Alumni Spotlights

After a career as an educator and an entrepreneur, Nicky Freymond was still looking for something challenging and inspiring to do next. At the self-paced UI/UX design bootcamp at Mento Design Academy, Nicky learned UI/UX design as a complete beginner with no te...

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. Did you know that UX Design students at General Assembly have opportunities to work with actual companies? Emily Hoehenriede...

After hitting a ceiling with self-teaching and an internship at a startup, Jordan joined DigitalCrafts to quickly break into a web development career path. Now Jordan is working with Booz Allen Hamilton through a paid apprenticeship program, and continues to pay it forward by mentoring new students at Di...

Parker went from being interested in coding to attending Codesmith and becoming a software engineer in less than a year! He shares what it was like landing his first tech role after graduating from a bootcamp and what he learned going into his second tech role with more experience and confidence in what he wa...

Akhil Cherukupally was on the path to be a doctor when he realized he had a change of heart. Risking losing his family’s respect and financial support, he set out to find a career he was proud of and passionate about. When Akhil discovered tech sales, he took the leap to learn a new trade with SV Academy. Five year...

After college, Moshood Adeyemo had a solid career in advertising, but ultimately didn’t enjoy the work. He spent time self-teaching to figure out which tech path he wanted to pursue and then enrolled in the Software Engineering Bootcamp at...

Lindsay Abdou is a professional singer, but as a mother of two small children, she was seeking more financial and work-life stability. Thanks to Tech Elevator’s Represent Tech Scholarship, Lindsay enrolled in the part-time bootcamp, which allowed her to continue gigging and parenting...

Jane has worked in digital communications alongside developers for nearly a decade, which sparked her interest in learning more technical skills. She didn’t want to quit her job, so Jane was happy to find the adaptable, online Web Development Flex program at Lighthouse Labs that fit around her work schedule. Jane tells us about being a recent graduate on the job hunt, and gets real about how she...

D Parker took advantage of the career training offered to Apple retail employees, but eventually decided to fully pursue coding as a career. D enrolled at Tech Elevator tuition-free, thanks to Tech Elevator’s...

After two years working as a nurse at a hospital, Andrea Tran was dealing with burnout and reassessing her career. She enrolled in the online Web Development Bootcamp at DigitalCrafts and dedicated her time to developing her skills to make a career path pivot into software engineering. Now Andrea, a Junior Software Engineer at Sols...

Jenny Kim spent 8 years working in finance, but wanted to pursue a career she truly loved. Jenny thought that tech wasn’t for her – until she found UX design. She chose Springboard for their adaptable program, dedicated ment...

Shay Crane is no stranger to career changes. When a health crisis required her to pivot from her career in sales management, Shay studied to become a paralegal. And when the Covid pandemic left Shay laid off, she looked to federal and state workforce development programs to help her learn technical skills. Thanks to the State of Washington's partnership with...

While Li enjoyed the clinical side of her career as a dietician, she was burned out from managing the underpaid and overworked lifestyle of working in a hospital. Answering her lifelong interest in tech, Li sought an immersive, online coding school to prepare her to successfully change careers. Li shares her tips about how to prepare for...

After years of working in Hollywood, Vicki Lau was ready to level up and officially specialize in product management. It was a challenge landing a product manager role outside of the motion picture industry, so Vicki enrolled at...

Andre Londardo was working as a data analyst in the oil and gas industry, but wanted a tech career with a longer runway. After realizing he loved to code, Andre quit his job to enroll full-time in the online Software Engineering Bootcamp at Coding Temple. Four months after bootcamp graduation (and with th...

Victoria Ziegler was on track to become a medical doctor, but realized she needed a more flexible career. Inspired by a friend’s recent career change into tech, coding beginner Victoria enrolled in Hack Reactor’s 19-week, online coding bootcamp to become a Software En...

Travis, a graduate of Coder Foundry’s coding bootcamp wrote a Verified review of his bootcamp experience and won our latest sweepstakes competition! Over 1,500 tech bootcamp graduates wrote a Verified review for their school on Course Repor...

In 2019, Bonnie McNeil was worried that the gap in her resume from being a stay-at-home mom might hold her back in changing careers. Knowing that a tech career would afford her better work-life balance, higher salary, and more job prospects, she enrolled at Alchemy. Now a Senior Software Engineer at Quil, Bonnie shares how Alchemy not only helped her launch a new career, but also continued to su...

In 2014, Ryan Choi was a lab technician pipetting for hours and feeling discouraged by his career path. Realizing his passion for software engineering, Ryan enrolled in the very first cohort at LearningFuze in Irvine, CA to make his career change. Now Ryan is eight years into his career and a Senior Software Engineer at Rivian! Ryan shares how the foundation he built at LearningFuze has supporte...

Anna Fuenmayor knew the basics of web development but she wanted to learn back end programming from an established coding bootcamp to pivot her career from healthcare. She chose the online, self-paced Software Engineering Career Track at Springboard and graduated in seven months, while working a part-time...