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One of our associates recently told me that their

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favorite thing about training was that even when they

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had moments where they felt like they just couldn't

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do it, that our instructors were right there to

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be their biggest support and to be their cheerleader

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and help them be successful.

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What I love about teaching is when I

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have an associate who's struggling, they're really working

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hard, hard, and all of a sudden that

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light bulb comes on. Like that moment,

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I mean, it's just intoxicating.

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Yeah, absolutely love it.

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One of the things that I really like

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about Dev10 is the close relationship that

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I am able to develop with students.

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I have been able to see students who, at the

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beginning of the class, seem to have a little bit

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of a difficult time catching some of the concepts.

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And by the end of the cohort, it's amazing to

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see their progress and see how far they've grown.

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Seeing how they grow throughout

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the course is phenomenal.

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Seeing somebody who was an art teacher

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and then comes to be an associate

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software developer is just astonishing.

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I love working with the students.

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I love their personalities.

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I love getting to know them.

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I love seeing them succeed.

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I love seeing where they're going.

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I feel a little bit like the mother hen with

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their chicks at the end of the class period

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and I have to say goodbye to all of them.

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But it's nice that they're still with

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me and they're still with the company.

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And my colleagues are really supportive.

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This place is just like very

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education first, human beings first.

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And that is just such a big difference.

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I feel like it's been sort of my personal mission

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to bring more kindness and more humanity into tech.

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And I feel like I'm at a place that supports the ideal.