When veterans return from service, they often face hurdles in attaining the proper healthcare and employment opportunities. Teaching coding to them could be an answer to many veterans’ problems. The Northwest Guardian discusses this in a recent article titled “Coding class taught to service members.”
Christina Carmen Crea of the Northwest Guardian writes, “Code Fellows, a software development trade school in Seattle, conducted a 12-hour workshop for 43 attendees Nov. 13 at Camp Murray, near Joint Base Lewis-McChord, to give current service members and their families an inside look at a post-service career in coding. ‘Coding is the backbone to all businesses, whether online or offline,’ said Jeff Pecor, Tailwind Public Relations. ‘If you can learn how to write code, the job prospects and salaries are lucrative, and there will be a job out there for you.’ Stephanie Lingwood, Code Fellow main instructor, said she enjoys teaching these classes and seeing those ‘light bulb moments.’ ‘Coding is a challenging but rewarding career,’ Lingwood said. ‘To be able to teach some transitioning service members and give them transferable skills to find jobs after their service is rewarding. Service members already know what it’s like to be faced with challenges, so teaching them is easy because they’re willing to put in the work.’ Staff Sergeant Kelby Faulk, Bravo Company, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, I Corps, said the class provided a condensed and easy-to-understand knowledge of the Web programming language known as HTML. Faulk transitions out of the military this month and will have served in the military for six years. ‘I’m not sure if I will go into any coding career right now, but getting a chance to feel it out in today’s class has been awesome,’ Faulk said. The workshop, called ‘Code 101,’ taught attendees about establishing a path software development career, how websites are built and deployed and how to code a website using industry-standard tools and professional coding practices. Sergeant Joko Riley, 864th Engineer Battalion, said the class was informative and a ‘brush up’ on skills he learned a long time ago. ‘I’m jump-starting this to see if it’s something I want to dive into after I transition out in June (serving six years in the military),’ Riley said. Antonio Garcia, Code Fellows teaching assistant, who transitioned out of the military in 2008 after serving six years, and has been a Code Fellow student since September, said it’s hard to transition out of the military into the civilian workforce.”
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