Craigen Chitate worked as a waiter in Johannesburg, but wanted something more. He knew that hard work and determination were half the battle; he also needed the right set of in-demand tech skills to find work and pursue a career …
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Category: Student Success Stories
Student Success story: Craigen – from Waiter to Java developer
Student Success Story: Keenan Naicker from student to Software Engineer
Keenan Naicker always had a passion for solving problems and coding. Shortly after finishing his Matric, Keenan decided to turn his passion into a career, with a HyperionDev Software Engineer bootcamp. Over the course of this full-time and online bootcamp, …
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Student Success Story: Michael – from IT Technician to Web Developer
Thirty-two-year-old Michael Boonekamp worked as an IT Technician, repairing and maintaining computer systems. He liked the work that he did: it was technical, and required him to discover, investigate, and solve problems. However, Michael wanted a career where the demand …
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Student Success Story: Simone – from Fabric Specialist to Software Engineer
Having spent years studying to work in the Textiles industry, 25-year-old Simone Groenewald had finally started working professionally with fabrics. The work was intensive, and everything she had studied so hard towards, but Simone soon found that the environment was …
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Student Success Story: Leandri – from Risk & Fraud Analyst to Junior Software Engineer
Since 2012, when we first started our work to close the global tech skills gap, we’ve had hundreds of students come to us because they wanted to make drastic career changes. Some wanted to learn web development or software engineering …
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Student Success Story: Franco – from Manufacturing Manager to Software Developer
The economy isn’t in the greatest place right now. Growth is poor, unemployment is rising even from its 11-year high of 29.1%, and the manufacturing index is down by 6.4 points – a drop that has only worsened from its …
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