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  What I Wish I Knew Before Springboard

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on September 9, 2025

  Harrison completed a service mission in New England aiding African refugees and asylum seekers in search of a better life – that’s how he realized he wanted to focus on creating tech that increases the quality of life of those who need it most. By enrolling in the self-paced Software Engineering bootcamp at...

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  What I Wish I Knew Before Coding Temple

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on July 6, 2022

  Zach Porras studied Russian in college, spent 10 years in the service industry, and worked for Whole Foods in Chicago as a Department Manager before enrolling at Coding Temple. After graduating in September 2021, Zach got a job as a Software Engineer at...

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  What I Wish I Knew Before General Assembly

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on May 17, 2024

  Editor’s note: General Assembly stopped accepting new consumer enrollments on April 28, 2026. This article describes programs and experiences from before that change. Read General Assembly’s official notice. Thom Strub worked in a jewelry store, at a local art school, and as a bartender before he enrolled in General Assembly's Sof...

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  How to Land a Web3 Job at Cred Protocol through the Jigsaw Labs Externship Program

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on July 6, 2022

  Learning data engineering is only the first step in breaking into the industry – bootcamps like Jigsaw Labs have externship programs in place to help students get real-world experience. And it takes forward-thinking companies like Cred Protocol to hire and train students in those externships. Find out fr...

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  How Jeanette Reskilled with BrainStation While Working Full-Time

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on July 20, 2022

  For nearly a decade, Jeanette Au has been working in banking as an analyst, but when her job started to feel stagnant, she looked to tech to find a more fulfilling career path. Excited by the creativity and problem-solving found in the UX Design career, Jeanette enrolled in the part-time, online...

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  10 Takeaways: What I Wish I Knew Before a Coding Bootcamp

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on July 13, 2023

  Learn what these five bootcampers wish they had known before they went to a bootcamp – how expectations met reality, how they actually got their first jobs, what surprised them about the teaching style, and whether the experience at Coding Temple, General Assembly,...

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  June 2022 Coding Bootcamp News

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on June 29, 2022

  Course Report · June 2022 Coding Bootcamp News Roundup Happy Summer! This June, tech hiring was at an all-time high despite news of layoffs and hiring freezes. We caught wind of four workforce developments for aspiring bootcampers in California, Montana,...

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  Ask a Career Coach: 4 Cybersecurity Job Tips for Career Changers

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on December 3, 2024

  Cybersecurity is a rapidly growing field as employers across all industries look for qualified candidates. With years of experience helping career changers, Eleven Fifty Academy experts, Pat Rhodes (Vice President of Career Services) and Nick Birch (Co-Founder and Vice President of Learning) share their top fo...

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  Instructor Spotlight: Lindsey Berlin of Flatiron School

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on June 22, 2022

  Flatiron School Data Science Instructor, Lindsey Berlin, has a passion for learning as much as she can about data science and sharing that with her students. Lindsey knows what it takes to succeed in Flatiron School’s intensive data science bootcamp and shares how st...

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  How Gwen Pivoted from Aerospace to Software Engineering with Code Fellows

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on June 23, 2022

  Gwen was a mechanical engineer working in aerospace before pivoting into software development. She chose to make the career change with...

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