Alumni Spotlights

Ida McCarty was displaced from her job during the pandemic, which inspired her to build on her skill set. Ida already had an IT certification, but as a Product Manager, she wanted to learn how to better communicate with her tech teams. With the city-funded coding bootcamp, Chicago Codes (powered by...

Desiree was an animator and graphic designer experiencing burn out from the long hours and low pay. After some success with self-teaching, Desiree decided to pivot into software engineering, and chose TripleTen because they offered a Women in Tech Scholarship throu...

After a few years of working in fashion merchandising, Liz Kim realized she wasn’t feeling fulfilled by her career. After seeing her friends launch tech careers after attending bootcamps, Liz chose the online Cybersecurity bootcamp at DigitalCrafts because she appreciated the live teaching style. Now a...

When COVID hit, Justin leapt at the opportunity to pursue a career in software engineering. He chose the online Software Engineering Immersive bootcamp at General Assembly (which he could attend from his home in Seattle). And after graduating, Justin got an internship with the U.S. Census Bureau to build a cross-functional app for The Opportunity Project,...

Cam studied accounting in college but decided to make a career shift during the pandemic. Following his interest in tech, Cam chose Codesmith to future-proof his career and learn software engineering. After graduating from Codesmith in 2020 and working as a Software Engineer at Google, Cam and one of his cla...

Igor Koury spent 9 years working as a Civil Engineer in Brazil, but wanted a better quality of life for himself. After researching his options, Igor travelled to Portugal to learn Full-Stack Software Development at Code for All_'s 14-week intensive and immersive Progr...

When Fabian Tovar left the U.S. Marine Corps, he took it as an opportunity to start a new career in software engineering. By using his military benefits, Fabian discovered he was able to fund a coding bootcamp tuition. Find out why Fabian has no regrets about choosing Sabio, and how that intensive coding bootcamp prepared him for a tech apprenticeship at AWS!...

Matthew Whisman went to college after leaving the Air Force, but his Computer Science degree left him with a few skills gaps. After working for a startup, Matthew decided to enroll at Coding Temple to round out his education and learn more about front end frameworks. Now Matthew is a DevOps Engineer at a larg...

Busy mom and former beautician, Draupada Poudel was ready for a career shift when she enrolled in the part-time, online Tech Sales Bootcamp at Springboard. She was sold on Springboard...

Rony Iraq was a microbiologist, but when he moved to Austin, Texas, he decided to follow his passion for tech. He chose UT Austin Coding Boot Camp, offered in collaboration with edX, to pivot his career into software engineering. Rony shares what it took to make a career change through UT Austin Coding Boot Camp’s part-time, online coding boot camp. Thanks to the real world skills, professional...

Zachary “Rex” Rodriguez was a self-taught Salesforce developer before he hit a ceiling with his career —and with self-learning. Seeking mentorship and career support, Rex chose the online Software Engineering bootcamp at TripleTen. Now h...

Tatsiana Kamarova was working in accounting before considering cybersecurity. As an alum of the first Lighthouse Labs Cyber Security Bootcamp, Tatsiana shares how she made a career change. Learn about the cyber security certifications and exams she recommends, the tools she learned in the bootcamp, and the personalized career support that helped lead to her first cyber security role as a Securit...

David Taccetta dove into several life changes at once: getting married, quitting his job, and enrolling in a full-time coding bootcamp at TrueCoders to make a career change! At TrueCoders, he was impressed with the beginner-friendly curriculum, dedicated career services, and reasonable repayment plans for tuitio...

Working at a startup as a mechanical engineer, Akinsola “Sola” Salami quickly learned he would rather be manipulating data to help drive business and product decisions. With University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies (UofT SCS) Boot Camps (offered in collaboration with...

After battling addiction and homelessness, Bill was rebuilding his life when the pandemic blocked his career path. Armed with a hand-me-down computer, he explored intro tech courses and found a love for cybersecurity. Through Washington State’s Training Benefits program, Bill enrolled at...

Jordy was working as a registered nurse in a NYC hospital before deciding to reskill with Coding Temple’s full-time online bootcamp. Jordy walks us through his capstone project, inkVue, a Python-based web application that helps users find the right tattoo artist for them. Jordy highlights what he loved about...

A health scare led Zachary Anderson to reassess his life and make a career pivot. He didn’t have time to complete a four-year degree program, so the fast pace and industry-informed curriculum at Eleven Fifty Academy’s full-time, online cybersecurity bootcamp was perfect for Z...

A classically trained painter, Jessica Roderick’s art career came to a halt when the pandemic struck in 2020. When she discovered product design, Jessica realized she could pivot her art career into a creative tech career. At...

Valerie, a graduate of Mate academy’s Web Development bootcamp wrote a Verified review of their bootcamp experience and won our latest sweepstakes competition! Over 1,200 tech bootcamp graduates wrote a Verified review for their school on Cou...

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. Marion “Mell” Lessington III was working at a local bank in Atlanta, but in his 30s, he began second-guessing his career pat...