Honoring Heritage: A Native American Perspective with Jordan Cooper-Fossmo
with Jordan Cooper-Fossmo
Breaking Into Tech With a Non-traditional Background
Gus Nordhielm
Are you curious about what a career change into coding could look like for you?
In this talk, we’ll hear the story of Gus Nordhielm, who went from restaurant food runner to coder contributing to the Avatar sequels after completing his three-month coding boot camp at General Assembly...
Are you curious about what a career change into coding could look like for you?
In this talk, we’ll hear the story of Gus Nordhielm, who went from restaurant food runner to coder contributing to the Avatar sequels after completing his three-month coding boot camp at General Assembly (GA).
In this chat, Gus will answer these questions for you:
- What does a software engineer do day-to-day?
- Is a career change into coding a possibility for me?
- Am I a good match for a coding boot camp?
Meet The Speaker
Gus Nordhielm
Full-Stack Engineer, Amazon Web Services
Gus is a full stack engineer working on human/AI pipelines at AWS. He’s worked in web development for the past six years across multiple industries. Gus is passionate about staying close to users and their feedback, and developing tight-knit, collaborative teams.
