TJ Leis found a rewarding career as a REACT front end developer thanks to the skills he learned at Penn LPS Coding Boot Camp. The career benefits were immediately clear — but he wasn’t expecting his new coding skills to help him bond with his young children. But, that’s exactly what ended up happening. Here’s…
Isabella Candido grew up in Delaware, attended college locally, and worked in the healthcare field before eventually shifting gears. Eager for a change of pace, she discovered a new passion that she wanted to pursue professionally and wound up in Alabama. How did this northern native turn into a southern security specialist? All it took…
Calvin Macintosh’s financial background led him to his first post-grad job in the world of economics. His days were filled with Excel spreadsheets, basic data computing, government forms, and menial tasks. He was grateful to have a job, but he was bored. Calvin realized that he enjoyed the coding and software engineering aspects of his…
“I always loved coding on a basic level,” said MaiAda Carpano, now a Junior Software Developer at Creditly. “As a child, I’d spend hours in my room learning HTML and CSS.” Although building web pages was one of her favorite pastimes, the idea of pursuing a career in coding never crossed MaiAda’s mind. “The industry was…
When changing careers, who you know is often just as important as what you know, so it’s a good idea to start building your professional network as early as possible. Industry and networking events are great ways to build connections with others in the tech field by not only granting you direct access to helpful…
After selling the tech start-up he co-founded, Charles Gedeon wondered what to tackle next. While handling operations at his company, he’d always been fascinated by the work done by the coders on his team, so that seemed like a good place to start. “That whole process pulled me in,” Charles said. “So I started dabbling…
Megan Anthony initially liked her job as a community manager for a tech industry co-working space. Once her daughter was born, however, working long hours on-site wasn’t so appealing. “After I became a mom, work I used to enjoy was no longer fulfilling. The hospitality industry isn’t very family-friendly,” said Megan. “There wasn’t a lot of…
A high school chemistry teacher for eight years, Neha Nautiyal thought that educating young minds was her calling. But the summers in between school years were hard with Neha’s natural inclination to learn and grow. To help Neha’s quest for knowledge, her husband suggested she try coding. While it was something that she had never before considered,…
Nathan Schmidt’s professional experience is nothing if not diverse. He has worked in a warehouse for UPS, served the U.S. Army as a cryptologic linguist, and today, synthesizes his coding and military backgrounds as a software developer for defense contracts at Booz Allen Hamilton—a Fortune 500 company based in McLean, Virginia. After graduating from college with…
Before Gulden “Rose” Memis graduated from Temple University in 2017 with a degree in finance, she hadn’t pictured herself working as a sales associate for a marble and granite company in Pennsylvania. Yet that’s where she found herself—and it wasn’t enough. “My job in sales just didn’t present any challenges,” said Rose. “There wasn’t any problem solving…
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