He did research on his own, attended info sessions and reached out to people who had gone through the program. After doing this research he decided to take the leap and dive into the coding bootcamp with hopes that this certification would lead to the career he was looking for. 

When asked about what he learned. He talked about how he had to relearn how to learn. When you are in school you study and regurgitate the information to pass test or show your understanding. In Sabio’s coding program you learn by doing and making mistakes is part of the process. When you make a mistake you can learn how and why your mistake was wrong allowing you to be a better coder. It is a different way of learning.

He also touched on how his experience being in a cohort allowed him to work on communication. There were tasks needed to be done but it was a team effort. You had to reach out to others when you got stuck or communicate with them on their timeline. It gave him a chance to use the skills he learned while also learning how to be part of a team working to complete a project. Last week, Clay talked more in depth about the cohort project and the work being done. You can check out that interview here. 

When Meri graduated from Sabio’s coding bootcamp. He hit the floor running. He knew he would have to put in a lot of work to find a career. And he felt a time crunch as he needed his next paycheck. Luckily, he found a career at Amazon in the Amazon Web Service. It took a lot of interviews and networking to find this career. He talked about the importance of preparing for an interview. And how important it is to find the right company for you. It is just as important that the company you work for to be the right place for you, not just you being the right person for them. 

Amazon has 14 leadership principles and it is incorporated into everything they do. And if you want to work at Amazon, not only do you need to know these leadership principles, you need to understand how you fit into these principles. It will be easy for you to know if Amazon is the right company for you. It also gives you a road map on how to move forward in your career at Amazon. 

Although Meri is very happy at Amazon. He also has dreams of one day starting his own tech company. He thinks most software engineers have this underlining dream. So maybe someday, but right now he is working hard at Amazon. Gaining tools that he can use in the future not only to be the best software engineer at Amazon but with hopes of maybe one day starting his own. 

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