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  How This High School Teacher Became a Data Scientist after Metis

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on August 30, 2021

  Tim Dooley enjoyed teaching his high school students, but ultimately wanted a career that focused on unearthing exciting finds through innovative research. After some self-teaching, Tim enrolled at Metis’s full-time Data Science Bootcamp to learn everything from Python to data scraping to neural networks. Tim shares how the online communit...

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  What We Built at General Assembly’s Social Impact Hackathon: Serenity

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on September 30, 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. General Assembly Immersive graduates Jess, Shane, and Scott learned everything they needed to know about prototyping, user...

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  How Is Agile Used in Software Engineering?

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on August 27, 2021

  A lot of work goes into building products and it can be difficult to manage tasks across different teams. The Agile Methodology is a set of practices that allows teams to effectively communicate and collaborate across disciplines in order to create working products. Sharing their insig...

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  How Eleven Fifty Academy Bootcamp Graduates Land Tech Jobs

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on December 3, 2024

  Since 2014, Eleven Fifty Academy has graduated over 1,100 developers into the tech market. By expanding to include an online option, Eleven Fifty Academy is now helping students across the country make a career change into tech. Abi Tambasco, Vice President of Career Services and Employer Strategy at Eleven Fifty Academy, explains how her team has created a virtual pipeline of robust career supp...

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  From Test Engineer to Data Engineer after Jigsaw Labs

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on August 24, 2021

  Although Chris Santos was skilled in hardware test engineering, he knew it wasn’t his long-term career path. His tendency to organize led him to data engineering at Jigsaw Labs! With its personalized teaching style and career support, Chris explains what set Jigsaw Labs apart from other data bootcamps. Now Chris is three weeks into his new job as a Data Engineer at NEAR, and he shares what to ex...

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  Do UX Designers Need to Know How to Code?

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on August 24, 2021

  Should UX designers learn how to code? According to Brittany Bellanca, UX Design Instructor at DigitalCrafts, the answer is usually yes! Brittany shares the top programming languages that UX designers should have in their skill toolbox, exa...

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  4 Years Later: How Mathew Became a Shopify Developer after Lighthouse Labs

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on August 20, 2021

  Four years ago, Mathew Kostiuk was working odd jobs and wanted to find a career that would mentally challenge him. With his interest in coding piqued, he enrolled in Lighthouse Labs' Web Development bootcamp in Victoria, Canada. Mathew explains the benefits of his Lighthouse Labs over self-teaching, how...

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  Python Jobs + Salary Guide for Bootcamp Grads

  

  Nat Davis

  Updated on June 13, 2024

  Curious about what career paths lie ahead for someone skilled in Python? Our latest Bootcamp Alumni Outcomes Report revealed that bootcamp grads saw a 43% salary increase from pre-to-post bootcamp – Python programmers in particular reported making $78,604 after gra...

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  From Aerospace Engineer to UX Designer With Designlab

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on December 6, 2024

  After working for a decade in aerospace engineering, Jack Henstridge wanted to tap into his creative side and shift gears into UX design. After extensive research, he decided to enroll in the UX Academy program at Designlab because of the hands-on curriculum and mentors...

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  The Java Developer Jobs & Salary Guide + Career Path

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on August 17, 2021

  Java is a well-established programming language and learning Java can lead you into a great tech career. So what does the path look like from newbie to expert in Java development? Software Guild instructor, David Hunnicutt walks us through the job titles, responsibilities, and average salaries for t...

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