hydrochlorick

I’m making $50k working as a technician for a robotics company on the other side of the country from you folks. It’s a decent occupation that I’m grateful to have—considering my degree is in psychology—but it can be very menial at times. And it certainly doesn’t promise a lot of career growth.

However, it’s helped me discover something that I might actually passionate about. I think I might love coding. The most enjoyment I’ve gotten from this job (or any, for that matter) has been the process of automating aspects of it to make life easier for myself and my team. I’ve been able to take what I learned in computational linguistics to write some scripts in bash and Python, and I’ve felt the incredible satisfaction that can come from solving complex problems and like this. I’ve felt the pride of knowing I created something that is helpful to others, and I can’t imagine how I’ve gotten by doing anything else.

It’s terrifying to address, but I’d rather accept that I want to pursue a different path, now, than regret never having done it, later.

I’d do just about anything for an opportunity like this, but I’m obviously not your typical target audience. I’m 27 years old. I have a car that I’d probably have to sell, and I have student loans that would have to go back into forbearance. But beyond that, I don’t have any roots down quite yet. I’ve never stopped enjoying learning, and I still feel like I have a lot more growing to do.

My questions are simple (if not obvious): do you think your school is something I could seriously consider, financially? And if so, how can I compete for admission with those who might have actual coding experience?

I very much appreciate the honesty in your response. Really, though, I don’t know that I would be satisfied with a program that is not as far in depth.

Perhaps I fell for a bit of marketing, but the way your videos have described your teaching strategy stuck out to me. My studies in psychology taught me to reshape the way I view how humans learn and the plasticity of our minds.

I’m not looking to fast-forward to a better paying job. I’m looking for what I should have sought when I was just too young to know better. I don’t think I’ve ever felt more enthused to really learn something and explore new ideas and challenges. A late start on the right path looks more appealing than yet another rush down a conventional one.

I think I’ll reach out to your admissions team. See what they have to say.