Made redundant in Aberdeen, the search for a new career led Graham to our intensive software development course in Glasgow.
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I was unfortunately made redundant in February. I was in recruitment in Aberdeen.
I started looking for work, but because of the way things were up there, their was nothing really going.
What brought you to CodeClan?
My partnerโs company uses CodeClan in Edinburgh, so she said to go on the website and have a look. Coding and programmingโs always something Iโve been interested in. So I had a look and applied for it.
What’s it like at the Glasgow campus?
Itโs been absolutely fantastic. The instructors are fantastic, world class, they all know what theyโre talking about. The other students are amazing, everyoneโs at the same level and when youโre working together itโs handy.
What are you learning this week?
Weโre in week seven, second week of Java. Weโve had four weeks of Ruby and then a project week doing Ruby and that was to create a web application. That was a steep learning curve.
Now weโre on Java, more of the same but different, if that makes sense? Itโs a lot more structured and stricter.
Whatโs your message to someone considering CodeClan?
Do it. Genuinely come to CodeClan. It has been fantastic, I couldnโt say anything more than that.
Before I started here, I was looking into doing it myself and did a few online courses. Went OK, when I got to the point where I was stuck there was no-one to ask, I was sitting there Googling different solutions for half an hour.
Here, youโve got an issue, just go to one of the guys. Even out of class, 9 oโclock at night when youโre working away, youโve got Slack, the instant messaging we use, one of the guys will pick up and theyโll always help.
Definitely, definitely come to CodeClan.
Come along to our next Glasgow info session or find out more about our intensive softwareย development course.
