamp. Tell us more about the program and who it's designed for.

AI Automations is about effectively leveraging AI tools and scaling them with automation. It's not about copying and pasting from ChatGPT – it’s about setting up fully automated workflows that generate value over time.

The bootcamp is designed for mid-level managers – essentially, anyone who has worked in desk jobs and understands business processes. If you’ve run or operated within a business process and are curious about where AI might fit in, this could be a great fit for you.

Does somebody need to be particularly technical in order to do the AI Automation bootcamp?

You need basic computer skills, but we teach you everything after that. The profile of the person who will succeed in this role is someone who is great at talking to people. You'll have different stakeholders, people to argue budget with, and you’ll have to get friendly with anyone’s process that AI will interrupt. 

Does the AI Automation engineer role exist, or is this a new role?

It’s a very new role, and currently, it goes by many names: AI Operations Specialist, AI Integration Specialist, AI Business Process Automation Specialist, Automation Specialist, No-Code AI Automation Specialist, Integration Solution Specialist. Because of this variety, it’s hard to capture market demand under one title – but these positions are emerging quickly. We’re betting that this is where the workforce is headed, and we’ll see more of these roles open up over time.

Do you see the AI Specialist role in more demand in specific industries, or is it across the board?

It’s across the board. The key factor is how cutting-edge a business is. If a business adopts AI, they’re likely to innovate across operations.

Currently, it’s still the early adopter phase. At TripleTen, we already use AI in many ways. So we anticipate that the first wave of graduates will end up at similarly innovative companies. And once the middle-of-the-pack adopters follow, job openings will skyrocket.

What specific tools and skills is TripleTen prioritizing in the AI Automations bootcamp? 

Students will learn about LLMs and text-to-image models. While many have tried ChatGPT or Anthropic, we’ll use Nebius Studio (since TripleTen is a Nebius company). We also teach tools like N8N, UiPath, and Make – all key players in automation.

Will students build projects?

At TripleTen, we break all our programs into sprints, usually two weeks long. At the end of every sprint, you deliver a project. Some projects you're building throughout the program include an AI-powered chatbot and an AI-powered automation.

They’ll also develop AI agents – bots that connect to real-world systems through APIs and webhooks and execute process automations. These aren’t just demos – they’re designed to be more complex that runs by itself and lives for eternity.

Could someone balance the AI Automations bootcamp with a full-time or part-time job?

Absolutely. All TripleTen bootcamps are part-time and asynchronous, meaning you don’t have to log in at a certain time each day. Students typically spend up to 20 hours per week and often study during evenings or weekends. Support is available no matter the time, so you can work through the program on your own schedule.

How do you suggest graduates use their automation training to stand out in the job market? Is career support a part of the program?

Yes, and it depends on what you want to do. Yes, and it depends on your goals. If you’re seeking a new job, follow all the career milestones in the curriculum – write your resume and LinkedIn profile, practice networking messages, and share projects online as you complete each sprint. That momentum can help you land a job before graduation.

If you’re looking to get promoted in your current role, the same advice applies. You can also speak with TripleTen’s career coaches for help pitching your new skills to your manager.

Several people have successfully pivoted within companies where they are already working.

Is AI being integrated into TripleTen’s existing bootcamps?

Yes, AI is included in all of our programs today. We have an AI literacy chapter near the beginning because we know that if you go out into the world, you will run into this. It’s basic AI literacy content, like what an LLM is, evaluating AI output, how to write a prompt, etc. However, our AI curriculum also teaches students how to use AI ethically and how to protect privacy. The last thing we want anyone to do is upload a spreadsheet full of customer data into ChatGPT. That is the wrong way to use it; we need everyone to know that immediately. 

We also have AI built into our own learning platform, and it's this cute little chat agent called Dot. You can highlight in the text and hit Explain, and Dot will pop up and explain it to you. You can chat with it whenever you want. It'll help with everything from explaining concepts to students stuck in a particular project because Dot can see your code, look at what project you're working on, and give you targeted feedback. Students use dot over ChatGPT because it understands the context of our program, and is designed to guide students instead of giving them the answer.

Finally, we implement a program-specific curriculum for software engineering. Knowing how to use GitHub Copilot is becoming a fundamental skill for all software engineers, so that's in our UX/UI curriculum. Figma has built-in AI and things like Recraft, Midjourney, and V0. So there's introductory AI content at the beginning, Dot throughout the program, and we're building in program-specific AI curriculum along the way.

How is the curriculum team at TripleTen helping students ensure they're not only using AI, but also thinking critically about it? Are you covering topics like ethics and responsible use?

Yes, this is  part of our AI literacy chapter at the beginning of the program, but also as we get into the program-specific topics, we remind them when it’s inappropriate to upload data to AI. If you’re a BI analyst, it's tempting to click that Gemini button in the corner, but this has privacy implications. So we will clone this, remove all the PII before adding AI into the mix.”

These are practices that everyone already faces today, and we're trying to ensure that everyone uses them as safely as possible in the future.

How much instructional support are students getting in the AI Automations Bootcamp? Does somebody have access to a real instructor as they go along?

Instructional support is available in AI Automations and all TripleTen bootcamps. These are the people who will review your projects and answer any questions you have, whether in text-based format in our community tool called the Hub, or if you attend office hours or schedule a one-on-one video call.

Learning Coaches and Career Coaches help you along your journey. You get assigned a Learning Coach when you start the bootcamp. They are here to help you navigate the learning journey on top of your other priorities. Maybe you’ve only sat in a classroom and need tips about self-directed learning – your Learning Coach will help.

As you progress through the program, you'll have many projects, and your Career Coach will be there to help guide you through resume writing, LinkedIn profile crafting, etc. When you graduate, you will be introduced to your placement coordinator. All of our programs come with a 10-month money-back guarantee window, where if you don't get a job at the end of 10 months of job searching, you get your tuition back. Your TripleTen Placement Coordinator is there for those 10 months to ensure you're applying for jobs, crafting tailored resumes for those jobs, and consistently networking.

We’re seeing many AI courses appear online. What should a student look for in a strong AI curriculum?

There are three things I would focus on:

1. Think about what you want to use AI for and look for that in the curriculum. What seems useful? One of the reasons we teach AI Automations in our bootcamp is that AI is great, but running it yourself is annoying, so learning how to build automated processes adds real value. 

2. Go beyond the buzzwords. Learn AI skills which fill gaps in your life or your role and immediately add value to your business instead of focusing on the buzzwords.

3. Look for hands-on projects in the course. If there isn't a hands-on project that applies what you’re learning to the real world, then the course might as well be a podcast – not worth it.

Those are three great tips. Are AI skills making students more hireable in 2025? How are employers responding to automation-literatees now?

We're noticing that students who do cool AI projects, for example, in our data science program, are getting picked up much faster. We're seeing AI appear in job descriptions, whether it's an AI automation role or a general tech role. On a personal note, I have friends looking for jobs, and they talk about AI appearing in more job descriptions.

As everyone becomes more curious about AI, if you're willing to dive in and be like, “Hey, I know AI, I'm willing to try it,” you're going to be more employable.

What’s on the horizon for AI education at TripleTen?

Our AI Automations bootcamp is our first big AI offering, but we're also looking into upskilling. Many people have a job they love, but need that AI boost, so we're considering different courses, whether AI for managers, AI for marketers, etc., where we can tailor AI-specific, real-world projects for a position. Because if you're not doing a real-world project, what are you doing?

Keep an eye out for those upskilling courses. They'll be amazing.

Is there one piece of advice you give students who want to get the most out of their time at TripleTen?

The most successful TripleTen students are going above and beyond the curriculum. They're trying to make their projects that bring them joy, and their portfolio is full of things they care about. When they graduate, they keep working and keep building those projects. 

One graduate, who used to teach Russian to Americans, created so many compelling projects during their job search that TripleTen became just a single line on their resume – and they landed the job! 

Personal projects show potential employers the value you’ll bring once you’re on their team.

Elise, thanks so much for sharing your insights working on the curriculum team and walking us through how TripleTen is preparing students for the future of work through AI education.

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