Roberto enjoys working at BigCommerce in Austin. But the path to get there began in Mexico and almost didn’t get past the border. After being granted a professional (TN) visa, he was able to accept an offer at Linked In and start building his path towards success in the Software Engineering field.
He attributes Hack Reactor as a safe space where coders of any caliber can ask the hard-to-ask questions in front of instructors and students to better their understanding.
Tipe.io was founded in September 2017 by Hack Reactor grads Scott Moss, Patrick Stapleton and Mike Moss. After success with a consultancy and notable clients like Car and Driver Magazine, the team pivoted to create their own product and be among the 2% selected by Y Combinator for early-stage startup funding.
Now a partner at Contrary Capital, a VC firm that backs university entrepreneurs, Hack Reactor Los Angeles grad Max Hoffman combines machine learning with his research on neural dynamics in the Physics department at Washington University in St. Louis, with long-term plans to apply his experience in technology to revolutionize the public health sector.
From the back of the class to the front-end of Software Engineering, Tre’s career path has been met with detours, roadblocks and landmines. In an effort to support his family, and with no time to spare, he took Hack Reactor’s Remote program, which led him to Seattle, working in React, and settling into a new lifestyle.
Remote Grad 2017 Jeff Bentler uses Five Languages in His Work at Slalom Consulting
“You will doubt yourself. But so does everybody else, and the statistics speak for themselves. You’ve been admitted to a great school. Understand that everything is in place for a reason and as long as you give it your all, you’ll be in the vast majority of those that get a job quickly with a solid salary, doing a job that you love.”
How software engineering allows one Hack Reactor alum to combine self-expression with solving real-world problems. Brittany Starr now shines as Software Engineer at Graphic Language.
Scott Snider graduated Hack Reactor in 2014, he is now the lead Frontend Engineer for ClickUp, a top-rated productivity and project management platform. Learn how kickball made him leave finance and start his journey into software engineering.
Misha Hoo is a perfectionist, possibly to a fault. Many of her pursuits have left her burned out, seeking change, and starting from scratch. This is how she entered Hack Reactor -- a novice with a new dream. Now she’s realizing her potential at RetailMeNot as Front-End Developer, where she now works with Vue.
Now working in her dream role at a company she loves, in 2015 Michelle was feeling stuck. Years of work in operations and IT left her looking for a change. After quite a bit of research and self-guided study, she took a leap of faith and attended Hack Reactor’s intense software engineering immersive program at the New York City campus. Within a month she had landed a developer job at Adobe. Read the full story below.
Inspired by the entrepreneurial passion of Shark Tank, this 2014 San Francisco Hack Reactor grad set his sights on engineering roles at bigger and bigger companies and was recently promoted to Software Engineer III at Infusionsoft.