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We Got Coders’ youngest ever graduate begins placement

We’re super proud of Dan Steele who was placed this month, less than 3 weeks after completing his training, to begin the mentoring phase of our Web Developer Fast Track programme. At only 20 years old he is our youngest ever graduate.

Dan, a licenced pilot, taught himself to code after turning down an offer to study aeronautical engineering at university. After a year of self-teaching he realised that he needed further support to accelerate his learning and entry into the job market so he began to look for a training course and found us! “We Got Coders stood out to me, primarily because I liked the look of the intensity of the course.” He says of the 12 full weeks of training, which prepare trainees for work placements in real dev teams.

Dan is now placed at EarlyMarket where he is working on a greenfield project creating an app called Helipaddy. The app will help pilots to remember and find new landing spots.

We’re excited to see a junior developer like Dan use the skills gained on our training programme to build an app from the ground up, especially when it’s in a subject area that interests him. Throughout this phase Dan, like all We Got Coders’ graduates, will be mentored by a senior developer who will give him the necessary guidance and support.

He has blogged about his journey here.