“I slowly [found] myself in more and more technical roles - editing, producing, recording - until I found a special niche that serves both my fascination and the musician community, building and repairing guitar amplifiers while studying electronic engineering,” he explains. After studying what he considered to be the “digital counterpart of circuit building with Python and JavaScript,” Alex decided to commit to a full-time, six month web development bootcamp at Nashville Software School.
“If you have not worked in a software engineering job and want to in six months, this is the best way to do it. You will be frustrated, but that's part of it. Get as much practice as you can before the job - there are lessons that cannot be learned other than by writing code and collaborating with others. That's really hard to do on your own.”
“[My full-stack capstone, called] Oil, because I built an app that I'm actually using!”
Since graduating, Alex has found his first job in web development! Listen to Alex's podcast to hear about his NSS experience and capstone projects. Connect with Alex by visiting his LinkedIn profile.
Meet more of the graduates from Web Development Cohort 46 by visiting their class website!