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  How Fullstack Academy Alum Danielle Landed a Job at Google

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on December 29, 2023

  Danielle Katz was on a business track at Morningstar when she discovered her passion for coding. She spoke to leadership about switching into the tech track, and they agreed to sponsor her Fullstack Academy...

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  A Guide to Low Level Programming for Beginners

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on February 1, 2024

  High-level languages like JavaScript and Python may be the most popular programming languages today, but there’s no argument that these languages are doing a lot of work for the developer, from memory management to runtime interpretation. On the other h...

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  What is a QA Engineer? A Guide for Beginners

  

  Jennifer Inglis

  Updated on February 28, 2025

  Quality Assurance (QA) Engineers are the gatekeepers of all things quality control when it comes to software. They are responsible for making sure that code “passes muster” by testing it at all steps in the development process, looking for bugs or problems, and then working with the developers to ensure that those issues are resolved before the software is released. And according to Google’s 202...

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  Alumni Spotlight: Alex Merced of General Assembly

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on May 10, 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. After Alex Merced spent 10 years in the finance industry, he decided it was time for a remote tech job. After struggling to...

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  Tutor Spotlight: Angie Huetteman of CareerFoundry

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on March 20, 2020

  Meet Angie Huetteman, a Data Analytics Tutor at CareerFoundry’s new self-paced, online...

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  How to Get a Digital Marketing Job after Thinkful

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on July 22, 2021

  Wondering what kinds of digital marketing jobs you can get after graduating Thinkful’s Online Digital Marketing Flex course? We spoke with Thinkful’s Associate Director of Career Delivery Stephanie Bermudez on how Thinkful’...

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  Coding Bootcamps + COVID-19: Updates, Scholarships and Tips for Learning Online in 2024

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on December 26, 2023

  Schools and universities may be scrambling to figure out remote learning, but coding bootcamps have essentially been preparing for this since 2013. Online coding bootcamps already use Zoom video, Slack, GitHub, and VS Code Live Share for pair programming, online lectures, and to connect mentors and instructors with students. Of course, you can learn to code online – but it doesn’t stop there! Ma...

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  From Artist to UX/UI Designer with Springboard

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on February 15, 2023

  Springboard recently launched their new UI/UX Design Bootcamp with the option to...

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  How Baba Gana Boosted His Tech Sales Career with SV Academy

  

  Jess Feldman

  Updated on March 16, 2020

  From his time spent as a door-to-door salesman, Baba Gana always knew he wanted to be in sales, but just wasn’t sure how to make the leap from business and marketing to tech sales in Silicon Valley. His MIB advisor recommended...

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  Inside the new UI/UX Design Course at LearningFuze

  

  Liz Eggleston

  Updated on January 20, 2021

    LearningFuze is launching a new part-time UI/UX Design Course at their campus in Irvine, California. We sat down with Lucy Darby, Instructor and Curriculum Designer, to find out what the UX curriculum will include (and exactly which UX tools...

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