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How Aysen Unlu Secured a Full-Time Job During COVID-19 — With a Client She Worked for During the Coding Boot Camp
Aysen Unlu’s instructor at The Coding Boot Camp at UCLA Extension encouraged students to find real clients for class projects. Despite having limited coding skills, Aysen and…
How Persistence and The Coding Boot Camp at UCLA Extension Helped Stephanie Aurelio Find Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic
After working as a librarian for several years, Stephanie Aurelio was ready for a new challenge. When choosing her next move, she thought back to an early…
How the Coding Boot Camp Helped Alvin Ng Get Out of the Job Pipeline — and Into the Data Pipeline
Two years into his undergraduate accounting program, Alvin Ng took a computer science elective. Little did he know he was about to find his true passion. “It…
5 Lessons Michelle Sokolov Learned After a Last-Minute Decision to Join the Coding Boot Camp
Michelle Sokolov made the decision to enroll in The Coding Boot Camp at UCLA Extension on a whim. She had graduated from college with a degree in communications,…
10 Effective Job Search Strategies
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…
After Traveling the World as a Flight Attendant, Keyanna Xu Landed in a New Software Development Career
When Keyanna Xu completed her undergraduate degree in international finance, she was immediately hit with a travel bug. Unsure of what career path to follow, and struck…
Making an Impact: Kristine Chong and Celina Munoz Use their UX/UI Knowledge for a Good Cause
Kristine Chong and Celina Munoz are prime examples of the amazing things that can happen when boot camp graduates put their skills toward a good cause. For their…
Chain Reaction: How Jhanisus Melendez Went From Chemistry to Coding
To start a chemical reaction, you first need a reactant. That’s exactly what ex-chemist Jhanisus Melendez got one day while he was working as an ophthalmic image…
How Project-Based Learning Helped Alvin Go Escape His Career Plateau
What if your journal—the place where you write your deepest thoughts—could provide insights like a therapist? What if every entry could be analyzed and deliver…
Taking Risks and Tackling Challenges: Donovan Lowkeen, Full Stack Developer at Currency
“I definitely have really bad imposter syndrome,” Donovan Lowkeen admitted. What he doesn’t say speaks louder: this one-time district manager abandoned his familiar, comfortable retail…