Alumni Stories Featured Mines, Climbing, and Archeology: Unearthing a Tech Path From a young age, Alexa was determined to follow in her father’s footsteps, goatee included, and become an engineer. This led her to the Colorado School of Mines, but after two years, she realized it wasn't the right fit. She found joy in the climbing community but
Alumni Stories Five Years After Graduation, Turing’s 2017 Cohort Is, Overall, Fulfilled and Financially Thriving We caught up with Turing alumni Adrian Lara, Ellen Cornelius and Victoria Vasys five years after graduation to see how life-changing a software development career can be.
Alumni Stories Cydnee Owens Learned A Lot From Her Turing Journey—and She’s Ready to Share Turing graduate Cydnee Owens shares how her experience in the back end development program helped her pivot her career and make life-long friends.
Alumni Stories Why We Just Increased Turing’s Scholarships by 400% One of our primary goals at the Turing School is to contribute to the creation of a more equitable tech industry. We want to see more diversity and inclusion in tech and fewer of the biases that have shaped the industry so far. To achieve that dream, we need to
Alumni Stories Say ‘Hello Turing World,’ Our Community Podcast is Back! There are a lot of new things happening at Turing these days (hello, Launch Program!), but amid all the hustle and bustle you might have noticed that the Hello Turing World podcast is back after a two-year hiatus. Originally a student-led initiative, Hello Turing World was revived in August by
Alumni Stories How This Mom Launched a Career in Tech Six years after making the decision to learn to code, Heidi Hoopes looks back at how she became a leader in her software engineering jobs.
Community Meet the Mezcla Student Circle The Student Circle for anyone who identifies as Latinx/Hispanic/Chicanx.
Turing Curriculum Turing Students Make App for Young Readers BookWorm combines gamification and playfulness with the common task of a reading log.
Alumni Stories From Education to Engineering at Etsy Adrienne Domingus looked to software development as an antidote to stagnation in her earlier career in education.
Alumni Stories Turing Students Make App for Tour Manager Scheduling “We saw an opportunity to create something that would solve a real-world problem.”
Alumni Stories Career Change: Construction to Coding Julian has been working in the tech industry for five years since he graduated from Turing.
Alumni Stories Meet Tashia, Recent Turing Alum After COVID dissolved her previous job, Tashia took a step back and decided to dive into the world of coding.
Alumni Stories Learning how to Learn in an Online Community Priya Power, who graduated with the 2006 Back-End cohort, shares her experience doing an online program at Turing and building community amongst her classmates.
Alumni Stories From teaching to Turing to Silicon Valley How a Turing alumni used her skills from her previous career paired with what she learned at Turing to find her dream job.
Alumni Stories Featured From 0 to CODER in 7 months: My progress as a Turing student A recent grad of the front-end program shares his journey at the Turing School across 7 months.
Alumni Stories My military experience helped launch a new career in software development Steven Anderson always knew he was interested in creative problem solving and computer programming, but he wasn’t sure of how to turn those interests into a career without spending years in school.
Alumni Stories How to face a job hunt ... during a pandemic This spring, some Turing School alumni were looking for their first job after completing the program and others needed to find new opportunities after COVID-19 disrupted their company. They shared how they took on a job hunt during this time.
Alumni Stories How to Stay Positive During a Job Search Jeannie Evans, a Turing School alum and Full Stack Software Developer, shares 5 ways she kept a positive mindset and tackled her job search.
Investing in Yourself These Turing alumni took a leap of faith for a new career In the ever evolving world of software development, there will always be unknowns and problems to be solved and it’s part of what Turing School alumni love about their jobs.
Alumni Stories How a Navy veteran used GI Bill® benefits to double his salary After eight years of service in the Navy, Tom knew it was his time to leave the military, but without a college degree, he was unsure of his options.
Alumni Stories How I became a software developer in 1 year with no tech experience Jamison Ordway left their job as a music teacher and moved from Texas to Colorado to attend Turing School and launch a career in tech. In Jamison's words, here's how it worked out.
Alumni Stories From the fashion industry to a 6 figure tech job Amanda wanted to leave her job in the fashion industry, but didn't know what her options were until she connected with a friend who told her about Turing.
