Financial Industry to techy in three months

Financial Analyst

I had experience on the business side of technical projects, and I wanted to move into the technical side.

I wanted to become a software engineer. After about a year of trying to do it on my own, I decided I needed an accelerator.

The most challenging piece was learning to accept that it’s okay to make mistakes and struggle to learn difficult things. A big part of overcoming that was the support of the staff.

Start small, break big difficult problems into tiny addressable problems

The TA resources were super helpful. As well as the group chat with fellow students.

I was hired by a Coding Temple grad, so I’d say it prepared me pretty well. The interview prep sessions and post-grad support is really good.

I graduated around 18 months ago, I was recently promoted to a senior lead position working in C# / .NET / Azure. (I did have some C# experience prior to Coding Temple). Currently I am working to get certified as an Azure Solutions Architect and hoping to transition into a solutions lead with my employer, where I will work in the sales process to design overall solutions (applications/architecture/d for clients.

Coding Temple exceeded my expectations, but what surprised me most is how much the environment and program helped me accelerate my career. Despite almost a year of using free resources, I was struggling to get anywhere. In 8 weeks, CT turned me into a developer.

My biggest advice is, do the prework, devote yourself full time to the program, network with students and instructors.