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  5 Years Later: Was Turing School Worth It for Katie?

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on September 12, 2023

  Katie Scruggs was teaching high school biology when she realized her calling was in computer programming. She moved from Oklahoma to Denver to attend the Front End Engineering bootcamp at Turing School of Software & Design in 2017. Fast forward five years and Katie is now a Software Engineer at a startup! Learn...

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  Navigating the FinTech Career Path: Jobs & Salary Guide

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on September 6, 2023

  Fintech, short for financial technology, is reshaping the way today’s financial services are delivered and consumed, and it's creating career opportunities for individuals with a passion for innovation, technology, and finance. Find out what it takes to succeed as a fintech professional, the responsibilities (and salaries!) you can expect at each rung of the fintech career ladder, and the compan...

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  Why Preset Hires App Academy Graduates

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on September 5, 2023

  App Academy prepares students for software engineering roles right after bootcamp graduation. But what does that actually look like? We caught up with a real employer – Elizabeth Thompson, the Senior Engineering Manager at...

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  August 2023 Coding Bootcamp News

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on September 29, 2023

  As we slowly transition into Fall, going back to school is on many of our readers’ minds, so this month we rounded up 27 bootcamps with Fall cohorts! This August, we also released the 28 Best Data Science Bootcamps, the...

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  Inside CompTIA Test Prep with Eleven Fifty Academy

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on August 28, 2023

  Studying for the CompTIA cybersecurity certification exams? Eleven Fifty Academy has you covered with their new CompTIA test prep course! Learn from real experts with instructor-led training so you can pass the Security+ and Network+ exams faster! Tony Smarrella, Vice President of Marketing, from Eleven Fifty answers our questions about what students ca...

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  How to Learn Cybersecurity at Coding Temple

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on August 17, 2023

  Cybersecurity experts are in high demand as online threats become ever-present. Responding to the market need and requests for a cybersecurity bootcamp, Coding Temple designed a self-paced program directly informed by the CompTIA Security+ exam and cybersecurity professionals working in the field. Backed...

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  3 Reasons Why SQL Is So Popular

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on August 8, 2023

  Popular since the 1970s, structured query language (SQL) allows technologists to organize and access data simply and quickly. SQL is utilized in data and engineering jobs alike and doesn’t require you to know how to code. Larisa Molodyk, Product Manager at TripleTen,...

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  How Jen Balanced Careerist’s QA Training with Work and Family

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on January 22, 2024

  Jen, a graduate of Careerist’s QA testing bootcamp wrote a Verified review of her bootcamp experience and won our latest sweepstakes competition! Over 1,500 tech bootcamp graduates wrote a Verified review for their school on Course Report and went...

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  How to Pay for Springboard

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on October 24, 2025

  Springboard knows that bootcamp tuition can be expensive, so they offer a variety of payment options to meet the needs of their incoming students. We spoke with Nicole Crescenzi, the Dean of Admissions at Springboard to learn more about their monthly payment plans, financing op...

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  Inside the Job Guarantee at 4Geeks Academy

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on August 7, 2023

  4Geeks Academy just launched their new Job Guarantee and we caught up with Marcelo Ricigliano, the Co-Founder and CEO at 4Geeks Academy, about why they’re making this commitment to students in 2023. Learn about exactly what the Job Guarantee covers, how to qualify, and the typical job and salary outc...

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