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…
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…
July 17, 2015 in Community
Dawid Quit His Full-Time Job and Teamed Up With Two Friends to Start a Successful Software Lab
After graduating from university, Dawid took a full-time job as a junior Java developer at one of the world’s largest rail equipment manufacturers. However, he soon realized that the position wasn’t a great fit for him. Instead, Dawid was inspired…