Alumni Spotlights

The technology behind electronic music inspired classically-trained pianist Alisa Kolot to explore a career in coding. Alisa was drawn to the all-women environment at Hackbright Academy and the community support they needed to learn software engineering in 12 weeks. Read Alisa’s advice about laying the P...

Megan Dibble earned a college education in industrial engineering, but wasn’t inspired by that career path. Wanting to work on more data-driven projects, she researched bootcamps that were less expensive than going back to college for a master’s degree. Megan explains why she chose to enroll in...

Will Abbot worked odd jobs after dropping out of college, but he was looking for a stable yet interesting career that encouraged him to learn. When Will enrolled in the 6-month, part-time full stack web development program at Penn LPS Coding Boot Camp (offered in collaboration with edX), he got the instruction and mentorship he n...

Professional musician Léo McKenna relied on odd jobs and performances to pay the bills. When the COVID-19 lockdown threw Léo’s financial stability into limbo, he turned to Lighthouse Labs. Léo shares how Lighthouse Labs’ 12-week, remote web development bootcamp provided him with a new sense of purpose, and why he now feels confid...

U.S. Army veteran Fatima Konteh had dreams of becoming a nurse, but a digital course inspired her to pivot into tech. Fatima chose devCodeCamp because they accepted the GI Bill and had a supportive community of veterans to learn alongside. Fatima shares why learning the developer mindset is so crucial for care...

When COVID-19 left Krystian unemployed, he jumped at the chance to make a career-change into design by enrolling at LearningFuze. Krystian shares his experience with us, including the tools he used to collaborate remotely with his classmates and instructors, what he learned in the LearningFuze UX/UI curriculum, and how he built up h...

Richard Martinez was a political science graduate who believed in changing his community. For years, he gave back by joining the Americorps and becoming an educator. When Richard decided to make a career-change into cybersecurity, he relied on NGT Academy to help him get the correct certifications in three months. Richard shares how...

David had some previous experience working with data, but when COVID-19 left him unemployed, he focused full-time on making a career change into data analytics. Impressed by its flexible learning style and job guarantee, David enrolled in...

Working in the fashion industry sparked Deveshree Shinde’s interest in digital marketing. When Deveshree decided to pursue a career-change, she chose BrainStation for their hands-on, comprehensive, and project-based bootcamp model. Her bootcamp experience became the catalyst to career opportunities she hadn’t imagined! Deveshree sha...

When pediatrician Veej Rangarajan felt called to learn tech, she looked to Code Fellows to make her career change possible. Veej completed all four levels (102, 201, 301, and 401) offered by Code Fellows, and when the boo...

When Ian Driscoll, a Lieutenant for the Travis County Sheriff’s Office in Texas, was promoted into an IT role, he knew he needed to learn a whole new skill set. To gain a foundation in the cyber field, Ian chose to attend the 24-week, part-time Cybersecurity Boot Camp at UT Austin, offered in collaboration with edX. As a tot...

When Lauren Weber was laid off from her job as a franchise business consultant due to the pandemic, she decided to make a career-change into tech. Within three months, Lauren was hired as a Software Test Engineer at CyberGRX. How did she switch industries so quickly with zero experience in tech? It all started when she decided to enroll in...

David Amyot was lost and uninspired by the path he was taking in college and in the Army. Driven by a lifelong love of computers and enlightened by the opportunity that awaited him in programming, he discovered CodeBoxx, and sought what was offered in this 16-week bootcamp. Now a Juni...

A key component of most coding bootcamps is a capstone project that marks the culmination of everything students have learned. We caught up with Carrie Grossman, Frida Garcia, and Priyanka Farrell, three recent bootcamp graduates from the DigitalCrafts Full Stack Software Development Immersive to learn...

Laura Brennan worked in a variety of administrative jobs (including running her own bar in France!), but she yearned for a career that would fuel her ambitions to be a creative problem-solver. Laura listened to the advice of her supportive family and enrolled in BrainStation’s Web Development Bootcamp. Ev...

Rena Silverman was a journalist for 15 years before a move to California inspired her to develop her technical skill set at Berkeley UX/UI Boot Camp (offered in collaboration with edX). Three months after graduating from the program, she used her network to first land a job at Run The World as their Chief UX Writer and then,...

Clovette had many years of business experience, but knew she needed stronger hard skills in order to be competitive in today’s tech sales industry. Learn how Flockjay’s online tech sales bootcamp and career services gave Clovette the in-demand skills and reinforcement she needed to land a job as an Account Executive at Zoom. Clovette al...

Suchaya Rojanasuwan had the drive and the passion to work in data science, but wasn’t sure how to make the career change. Suchaya shares how the Data Science Immersive bootcamp at Galvanize taught her the necessary data science languages, soft skills, and career support to land her first job as an Associate Data Science Engineer at...

For a decade, Meghan Hein traveled the world and learned many life skills, but when she was laid off from the service industry due to COVID-19, Meghan turned to Lighthouse Labs to guide her way into tech. Meghan shares how their COVID-19 Scholarship Fund made her career change possible, and what sets Lighthouse Labs remote Web De...

Madelyn Arsenault was a disheartened college student who wanted a career that she was passionate about. After speaking with satisfied Devmountain alumni and their family, Madelyn enrolled in the immersive Web Development bootcamp in Dallas, Texas. Madelyn explains how Devmountain helped her transition from student to Junior Front End...