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  AI in QA: How QA Testers Use Artificial Intelligence in 2025

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on March 11, 2025

  Worried that AI is going to replace the need for QA Testers or Quality Assurance Engineers? While the potential for AI is expansive, Stephen Hudson, the Curriculum Lead at TripleTen, shares why AI won’t reduce the need for QA Engineers in our lifetime! Stephen explains how...

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  April 2023 Coding Bootcamp News

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on December 15, 2023

  Course Report · April 2023 Coding Bootcamp News Roundup Happy Spring! ChatGPT was the buzzword of April, so we’ve got news on how AI is already being included in coding bootcamp curriculums. This April, we saw a tech training provider close an $8M funding round...

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  5 Greentech Jobs You Can Land After a Coding Bootcamp

  

  Nat Davis

  Updated on August 1, 2024

  Can you use technology to improve the relationship between humans and our planet? Green technology is a fast-growing industry that utilizes tech to promote the livelihood of the planet by reducing the negative impact of humans on the environment....

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  What is a Processor?

  

  Nat Davis

  Updated on September 15, 2026

  A computer's central processing unit (CPU) executes instructions and performs calculations. It is often called the processor, although other processors, such as GPUs, handle specialized work. Software engineers need to know what a processor is because, along with RAM, it plays a major role in the speed of a device. Performance depends on the workload, processor design, memory and other component...

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  Curriculum Spotlight: Learning Product Management at BrainStation

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on April 17, 2023

  BrainStation’s Product Management course is aimed at beginners interested in launching a PM career. Within the 4-unit course (which can be completed online or in-person at a BrainStation campus), students will learn product management fundamentals, such as product s...

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  The Product Designer Career Path: Jobs + Salary Guide

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on April 14, 2023

  If you are a problem-solver, empathetic, and have a great imagination then a career in product design may be for you! As the Curriculum Designer for the Product Design Bootcamp at Flatiron School, Siana Altiise knows what it takes to become a product designer a...

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  Healthcare Tech Jobs You Can Land After a Coding Bootcamp

  

  Nat Davis

  Updated on December 11, 2024

  Over the past 30 years, the healthcare industry has become more tech-enabled: from medical record digitization to bespoke software for health insurance companies to virtual patient-doctor treatment platforms to the data analysis behind pharmaceuticals. According to a...

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  How to Set Up Your Own Data Analytics Environment

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on May 21, 2025

  Thinking about diving into a data career? The first step is setting up your data analytics environment. In this beginner’s guide, Simon Dawkins, Lead Data Instructor at Lighthouse Labs, walks you through a data analytics environment including the three main components that make up your environment. Find out how you’ll use data analytics environments on the job and the benefits of virtual environ...

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  A Beginner’s Guide to Scripting

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on April 3, 2023

  As a user of the internet, you interact with scripts every day – but what exactly is scripting and what are the most popular scripting languages? Brooke Jones, a Software Engineering Instructor at Flatiron School, breaks down the basics of scripting, diving into t...

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  Data Analytics vs Business Intelligence vs Data Science

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on May 30, 2024

  Data is driving business decisions in every industry, which means that companies need skilled business intelligence analysts, data analysts, and data scientists. But what exactly is the difference between these three data career paths? Aaron Gallant, a data expert and Curriculum Lead from...

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