Josie was an English teacher/researcher, and now she is the developer & proud founder of a Korean language education company.
Check out her story of learning coding, and as a full stack bootcamp graduate, her advice for people who want to change careers into IT.
The IT industry is an open community. There’s no security guard checking your computer science degree before letting you in. Nor do you have to be a self-taught programming wizard like Bill Gates or Elon Musk to be successful. To get started in this growing industry, all you need — no matter your background or current career — is curiosity, resilience, and the foundations of coding.
Foundations are the keys that grant access to IT. The better you know the fundamentals, the easier it is to learn other programming languages and more advanced concepts. Or to use a string of metaphors: you have to walk before you run; float before you swim; and boil water before attempting grandmother’s beef stew.
But where can you learn these fundamentals? Sifting through unfiltered information online is inefficient. And returning to university is an incredible time and monetary investment. How can you be sure you’re receiving a worthwhile education that will prepare you for a career in IT?
The answer to these rhetorical questions is coding bootcamps. Coding bootcamps provide several months of intense, practical, project-based training. Instructors are industry professionals with years of experience.
They teach the most essential, practical basics — scalable skills applicable to the job market. You won’t be copying or pasting lines of code or passively listening to droning lectures on theory. Instead, you’ll be encouraged to apply the fundamentals to real projects and to think like a developer to solve issues you will face on the job.
A career change is only a bootcamp away. With a solid grasp of the fundamentals, professionals from bakers to educators have changed their careers and their lives. You can too. If you’re still on the fence, just remember:
“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.”
If you’re ready to get started, wcoding can help. Our 12-week fullstack intensive bootcamp makes programmers. And our career counseling will sharpen your spear for the job hunt.
Contact us today and our admissions team will guide you on the right path to your new career in IT.
1. Take a sneak peek at wcoding’s new office!
If you haven’t had a chance to visit wcoding campus in person, here’s a sneak peek of our brand new office!
We look at this new location as a new chapter in our awesome journey! Our new office offers larger working space, beautiful classrooms, meeting rooms, and spacious areas for wcoders to learn new skills, and take their first steps in the coding world! It means we’ll have more room for creativity, innovation, and learning!
The new address is 23, Seonyu-ro 49-gil, Suite 1101, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, Korea (see us on Google maps).
Find us 1-min walk from subway Seonyudo Station!
2. Guest speakers at SNU BOOT-X CAMP
wcoding co-founders Alex and Kyle were invited as guest speakers in SNU BOOT-X CAMP, held a session about S/W development strategy and globalization for students who are planning to expand their startups internationally.
It was a great opportunity for wcoding to meet these talented startup founders and we look forward to their success in the future!
3. Join Algorithms Study Group!
Worried about coding tests for job applications? Feel like you need a boost getting to the next level of truly being a software engineer? Just want to brush up on your algorithms?
Join CodeSeoul and study with other wcoders on Meetup! The online study group is on every Monday at 8 pm KST. Mark your calendar and see you there!
4. Happy Graduation to Python Class Batch 12!
Our Python Nights for Intermediates Batch 12 successfully completed their course and received their certificates for the completion of both Beginner & Intermediate levels of Python!
After their 4-month of hard work in learning Python, now they are planning to implement the skills they have learned into a real IT project, and start building their first Python-based web application!
Congratulations on the graduation and well done wcoding Grads!
4. Happy Graduation Limited Seats for Scholarship – Apply Now!
The wcoding X Women Who Code (WWC) scholarship is opening now! Complete the application and win a ₩1,155,000 scholarship for your next Fullstack Intensive Bootcamp at wcoding!
If you’re ready to reinvent your career in IT, take your first step by filling out a 2-minute application form!
1. NextRise was a success!
On Jun 28 and 29, wcoding had participated in the biggest global startup fair in Asia, NextRise.
We have met tech lovers who are interested in coding education, international accelerators that help boost the Korean startup ecosystem, and global startup founders who are enthusiastic to bring new ideas to the world!
Thanks to all the attendees who have visited us and hope to see you soon at the next event!
2. Farewell SGSC!
wcoding was selected as a member of Seoul Global Startup Center (SGSC) 5th batch in 2020. It has been a fruitful year with SGSC. We built the connection with more than 30 global startups and accelerators, participated more than 10 skill-up programs, attended networking events and demo days, and become one of the representative EduTech startups in Korea.
This July, we’re graduated! Wcoding will move to a new place soon, and we’re ready for more opportunities and challenges in the future!
3. Congratulations to our Fullstack Intensive Batch 12 Graduates!
After completing the 12 weeks of our fullstack course, graduates have created and launched SUP, a ‘social platform for sports events’ as their final group project.
We are proud to see our students build a fully functioning application within a short time. Glad to see they have mastered the skills so well and actually use that knowledge to bring ideas into life!
Happy Graduation and Well Done to All Fullstack Explorers!