For 24 years, Jennifer Doyle worked for Enterprise Rent-A-Car on site with an account. As an onsite supervisor, she grew her one-woman team to seven people during her time with the account. When the pandemic hit, Jennifer was demoted and moved to another department. The new circumstances she found herself in didn’t seem like the…
At the age of 15, before most teens learn how to drive a car, Milad Davoodi was teaching himself how to build one out of spare parts. Knowledge, for Milad, is a key to the unknown. He sees incredible value in the invisible possibility that it holds. For most, Northwestern Data Science and Visualization Boot Camp is simply a…
Embarking on a new career is never easy — but Northwestern Coding Boot Camp helped Adi Cepela launch a fulfilling career in front end development without skipping a beat. Adi understands the level of commitment that it takes to master a new skill. After all, she’s played the violin for 18 years. To her, a…
DreamTeamDesigns, a team of programmers consisting of Ben Harris, Geoff George, Edward Cheever, and Robert Hardin, took home the championship title at the Next Level Competition (NLC) in July. Their winning project was Fridge2Table, an application that lets users track groceries, with products sorted by category, expiration date, and location (fridge, freezer, or pantry) in the kitchen. The NLC is…
As a high school student in Chicago, Melvin Hernandez was accepted into the engineering program at a prestigious local university. However, because he was an undocumented immigrant, he didn’t qualify for in-state tuition. Melvin is one of the DREAMers (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors). These young people came to the United States as children and…
After a long career in insurance, Kenneth Huynh was ready for a change. He was always interested in programming growing up, but despite his curiosity, he found himself pursuing a different career path. “I dabbled in it in high school but never really got too deep into it,” he said. When he began thinking about switching careers,…
As a fashion designer, teacher, and entrepreneur, Arnab Majumdar has always been inspired by the intersection of fashion, technology, and art. But when he started his own small fashion company, he quickly discovered just how easy it could be to lose the thread of each field. “In fashion, you’re always taught to be on top of trends…
Luke Hayes had always been interested in computers, but working for his family’s business set his career on a different path. His family owns Hayes Beer Distributing Company and a handful of its warehouses throughout Illinois. At 16, he officially joined the team as a forklift operator, then became a sales merchandiser and eventually a delivery…
Many of today’s leading employers are beginning to embrace new models of education, including online learning. As a result, we see a number of employers hiring virtual boot camp s due to their work ethic and combination of hard skills (technical knowledge) and soft skills (adaptability, collaboration, creativity, etc.). Because of the fast-paced nature of…
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