Working in retail is a tough, often unglamorous job – especially during a lockdown, where customers start spending less with each new month of lockdown belt-tightening. For Johannesburg-based Sales Consultant Sonny Dube, it was a temporary stepping stone to what …
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Student Success story: Craigen – from Waiter to Java developer
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 …
Read MoreStudent 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, …
Read MoreStudent 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 …
Read MoreStudent 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 …
Read MoreStudent 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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