Before

Lineman

Now

Robotics Technical at ViaBot

TripleTen — the way it’s designed with the career coach — they’re there for you. They help you with the resume. They help you with the cover letter.

Before

Language Teacher

Now

QA Engineer at Quality Logic

When I first opened the chapter, I had no idea what it was. I could not understand what they were teaching, but at the end, I felt so confident. When I submitted my project, I felt like I was an expert.

Before

Automotive Service Advisor

Now

Payroll Analyst at Dollar General

What helped me stand out were my projects that I had listed and could touch on to prove that I had experience in the programs that I would be using every day.

Before

Call Center Specialist

Now

Quality Assurance Tester at Revenue Solutions Inc.

You get to learn something and apply it right away, and then once you’re doing the validations, once you are really using the program and making your own code and finding bugs, it’s very motivating because you see real results right away.

Before

Hospital Patient Service Rep

Now

Claims Processor and Reimbursement Specialist at the State of Indiana

To start at a place where I did not know dashboards and I didn’t know Power BI and get to a place where I felt very comfortable using them was pretty satisfying.

Before

Customer Service Representative

Now

QA Specialist

Learning something new can be stressful, but it was probably one of the least stressful learning experiences I’ve ever had.

Before

School Operations Director

Now

Technical Support Engineer at Mastery Prep

The externship really forced me to pick up things quickly, implement solutions quickly, be able to communicate, and be able to ask for help when I needed it — very valuable skills.

Before

Veterinary Nurse

Now

Patient Experience Business Associate Analyst at Natera

Coming from a non technical background, I never thought that I would be coding, but now I really do enjoy using Python. It’s one of my favorite tools.

Before

Retail Sales Associate

Now

Support Advisor at Quinyx

I ended up switching to QA, and really I enjoyed it. It used a lot of my skill set that I already had. There was a lot of collaboration.

Before

Information Security Specialist

Now

Junior Front End Developer

I was really feeling great when I found I could make things work, not just part of HTML, not just part of CSS, but everything all together. It was really exciting.

Before

Deputy Sheriff & Minor League Baseball Player

Now

Software Test Engineer at KBR

The tutors were amazing, way better than any tutor that I ever had in college or even the academy.