A Bootcamp

By Leticia Wiggins

Published October 29, 2019 at 10:23 PM EDT

A female student in a conference at a coding bootcamp. — Ashton Sullivan at Tech Elevator.

College sophomore Ashton Sullivan was tired of floating through university classes and trying to decide on a major. She didn’t want to disappoint her family, but she knew what she wanted to do: drop out of college, attend a coding bootcamp and get a job.

Follow Ashton as she enrolls in a 14 week coding bootcamp and finds a learning environment she can excel in and the passion for software development she didn’t know she had.

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*Statistic correction: For all existing software developers, 50% of them don’t have a 4-year degree in Computer Science.

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