Real stories from real graduates — hear what our students have to say
McKay Moore
"When I got my new job and was starting making like $75,000 a year, that was like totally bonkers. That was obviously a really life-changing thing and it gives me a path towards becoming financially free."
"If you're wanting to learn and grow and develop and really gain competency and capability in your line of work then I think The Tech Academy is a good option."
Cristina Swenson
"I honestly came out of The Tech Academy with more knowledge than my peers who went to university. I was, you know, I remember trying to communicate with them after I graduated and they just didn't know what I was talking about."
"I actually currently talk to a lot of people about The Tech Academy because I've been trying to convince a lot of like my peers and other friends I know that traditional education is not always the way to go."
Joseph Kay
"I landed a job right out the gate. I'm very happy with it and honestly I would have never even applied for it had I not went to the company."
"It was self-paced and I was able to do it at night because I had a full-time job. That's probably the most thing that stood out to me."
Randall Jackson
"Within a month or two, I had landed a contractor role doing quality assurance testing and then after being a contractor for 6 months, I got picked up by another company and I'm still there for more than two years."
"It completely let me just get into a whole new career realm like immediately at the snap of a finger. Like as fast as the boot camp goes, that's as fast as you can switch gears."
Sandy Glantz
"I had like three different offers and I was hired on as what's called a TAM which is a technical account manager."
"One of the things that was really helpful and that looking back made a huge difference was we had to do standard interviews and technical interviews a couple times a week."
Ben Berry
"I would not have gotten the job I now have if I didn't go to the academy."
"Way cheaper than college and a lot faster."
Jacob Flaherty
"I really had no connections starting from zero like mom wasn't in software development no one and even my third level of engagement i never gave up and the job team never gave up with The Tech Academy"
"The Tech Academy didn't abandon me and end up leading me to where i am today i'm very happy about that"
Kevin Zaw
"The Tech Academy is affordable. It's more affordable compared to a lot of other boot camps out there. The second thing is that it works really really well."
"I've deepened my expertise in the tech side as well as build more experience in the sales side."
Matthew Singleton
"The Tech Academy didn't just teach me code. It taught me how to collaborate and taught me how to be okay with saying, 'Hey, I'm not really sure about this. Let me reach out to my colleagues and figure out what I can start with.'"
"I was able to work a 40-hour job, still be a husband, and I was able to do my courses and still not yank my hair out."
Hunter Lock
"I was working in customer service jobs. But as a result, after graduating, I was able to move really quickly into a great internship as a UX designer."
"You'll realize that this staff cares about their students more than anyone else."
Jake Rose
"I had I think like four second interviews and um I ended up landing a job."
"I think that what they taught works, so that's the main reason why I would recommend it, I guess, cuz it's worked for me."
Kyle Knowles
"It allowed me to get my first developer job. And that was a tremendous change because, you know, just being able to be in that environment and start working was more than enough help."
"Now I have my own AI startup. It's gone a long ways. A large part of it was because I got that quick introduction on what basically I like to think of it as like a computer science degree, just like the quick highlights of it."
Lindsay Wardell
"The biggest change I had was the confidence that I had in my ability to code and my ability to problem solve software. Having The Tech Academy say yes with the skills that you now have you are able to go get a job, that was exactly what I needed."
"I took a break from my bachelor's degree when I did The Tech Academy because it felt like it was going to very specifically help me start my career as a software developer as opposed to just getting a degree."
Marquita Hartman
"I graduated in November of 2019 and I started my first job in January of 2020."
"I loved the on-campus assistance by the instructors. If I was stuck on a project, I knew that I could go to them and talk in person."
Steven Coburn
"Even though it was self-paced, I didn't feel alone in the course of doing everything in the boot camp."
"I liked the interactive nature of it and the access to instructors. It was definitely helpful to have that kind of ongoing conversation throughout the boot camp."
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