If you've started looking into software testing as a career, you've probably come across the term "API testing" fairly quickly It sounds technical, and it can be at first, but it's actually one of...
What is an AI Agent and Why Does It Matter for Your Career?
If you've spent any time around tech conversations lately, you've heard the word "agent" thrown around a lot It gets used constantly — sometimes precisely, sometimes as a buzzword — and it's easy...
Why Data Analytics Is Becoming the Front Door to a Career in AI
Many people want to work in AI; fewer people know how to actually get there
AI feels like a field for people who already have a machine learning PhD, or who spent the last five years writing Python...
Lecturer Interview: Andre Pretorius discusses QA Testing, Automation and AI
Andre Pretorius is a Senior Lecturer in QA Testing at Business Technology Academy He brings 15 years of software testing experience to the classroom, having worked as a Test Automation Engineer at...
What Are Agile, Scrum and Waterfall in Project Management? A Beginner’s Guide
If you've looked at a Project Management job ad recently, you'll have seen the same three words come up time and time again: Agile, Scrum and Waterfall They're often listed together as though they're...
Business Technology Academy Launches AI Agent Development Course
Business Technology Academy is launching AI Agent Development, a hands-on course for web developers and career changers who want into one of tech's fastest-growing fields
It's the technical...
€3.4 Billion a Year: The Cost of Ireland’s Cyber Security Skills Gap
If you have been thinking about a career change, or wondering which tech skill is actually worth investing in, three separate Irish news stories from the past month give you your answer
Ireland has...
Lecturer Interview: Dr. Mikio Akagi discusses AI Ethics and Governance
Mikio Akagi is a Senior Lecturer at Business Technology Academy, where he teaches the AI Ethics and Governance course Before joining the Academy, he spent three years as an AI Ethics Consultant at...
What Is Design Thinking? A Beginner’s Guide to the Five-Stage Process
If you've spent any time looking into UX/UI design, you've probably come across the term "design thinking" It gets used a lot — sometimes as a buzzword, sometimes as a genuine methodology — and...
How to Use the STAR Method in Tech-Job Interviews — and Why It Works
You've done the course You've built the projects You know your stuff But when you sit down in an interview and the hiring manager says "Tell me about a time you had to solve a complex technical...
