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  Machine Learning vs. Deep Learning: A Deep Dive with Lighthouse Labs

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on July 7, 2021

  Artificial intelligence (AI) fuels significant technological advancement (hello self-driving cars!) but how exactly do machine learning and deep learning play into that development? Andrew Berry, a Lighthouse Labs D...

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  How The Cybersecurity Boot Camp at UT Austin Helped Ian Upskill Into IT

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on January 8, 2021

  When Ian Driscoll, a Lieutenant for the Travis County Sheriff’s Office in Texas, was promoted into an IT role, he knew he needed to learn a whole new skill set. To gain a foundation in the cyber field, Ian chose to attend the 24-week, part-time Cybersecurity Boot Camp at UT Austin, offered in collaboration with edX. As a tot...

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  A Beginner’s Guide to Prototyping

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on November 6, 2020

  In design, a prototype acts as a blueprint, helping transform ideas into a complete product. Jon Haines, a UX Designer and a UX/UI Webinar Instructor at Thinkful gives us a full rundown on prototyping: the two types o...

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  Career Roadmap: From Web Developer to Software Architect

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on November 6, 2020

  What does it take to evolve from a bootcamp graduate or Junior Developer to a senior role like a Software Architect? Everyone says software engineering is a career of “lifelong learning,” but we’re breaking down exactly what that means during your first 10 years after bootcamp. With the help of Curtis Schlak, a Galvanize/Hack Reactor instructor with over 20 years of engineering experience, we’ll...

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  How Lauren Went From Laid-Off to Employed in Tech in 3 Months with Coding Temple

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on October 30, 2020

  When Lauren Weber was laid off from her job as a franchise business consultant due to the pandemic, she decided to make a career-change into tech. Within three months, Lauren was hired as a Software Test Engineer at CyberGRX. How did she switch industries so quickly with zero experience in tech? It all started when she decided to enroll in...

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  October 2020 Coding Bootcamp News

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on October 29, 2020

    Course Report · October 2020 Coding Bootcamp News This October, workforce development was on everyone’s minds. In this new roundup, we’re covering the latest initiatives to lift up unemployed Americans and avoid a K-shaped economic recovery (we also in...

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  Using a Workforce Development Grant to Pay for Coding Bootcamp in 2025

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on February 14, 2025

  Career centers and workforce development grants are a key resource for unemployed/underemployed workers looking to re-skill. Around 12 million people have contacted their local career centers this year, which is 8.5 million more than in 2019. Federal program...

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  How CodeBoxx Graduate David Began a Dream Career as a Developer

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on October 28, 2020

  David Amyot was lost and uninspired by the path he was taking in college and in the Army. Driven by a lifelong love of computers and enlightened by the opportunity that awaited him in programming, he discovered CodeBoxx, and sought what was offered in this 16-week bootcamp. Now a Juni...

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  What We Built at DigitalCrafts: Brewsy

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on September 23, 2024

  A key component of most coding bootcamps is a capstone project that marks the culmination of everything students have learned. We caught up with Carrie Grossman, Frida Garcia, and Priyanka Farrell, three recent bootcamp graduates from the DigitalCrafts Full Stack Software Development Immersive to learn...

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  How Laura Launched Her Creative Tech Career After BrainStation

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on October 21, 2020

  Laura Brennan worked in a variety of administrative jobs (including running her own bar in France!), but she yearned for a career that would fuel her ambitions to be a creative problem-solver. Laura listened to the advice of her supportive family and enrolled in BrainStation’s Web Development Bootcamp. Ev...

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