The national lockdown has proven to be one of those incredibly tough times that push people to rise to incredibly tough challenges. But even in the lead-up to this lockdown, the economy was in a ditch: GDP shrank more than …
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Category: Student Success Stories
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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Hannes – From Procurement Manager to Web Designer and IT Technician
Many of us have jobs that we’re comfortable with. Jobs that are good – for right now. If you’re planning for tomorrow, however, you’d probably want your career to grow at a constant rate, and go to work at a …
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