Fernando Cisneros grew up and completed his bachelor’s degree in business administration in Mexico, but when he moved to the U.S., he struggled to put it to use. He applied to countless jobs, but employers in the states didn’t seem to recognize its merit the same way they did back home. In Mexico, he had co-owned…
You can’t always tell how one life experience will prepare you for the next. Back in college, Umair Khakoo loved experimenting in the laboratory as a chemistry major. What he didn’t realize was just how valuable the problem-solving mindset he developed during his undergraduate years would eventually become in an entirely new setting: the technology industry. The…
Marshall Doig has always been drawn to behind-the-scenes jobs. After obtaining a bachelor’s degree in journalism, he started working as a copyeditor. “When you read an article, you think about who wrote it,” said Marshall, “not who edited it.” Though it wasn’t the conventional path, copyediting suited his passions perfectly. “I wanted to be the one…
Many of today’s leading employers are beginning to embrace new models of education, including online learning. As a result, we see a number of employers hiring online boot camp s due to their work ethic and combination of hard skills (technical knowledge) and soft skills (adaptability, collaboration, creativity, etc.). Because of the fast-paced nature of…
After selling the tech start-up he co-founded, Charles Gedeon wondered what to tackle next. While handling operations at his company, he’d always been fascinated by the work done by the coders on his team, so that seemed like a good place to start. “That whole process pulled me in,” Charles said. “So I started dabbling…
Clayton Bondy developed a casual interest in coding during his time at Louisiana State University. While majoring in architecture, he decided to take on a minor in digital media arts. This allowed him to dabble in video game development, and he soon developed a passion for tech. Little did he know that this experience would one…
After 10 years as a chief petty officer in the U.S. Navy, Barbara Wright decided to take her career in a more tech-driven direction. Working as an engineering technician for Samsung, she created programs for machines that produced the semiconductor wafers used to make chips for cell phones. But even this tech work wasn’t enough; she wanted…
When hunting for a job after completing his undergrad studies at Baylor University, Aaron Gladstone felt down on his luck. He studied film and digital media and wasn’t sure which direction to take, so he fell into something completely unrelated: the grocery store business. After just a short time as a department manager at grocery chain HEB,…
Sean Bullock graduated from college with a degree in Italian language and literature. Due to the siloed nature of his studies, Sean was faced with a predicament: pursue an academic career or try something completely new. Either way, he knew he wanted to have a job with purpose. With help from a friend, Sean landed his…
After graduating from the McCombs School of Business at UT Austin, Ezequiel Calderon Jr. moved to San Francisco to work as a software management consultant at PwC. After four years, though, he began thinking about what he wanted next. He knew it started with moving back to where he’d grown up: Houston, Texas. From there, Ezequiel found…
Emma Nelson was working as a snowboarding instructor in the mountains of Colorado when her curiosity was sparked by an unexpected skill: coding. “I met a few friends and some of them had jobs in the IT industry. I was really intrigued by what they did, so I asked them to show me a few things…
When he was directing the educational program at a Texas correctional center, Robert Deckard assumed he had the perfect job for himself: one that benefited society and utilized a major professional talent—teaching. Then one day—after thinking about a world going quickly digital—Bob googled online computer science degrees. He browsed through dozens of courses and noticed that many…
Silver Ehiwario’s new career started with one wish: “I want to be creative.” With a BS from Nigeria and a master’s from Colorado, Silver was on a career path that wasn’t conducive to her passions. It was only when her family relocated to Houston—an oil hub—that Silver had a sudden realization. If she wanted to give…
About five and a half weeks ago, I posted my first thought on starting at the Data Analytics and Visualization Boot Camp at Texas McCombs. It generated a lot of interest, and I often get questions from my cohorts and colleagues about what I’ve learned and how I feel about the program. Now that we…
Navy veteran Daniel Smith was stuck. Working as a school bus driver, he felt like his career was at a red light. “I wanted to find a career that I enjoyed while giving me a good paycheck, not just a job that I didn’t care that much about,” Daniel said. When he enrolled in the University…
When Antonio graduated from Duke University in 2014, he found himself in the position that every student dreads. He had an impressive degree in biophysics from a prestigious college, but the job market wasn’t kind. “It was miserable,” he recalled. “I realized that even though biophysics looks really nice on paper, it’s not really job…
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