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The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
Lucas and Luna examine the real economics of career change: how bootcamps, certificate programs, and reskilling initiatives actually affect earnings, hiring, and job satisfaction. They compare the ROI of a 12-week coding bootcamp against a two-year community college degree, discuss which industries currently pay premiums for career switchers (logistics tech, healthcare IT, renewable energy), and analyze data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on job mobility and wage growth. Each episode…
Episodes
The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and ReskillingHow Bootcamp Grads Can Pass Technical Writing Assessments
Many bootcamp graduates focus on coding challenges but overlook technical writing—a skill that can make or break their job applications. In this episode, Lucas…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How Bootcamp Grads Can Land a Remote Job in 2026
In this episode, Lucas and Luna dive into the shifting landscape of remote work for bootcamp graduates in mid-2026. They break down a recent study by FlexJobs…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How Bootcamp Grads Can Land a Job at a Nonprofit
Episode 47 of The Career Change Podcast explores a path often overlooked by bootcamp grads: nonprofits. Lucas and Luna break down why mission-driven…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How Bootcamp Grads Can Build a Portfolio on GitHub
In this episode of The Career Change Podcast, Lucas and Luna break down the single most effective strategy bootcamp graduates can use to stand out in a crowded…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How Bootcamp Grads Can Land Jobs in the Gig Economy
In this episode of The Career Change Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how bootcamp graduates can leverage the gig economy to build experience, earn income, and…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How Bootcamp Grads Can Pivot Into Product Management
Episode 44 of The Career Change Podcast explores how coding bootcamp graduates can successfully transition into product management roles. Lucas and Luna break…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How Bootcamp Grads Can Crack the Interview at Amazon
Getting an interview at a FAANG company like Amazon is the dream for many bootcamp graduates, but the process is famously demanding. In this episode of The…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How Bootcamp Grads Can Build Side Projects That Actually Impress Employers
In this episode, Lucas and Luna drill into one specific question: why do so many bootcamp grads build portfolio projects that hiring managers ignore? They walk…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How Bootcamp Grads Can Build a Personal Brand on LinkedIn
In this episode of The Career Change Podcast, Lucas and Luna dive into practical strategies for bootcamp graduates to build a personal brand on LinkedIn. They…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How Bootcamp Grads Can Break Into Cybersecurity
Episode 40 tackles how coding bootcamp graduates can pivot into cybersecurity, a field that's booming but notoriously opaque about entry points. Lucas and…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How Bootcamp Grads Can Land Government Tech Jobs
Episode 39 of The Career Change Podcast explores a surprising but stable path for bootcamp graduates: government tech roles. Lucas and Luna break down the U.S…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How Bootcamp Grads Can Break Into AI Without a Math Degree
Episode 38 of The Career Change Podcast tackles a common fear for bootcamp graduates: that breaking into artificial intelligence requires an advanced math…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How Bootcamp Grads Can Build Portfolio Websites That Get Noticed
In this episode, Lucas and Luna discuss how bootcamp graduates can create portfolio websites that actually help them land tech jobs. They break down the…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How Bootcamp Grads Can Pivot Into Fintech
In this episode, Lucas and Luna dive into how bootcamp graduates can break into the fintech industry. They discuss the specific skills that fintech companies…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How Bootcamp Grads Can Land Jobs at Startups
In Episode 35 of The Career Change Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore a specific and often overlooked path for bootcamp graduates: landing a job at an early-stage…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How Bootcamp Grads Can Build a Professional Network from Scratch
Episode 34 of The Career Change Podcast tackles the number-one struggle for bootcamp graduates who didn't go the traditional college route: building a…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How Bootcamp Grads Can Negotiate Their First Tech Salary
In this episode, Lucas and Luna tackle a topic many bootcamp grads dread: salary negotiation. Drawing on data from the 2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey and…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How Bootcamp Grads Can Patent Their Side Projects
You built a portfolio project during your coding bootcamp. Maybe it's a climate impact tracker or a health tech dashboard. Could you patent it? In this…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How Bootcamp Grads Can Ace Behavioral Interviews
Episode 31 of The Career Change Podcast breaks down why technical bootcamp graduates often stumble on behavioral interview questions — and what to do about it…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How Bootcamp Grads Can Land Freelance Gigs on Upwork
This episode of The Career Change Podcast explores how bootcamp graduates can use freelancing platforms like Upwork to build a portfolio and land clients…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How Bootcamp Grads Can Break Into EdTech
This episode explores how bootcamp graduates can pivot into the education technology sector, a rapidly growing field blending software engineering with…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How Bootcamp Grads Can Pivot Into Climate Tech
Episode 28 of The Career Change Podcast explores how coding bootcamp graduates can pivot into climate tech — a sector that raised $45 billion in venture…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How Bootcamp Grads Can Pivot Into Health Tech
Episode 27 of The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo explores the rapidly growing intersection of tech and healthcare. Lucas and Luna examine why health tech…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How Bootcamp Grads Can Use Open Source Contributions to Land Jobs
Lucas and Luna explore how contributing to open source projects can be a powerful way for coding bootcamp graduates to build credibility, demonstrate…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How Bootcamp Grads Can Build Credibility Without a Degree
Episode 25 of The Career Change Podcast explores how bootcamp graduates can build professional credibility when they lack a traditional computer science…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How Bootcamp Grads Can Win at Tech Conferences
Lucas and Luna explore the untapped potential of tech conferences for career switchers. With over 200 major conferences annually in the US alone, most bootcamp…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How Bootcamp Grads Can Use Volunteer Tech Work for Experience
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how bootcamp graduates can gain real-world experience and build their portfolios by volunteering their tech skills for…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How Bootcamp Grads Can Pivot Without Technical Roles
Episode 22 of The Career Change Podcast digs into a specific question: what do you do if your coding bootcamp teaches you technical skills but you don't…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How to Land a Tech Job Without a Bootcamp
Episode 21 explores a growing alternative in career reskilling: apprenticeship-based programs. Lucas and Luna dive into the model used by companies like…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
When a Layoff Becomes Your Fastest Career Pivot
Episode 20 of The Career Change Podcast. Lucas and Luna explore an overlooked truth: getting laid off can actually accelerate a career change. They examine the…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How Bootcamp Grads Can Build a Side Hustle While Learning
Episode 19 of The Career Change Podcast explores how coding bootcamp students can launch a side hustle before graduation. Lucas and Luna discuss the story of…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How Bootcamp Grads Can Build Salary Transparency Into Their Career Switch
Salary transparency is reshaping the job market, and career changers from bootcamps have a unique advantage if they know how to use it. In this episode, Lucas…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How Bootcamp Grads Can Land Government Tech Jobs
Episode 17 of The Career Change Podcast explores a surprising and stable career path for coding bootcamp graduates: federal, state, and local government tech…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How Bootcamp Grads Can Pivot Into Product Management
Lucas and Luna explore a growing but often overlooked career path for coding bootcamp graduates: product management. With over 3,000 bootcamp grads entering…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How Bootcamp Grads Can Break Into Cybersecurity
In this episode of The Career Change Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how coding bootcamp graduates can pivot into cybersecurity, a field with over 600,000…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How Bootcamp Grads Can Break Into Remote First Companies
Episode 14 of The Career Change Podcast explores why remote-first companies are often more accessible to bootcamp graduates than traditional offices. Lucas and…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How Bootcamp Grads Can Leverage AI Tools in Job Searches
In this episode of The Career Change Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how bootcamp graduates can use AI tools not just to learn coding but to supercharge their…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How Bootcamp Grads Can Negotiate Salary Offers
Lucas and Luna dive into a specific skill most career-changers overlook: salary negotiation after a bootcamp. With fresh data from a 2026 industry report, they…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How Non-Tech Workers Negotiate Bootcamp Tuition
Episode 11 of The Career Change Podcast explores a rarely discussed angle: the negotiation of coding bootcamp tuition. Lucas and Luna break down why most…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How Lateral Moves Can Double Your Salary and Reset Your Career
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the career reset power of lateral moves — switching roles within the same company or industry rather than starting from…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How Community College Transfers Are Outperforming Bootcamp Grads
Episode 9 of The Career Change Podcast explores why community college transfer students into four-year computer science programs are consistently earning…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
Why Coding Bootcamps Are Adding AI Specializations Now
In this episode of The Career Change Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore why coding bootcamps are rapidly adding AI specializations in 2026. They focus on a…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How a Former Teacher Built a Six-Figure Tech Career
In this episode of The Career Change Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore the story of Maria, a former high school English teacher who transitioned into product…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How Bootcamps Can Help You Build a Tech Portfolio
Lucas and Luna explore how career changers can use bootcamps to build a compelling tech portfolio that stands out to employers. They discuss the story of a…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How a 40-Year-Old Librarian Landed a Data Analyst Role
Episode 5 of The Career Change Podcast digs into the real-world case of Maya Chen, a 40-year-old librarian who transitioned into a data analyst role at a…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
Why Your Bootcamp Certificate Isnt Enough Anymore
Lucas and Luna dig into the gap between finishing a coding bootcamp and actually landing a job. With bootcamp graduation rates up 30% since 2024 but placement…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
The Hidden Cost of Reskilling Programs
In this episode of The Career Change Podcast, Lucas and Luna investigate the financial and personal realities behind tech reskilling programs. They analyze…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
How Bootcamp Grads Land Their First Tech Role
Lucas and Luna dive into the specific strategies that help coding bootcamp graduates land their first software engineering job. They examine data from Course…
- The Career Change Podcast with Fexingo: Switching Fields, Bootcamps, and Reskilling
One Million Unfilled Tech Jobs and How to Grab One
In the debut episode of The Career Change Podcast, Lucas and Luna tackle a staggering statistic: there are over one million unfilled tech jobs in the United…