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Why Single Moms should go to a Coding Bootcamp

Funda on June 02, 2018

Poverty is a Feminist Issue I took my daughter to the eye doctor the other day and was able to get her glasses with my own insurance. Wh...
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You. Are. Amazing. And an absolute boss. You fought for your girls, and you fought for YOU. Truly an inspiration.

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Sabrina Markon

What an awesome story I'm so delighted that you came out ahead, and in coding too, which I LOVE! lol. The beginning of your story sounded awfully familiar to me (the divorce didn't happen, except to me, etc!) but the difference is that I could never afford to attend a boot camp :( The cost may as well be a million dollars for someone like me at my age with children after a lifetime of freelance coding and poverty with zero support. It is always a massive inspiration to hear of a woman whose hard work has generated success for her family, because it is too often we are the ones who get stuck at the short end of things and there are many things against us getting out of that.

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Funda

Because it feels like for me the next logical step is to figure out how to create scholarships for this.

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Funda

I’m curious: If the money appeared, would you be able to carve out the time? Sometimes I feel like time is harder to figure out than money.

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rhymes • Edited

Thank you, thank you, thank you. What a great story. And it's magnificent in itself to see a person that has this amount of enthusiasm for a profession where jadedness and cynicism are all too common.

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steffieharner

Code Chrysalis Tokyo Coding Bootcamp has just announced a scholarship fund made especially for single mothers looking to accelerate their career in tech and software engineering.

codechrysalis.io/blog/butterfly-fu...

Thank you so much, Funda for sharing your story. I also t attended this coding bootcamp, but not with the added stresses and responsibility caring for a child... so, so much respect to you. It takes a certain kind of strength to do this. Go #MomsWhoCode!

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Ben Halpern

Awesome story Funda, you're an awesome role model.

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Funda

Thank you, Ben----I am so grateful for your platform. I would never have started writing articles if it weren't for you. And people were getting tired of my long Facebook posts, LOL.

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Jimmy Byess

This is a fantastic article!

Even though my story is different from yours, I got into development through a series of false starts and various unrelated jobs. Now I'm teaching at a bootcamp (shoutout to General Assembly) and I love it.

College is great for a lot of people, but it wasn't for me, and I'm glad that bootcamps exist to fill that gap. I hope the trend continues and more people get access to new careers through less-traditional methods.

Programming is hard but rewarding. It's hard and it stays hard - going to work every day with that "growth mindset" and solving problems all day long is tiring. It's worth it though and I don't know what else I'd be doing.

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Funda

Update on this story: Though I do miss my students and the opportunity to make an impact (the same way in which I was so greatly impacted,) I am ecstatic to report that I am now a full-fledged Software Engineer at Vivoom! The dev community never ceases to amaze me, with its supportiveness and insight. May we all rise in the same big boat. Keep on codin’ y’all!

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Jess Lee

Are you friends with @juanita ??

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Funda

Yes! She is my fantastic boss! She is now regional director.

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Asha

You are awesome Funda, such an inspirational story, thanks for sharing it, surely will help many out there.

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Elena

Great story Funda, thank you for sharing. Very inspirational!

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Kani Munidasa

Truly awesome!