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  How to Structure Your Online Job Search in 2025 [Checklist]

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on January 2, 2025

  We caught up with Flatiron School’s Head of Career Services, Gretchen Jacobi, to create a checklist of the most important things you should do daily and weekly to structure a successful online job search. Plus, Gretchen weighs in on the state of the tech job market during COVID-19 a...

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  How To Network Online to Get a Tech Job

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on April 30, 2020

  How important is networking online? With its well-established online presence in the tech community, we reached out to Thinkful’s Career Coach Brenda Bridges to learn more about why networking is so crucial for anyone working or hoping to work in tech today. So, whether you’re in the midst of a job search o...

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  4 Steps to Become a Remote Developer

  

  Rachel Meltzer

  Updated on May 10, 2024

  Remote jobs are rapidly becoming more popular in nearly every industry, growing by over 173% in the past decade. This phenomenon is sweeping the US, Canada, and most of Europe as...

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  Why Sarah Pivoted From Teaching To Engineering with General Assembly

  

  Jess Feldman

  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. Even with 20 years teaching experience,...

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  How Eli Landed a Remote Developer Job After Lighthouse Labs

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on April 22, 2020

  When Eli Kittross-Schnell realized that his legal career didn’t inspire him, he turned to his second interest: technology. After careful consideration, Eli applied to Lighthouse Labs and attended their 12-week intensive W...

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  Anna's Journey Into Software Engineering with Hackbright Academy

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on April 7, 2021

    Anna Peery was in search of a fulfilling career, and after enjoying a bootcamp prep course, she decided to take the leap into software engineering at Hackbright Academy. Even though her career change wasn’t tr...

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  Tips for Learning Online at BrainStation

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on April 8, 2020

  BrainStation just launched more than 70 new online courses in design, web development, data science, and marketing. We sat down with Julia Osmar, the VP of Education Exper...

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  Why Benton Switched From Lawyer to Software Engineer with Flatiron School

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on April 9, 2020

    Benton Wong’s career path traveled through the biotech industry, law, and business leadership. But he found a true interest in the software development process,...

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  Why ServiceNow Hires Support Engineers from Sabio

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on December 4, 2024

  Nicholas Roberts is the Director of Advanced Support Technologies at ServiceNow in San Diego – and a huge advocate for military veterans in tech. In the past year, ServiceNow...

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  March 2020 Coding Bootcamp News

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on March 31, 2020

  In the face of the global coronavirus pandemic, this month has shown that coding bootcamps are uniquely prepared to deliver quality remote learning to those now staying indoors, working from home, or even unemployed. In addition to COVID-19 news, March brought a $19 million fundraise, regulatory news, several scholarships to close the gap in diversity in tech, and 6 new schools in the Course R...

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