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  The Data Engineering Jobs & Salaries Guide

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on March 8, 2022

  Every modern company depends on data to drive its decisions and products. With all of that data to capture and interpret, there is a huge demand for skilled data engineers. Jeff Katz of Jigsaw Labs demystifies the data engineering career path, breaking down what it takes to pivot into data engineering, the typical responsibilities (and salaries!) you can expect at any level of your data engineer...

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  Six Years Later: Was Flatiron School Worth It for Linda?

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on March 8, 2022

  Linda Haviv was weighing several career options – from music to law to TV production – when she started exploring the world of code in 2015. After learning how to build a website, Linda wanted to learn more, but fitting in self-teaching while working a demanding TV job wasn’t enough. Six years after making her career change into tech, Linda shares why enrolling at Flatiron School was worth the i...

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  Filling the Cyber Skills Gap: Learning Cybersecurity at DigitalCrafts

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on March 1, 2022

  Cybersecurity is one of the fastest-growing fields in tech, with the field projected to grow by 33% during this decade. To help fill a large skills gap, DigitalCrafts has launched an online Cybersecurity Bootcamp. Gareth Marc...

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  February 2022 Coding Bootcamp News

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on March 1, 2022

  Course Report · February 2022 Coding Bootcamp News Roundup After months of reporting about federal funding for short-term programs, it looks like the next step has been made to open up Pell grants to training programs like bootcamps. We’re covering t...

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  From Nursing Assistant to Software Engineer after Alchemy Code Lab

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on February 28, 2022

  After 10 years as a CNA, Noah Puckett hit a ceiling in their healthcare career and wanted a new career that offered a higher salary, better benefits, and more flexibility. To expedite the career change, Noah enrolled at Alchemy Code Lab and was grateful for the community support, career coaching, and structured learning. Noah became a bootcamp TA and is now a Software Engineer at New Relic, and...

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  From Chemical Engineer to Software Engineer after The Coding Boot Camp at UT Austin

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on October 31, 2022

  When Silver Ehiwario – a chemical engineer and mom of three – hit a roadblock in her job search, she decided it was the perfect time to learn a new skill set. Silver enrolled at The Coding Boot Camp at UT Austin (offered in collaboration with edX) and excelled at the part-time boot camp as a busy mom juggling family responsibilities and a new pregnancy. Now five years after graduating from...

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  From Broadway to NPR: Jordan’s Software Engineering Path with Codesmith

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on February 21, 2022

  Over 1,200 tech bootcamp graduates wrote a Verified review for their school on Course Report and went into the draw to win a $500 Amazon gift card! Jordan, a graduate of Codesmith, wrote a Verified review of his bootcamp...

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  The 10 Best Coding Bootcamps for Women in 2025

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on January 2, 2025

  Women have historically been left out of tech careers and education – only 21% of undergraduate computer science degrees were awarded to women in 2019. But bootcamps are different – women make up 36% of coding bootcamp alumni, and while the industry hasn't quite achieved gender parity, the percentage of women improves year over year (41% in 2020!) and continues to outpace the percentage of women...

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  Live Q&A: How 6 Bootcamp Alumni Got Tech Jobs During COVID-19

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on February 24, 2022

  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. In this Live Alumni Q&A, the panel answered real questions from the audience like: How these 6 bootcamp grads did thei...

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  Curriculum Spotlight: Learning Tech Sales at Springboard

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on February 16, 2022

  You probably know Springboard for Cyber Security, Data Science, Software Engineering, and Design bootcamps, but they’ve recently launched the Tech Sales Career Track for career changers looking to get into tech but without learning to code. Springboard Learning Designer, Dalia Abbas, shares what you’ll learn in the tech sales curriculum and why it’s a p...

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