{"id":4469,"date":"2019-07-24T00:15:25","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T07:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/?p=4469"},"modified":"2022-07-20T08:51:47","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T15:51:47","slug":"from-coding-bootcamp-grad-to-cto-of-career-karma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/from-coding-bootcamp-grad-to-cto-of-career-karma\/","title":{"rendered":"From Coding Bootcamp grad to CTO of Career Karma"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today I\u2019m going to review my experience of going through a coding bootcamp and how I became the CTO of Career Karma (Y Combinator)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, mind you 5 years ago I did not know a single line of code. If you showed me code I would of just stared at it or run away. Let\u2019s be honest, it can be intimidating! Fast forward 5 years, I built my own iOS and Android app and I\u2019m leading an engineering team of over 5 people. Amazing, right? 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