She met with Gregorio Rojas the co-founder of Sabio, via LinkedIn. She was starting to consider a career shift and after talking with Gregorio she was interested and set up an interview. A few weeks after the interview she was working at Sabio remotely. She was living in the Northeast but recently moved to the Midwest. Having the flexibility to work remotely meant that she could continue her career when her family moved. 

In Nancy’s role she works with students, but her primary role is to help graduates find jobs. When students graduate they are paired up with a tech recruiter (Nancy) along with an alumni. This tag team approach allows graduates to have resources to help them in their transition from student to employee. The resources available include resources to update graduates resumes along with preparation for interviews. Sabio also provides the opportunity to continue to code. Just like when you learn a new language you need to practice or you will lose the skill to speak that language. You need to continue practicing coding so you can keep up your skills while working to find your career. Sabio offers that along with support in finding a job. 

One of the great things about Sabio that she highlighted was how the program allows students to do real coding. It isn’t just conceptual. Each cohort is given a project to work on and they have to do daily standups, learn to work as a team, and do the coding work to make all the pieces fit together. Just like graduates do in their jobs with real companies. Students are more than graduates. They are software engineers ready for their new job. 

Sabio gives students a chance for hands-on learning. It isn’t conceptual. The work of writing code, debugging and all the other skills required are taught through doing at Sabio. You also learn about how to code as a team member. Coding often requires teams of people to solve problems so the fact each class is broken into a cohort with a team mentality really prepares students for their career. 

Nancy has seen students utilize the tools provided by Sabio not only during the boot camp but after graduating. Those students who utilized those tools are now moving up at the companies they are working for. They are moving up into management positions and gaining more opportunities and it all started with their journey through Sabio’s bootcamp program. 

If you are considering a career in software engineering and want to learn more about how Sabio can help get you started in your career. Check out their info sessions at https://sabio.la/info and website to learn more. There are a number of resources at www.sabio.la that can help you in your journey to becoming a software engineer. 

Mentioned in this episode:

Info sessions: https://sabio.la/info

Episode 7 with Gregorio Rojas: 

Podcast: https://breaking-into-tech.simplecast.com/episodes/helping-other-learn-to-be-software-engineers

Live video: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnFsLH7ko_8