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Career Advice
How To Use The 75% Rule In Your Job Search
The 75% rule says "if you can do 75% of the job - apply." You don’t need to have 100% of the skills, traits, and abilities that the job description lists to apply for the role or secure an interview.

Career Advice
The Unfair Advantage of Self-Confidence
For confident people, things come easy - jobs, raises, promotions. According to Chase Hughes, harnessing your internal self-confidence in 5 steps is key to getting ahead.

Career Advice
Using Transferable Skills To Land A Tech Job
If you want to break into tech, transferable skills can help you land a new job, no matter how “unmatched” your skill set might appear to be. A deep dive into your experiences may reveal that you have far sought-after transferable skills than you thought.

UX / UI Product Design
How To Create a Wireframe in Figma
A wireframe is a visual mockup of a web page without all the final details that demonstrate how the content should function on the screen.
Here's a guide to making one, courtesy of Matt Donovan, Design Director at Flatiron School.

Tech Trends
Top 3 Cybersecurity Pain Points in 2022
Cybersecurity is a quick-moving field, with cyber criminals constantly trying to get ahead. With dire consequences should an organization’s security slip, here are the top 3 cybersecurity pain points to be aware of in 2022 and on.

Software Engineering
12 Highest-Paying Software Engineering Jobs
Software engineers don’t often have “software engineer” as their title. So what are the top software engineering jobs and how much do they pay?

UX / UI Product Design
From Radiology Technician to UX / UI Product Designer: Sabrina’s Story
Flatiron School Product Design graduate Sabrina Hernandez recently shared her career journey from radiology to UX / UI Product Design.
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