We are the proud, first cohort of the VetsInTech & DraftKings' Web-Development Program at General Assembly. For three months, veterans, service members and military-spouses alike studied, learned and became Front-End Software Engineers. Enjoy your journey with us!
To those who made this cohort possible: Thank you for providing us with the opportunity of pursuing a new & rewarding civilian career. For the thoughfulness, investment and effort involved in making this opportunity possible: Thank you !
Branch : Air Force
Status : Military Spouse
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Sara Hoyos is an Air Force spouse. Originally from Colombia, Sara completed her undergraduate in law at University of Los Andes and worked in Human Rights Law. Later, she moved to the United States to complete her Master’s Degree at Boston University in International Business Law. Sara now works with the Customer Support team at HubSpot, a technology firm in Cambridge, MA. She loves reading, baking and spending time with her family.
Branch: Air Force
Status: Veteran
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Wu Li moved to Greater Boston area from Birmingham Alabama to serve in the United States Airforce. After completion of his USAF enlistment, he enrolled in Lesley University to study visual design and fine art. He is currently working as a visual designer for a non-profit organization. He wishes to gain more knowledge in the front end developing field, in order to improve his UX and design skills.
Branch: Air Force
Status: Military Spouse
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Kelly is a (food-motivated) graphic designer with backgrounds in photography, videography and a bit of UX/UI. She’s in the progress of working towards career change as a full-time UI/UX designer. She and her husband currently live in Mountain View, CA. On her spare time, she loves to cook, travel, do yoga and be around family & friends. One of her random goals in life is to be knowledgeable in botany.
Branch: Air Force
Status: Active Duty
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Stacey is an active duty member of the USAF. While taking the GA Front End Web Development course, she was a designer for Kessel Run -an agile military software development company.
Branch : Marine Corps
Status : Veteran
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Drew Greene served in the Marine Corps as a Light Armored Vehicle Crewman. He is currently studying Entrepreneurship and Supply Chain Management at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. Drew is learning web development with the intent of starting his own business making ecommerce website for online retailers.
Branch : US ARMY
Status : Veteran
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Alfredo served as CBRN specialist in the Puerto Rico National Guard, 1-296 Infantry Regiment. After 7 years of service (and two overseas deployments) Alfredo moved to Massachusetts, where he served as a public school teacher. Currently, Alfredo eat lots of bacon and studies to resume his civilian life as a software developer.
Branch: Marine Corps
Status: Veteran
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Erik served in the Marine Corps' Infantry as a Rifle Platoon Commander, Weapons Platoon Commander, Company Executive Officer and then as the OIC of the Regimental Special Training Section for Amphibious Raids. He also served 4 years as a battalion's Heavy Guns Platoon Commander in the Reserve. Currently, Erik works towards an MBA from Babson College, and starts a career at Fidelity Investments & Systems Analysis.
Branch: Marine Corps
Status: Veteran
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Phil is a Vietnam era Marine Corps veteran who continues to enjoy an adventurous life in actitivies such as skydiving, scuba diving, and skiing. The "work hard to play hard" rules define his lifestyle. Phil also has a son who joined the US Marines as well, and who works firefigher today. Phil's current objective is to find a job as a software engineer in order to fund an adventurous lifestyle.
Branch: Marine Corps
Status: Active Duty
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Matt is a Marine Corps veteran who served as a Combat Engineer Officer for 11 years. He has been working for 6 years in IT in the financial services industry. He has a passion for problem solving and learning new things.
Branch : US ARMY
Status : Veteran
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During his first deployment to Iraq, Wilson served as an Army officer under former National Security Advisor (then Colonel) H.R. McMaster, of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment. Wilson returned to New England in 2009 to pursue his MBA at Boston College, and has spent the last seven years working at a major financial services firm in downtown Boston.
Branch : US Air Force
Status : Service Member
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Vincent serves as an RF Transmissions technician in the Massachusetts Air National Guard, 3D173. He has been a service member since 2008 having deployed to the Middle East in 2014. Currently, he is the NCOIC of his work center supervising seven fellow airmen. As a civilian, Vincent works as an network engineer for a non-profit tech company in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.
Branch : US Navy
Status : Veteran
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Jorge is a Navy Vet and UX/UI designer with experience as a Front-End Web Developer. He first came to Boston for Graduate School at Tufts University after leaving the Navy. Upon graduation with a MFA degree he decided to stay and break into the start-up tech industry where he has been working ever since. He continues to learn and improve his skills as web developer thanks to Vets in Tech program at General Assembly.
Branch: Marine Corps
Status: Veteran
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Martin Hovland served as a medic in the U.S Army stationed at Fort drum with one deployment to Iraq. Currently he is going to school for international management at SNHU where he hopes to join the first eSports team in New England. His hobbies include gaming, eating everything in sight, yoga, and meditation. #'merica
Branch: Air Force
Status: Veteran
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Austin McKinney is not only a US Air Force Veteran, but also an active member of the Air National Guard. Currently, his is a Senior Manger at HubSpot.
Branch: US Navy
Status: Military Spouse
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I’m a content marketer, mom and now a newbie coder. My husband’s service in the Navy landed me with VetsinTech and I’m so grateful for the opportunity. My love of writing and marketing is strong but I’ve enjoyed coding so much I’m using my new skills to code emails for my current employer. You can learn my work and experience here
Branch: US Army
Status: Veteran
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Nicholas Wright served in the U.S. Army from 2002 to 2015. Over the course of his career, he deployed to Iraq a few times with Infantry and Special Forces units. He has a BA in Political Science from the University of Massachusetts Boston.
Status: Civilian / Main Instructor
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Leon Noel is founder & CEO of SocialSci. When he not performing his CEO duties at SocialSci, Leon enjoys teaching tech skills to students of all ages through General Assembly, Resilient Coders, and Citizen Schools in Massachustts.
My experience at General Assembly has been truly amazing. After trying to learn from online courses, none of them made me feel as confident about my skills as Leon and Will. I can't speak highly enough about our instructors.
Taking this course gave me the "pieces of the puzzle" I needed to build this website! Great experience, around great people. I feel confident enough to show up to a company and market myself as a front-end web developer.
A fantastic experience that provided us with the opportunity to learn new skills at GA. We were educated by two fantastic instructors who always took the time (in and out of class) to ensure every student understood the material.
