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Tech Talent: Why This New Programmer Believes Empathy Can Help With Product Development

Tech Talent: Why This New Programmer Believes Empathy Can Help With Product Development

Evan Bates started his career in finance, working at local technology startups for the past five years. Eventually, he started to feel the pull into the software side of things and decided to enroll in DigitalCrafts‘ 16-week full-stack immersion program. "The bootcamp is a wild and crazy

Tech Talent: This Creative Developer and Ethical Hacker Searches for A Culture-Driven Company

Tech Talent: This Creative Developer and Ethical Hacker Searches for A Culture-Driven Company

With a background in Mechanical Engineering, Rich Oswald completed DigitalCrafts' 16-week full-stack immersion program as a career pivot into technology. With a new framework of skills including JavaScript and Python, Oswald completed projects that tie in to the SalesForce, ZenDesk, and Chrome platforms. Oswald has an interest

Tech Talent: This Startup-Focused Junior Programmer Wants to Protect Your Data

Tech Talent: This Startup-Focused Junior Programmer Wants to Protect Your Data

With a dual degree in Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech, Sunit Kulkarni already had an impressive education. But, to enter the tech sector, he recently added another essential layer by joining DigitalCrafts' part-time cohort to freshen up his web development skills. This junior programmer doubles

Tech Talent: This New Programmer Boosted His Coding Skills To Scale His Own Startup

Tech Talent: This New Programmer Boosted His Coding Skills To Scale His Own Startup

Zachary Aten already had the background of a tech entrepreneur as the founder of blood testing startup Grassroots Labs. However, he felt he was missing an important piece to continue scaling the startup — coding skills. As is often in a founder's life, Aten decided to split his time

Tech Talent: This Junior Programmer Overcame Cultural Stereotypes To Chase Her Passion for Tech

Tech Talent: This Junior Programmer Overcame Cultural Stereotypes To Chase Her Passion for Tech

While Cherie Lum grew up around technology, she was limited in getting involved due to her heritage and family commitments. She shelved her interest in tech and earned her Bachelor's in Sociology. She saw her move to a new city, Atlanta, as the chance to rediscover her initial

Tech Talent: This Entomologist Goes Scientific to Bring His Biology Skills to Coding

Tech Talent: This Entomologist Goes Scientific to Bring His Biology Skills to Coding

The leap from studying insects to computer science was an easy one for Eddie Atkinson. An entomologist by training, Atkinson was exposed to programming after a C++ undergraduate course. His interest was piqued as he saw a correlation between the scientific method and how programming works. Now, weeks before graduating

Tech Talent: This Junior Programmer Uses Improv to Be a Better Team Player

Tech Talent: This Junior Programmer Uses Improv to Be a Better Team Player

Improv comedy is not the first thing that you think about when referring to programming. However, DigitalCrafts student Valerie Thoma has figured out how to apply spontaneous comedy principles to coding. For example, improv's "Yes, and..." principle applies directly to being open-minded while working with