Faye Bridge, Author at Treehouse Blog

Updated on August 6, 2018 in Community

RJ Learned to Code and Made the Switch From Accountant to Skilled Front End Developer

A few years ago, RJ McLain was a recent college graduate working as an accountant but found himself hating every minute of it. Then an opportunity arose at work for RJ to help implement new software to upgrade the company’s…

Updated on November 17, 2022 in Community

Meet Jason, Mechanical Engineering Graduate Turned Web Developer

Just before graduating from university with a mechanical engineering degree, Jason Morton came up with a business idea, but it needed a website. After meeting with several web designers and developers, Jason decided that instead of hiring someone to create the website…

October 21, 2015 in Community

After 15 years as an Arts Professional, Alex Successfully Transitioned into The Tech Industry

After 15 years experience as an arts professional, Alex was considering a career change. At the time, he was working as a professional freelance orchestral tuba player, and decided to learn to code to offer web design consulting to colleagues…

Updated on October 14, 2015 in Community

With Treehouse, Victor Discovered a Passion for Front End Development and Landed a Web Dev Position

Victor Ollervidez discovered a passion for the creativity of coding in middle school. But it wasn’t until college when Victor began his degree in multimedia that he was able to focus on learning to code and aspiring to work on…

Updated on October 9, 2015 in Community

Quinton Turned His Love of The Web Into a Life-Changing Career

Quinton was first drawn to the instant gratification of coding in a high school Computer Literacy class. What started as an interest grew to a passion, which eventually led him to graduate with a Computer Science degree. However, in the…

Updated on March 3, 2016 in Community

Justin Gained the Skills and Confidence to Quit His Job as a Waiter and Become a Full-Time Front End Developer

Justin wanted to start a business and every business needs a website, so he thought: why not learn how to build my own? He began learning from books and attended a community college, but to keep up with competitors, he…

Updated on October 14, 2017 in Community

In Less Than a Year, Laurie’s Career Aspirations Became a Reality

Laurie’s personal interest with the web industry came from running WordPress sites using purchased themes and finding himself intrigued by how everything worked. He had no background in the web but reached a stage where he decided to embrace his…

Updated on September 15, 2015 in Community

Ricky is a High School Senior With a Successful Freelance Web Design and Development Business

In his freshman year of high school, Ricky built a basic website for a friend running for class president. By the time he joined Treehouse, he still only had a basic knowledge of HTML but knew he wanted to master web…

Updated on August 1, 2018 in Treehouse News

Go Back to School With Treehouse

The months have flown by and summer is coming to an end, but with all endings, come exciting new beginnings, and this month that means it’s Back to School Time! You don’t have to be starting a new school year…

August 21, 2015 in Community

After Three Months of Learning With Treehouse, Nicholas Left His Dead-end Job For a Rewarding Career in The Web Industry

After four years in the Army, Nicholas Suddarth fell into the IT industry where he worked for almost 10 years. In early 2015, 33-year-old Nicholas found himself uninspired by his dead-end career in technical sales support. He…

August 14, 2015 in Community

Inner City Hope USA Uses Treehouse to Teach Students to Code and Guide Them Towards Life-Changing Careers

Inner City Hope USA is an inspiring new program offering high school computer programming and design courses to America’s inner-city youth to help guide them towards high-paying and meaningful careers in the tech industry. For the launch of their pilot…

Updated on August 6, 2015 in Community

From Customer Service to Back-End Web Development, Nicole Found Success with Treehouse

Nicole worked in customer service, but in her free time enjoyed personal nerddom, playing around with consumer technology and building things. Inspired by these interests, Nicole decided to register for an on-campus Computer Science course but quickly found the course…

Articles written by Faye (Page 7 of 9)