Thirty-two-year-old Michael Boonekamp worked as an IT Technician, repairing and maintaining computer systems. He liked the work that he did: it was technical, and required him to discover, investigate, and solve problems. However, Michael wanted a career where the demand for his skills was higher than the supply of these skills; he wanted more mobility and he wanted a job that was as financially rewarding as it was personally fulfilling. He didn’t want to just fix the software and hardware his colleagues and clients used, as a normal technician would; he wanted to create the systems they were using, just as a software engineer or web developer would.

I really enjoyed working with computers and I enjoy problem solving. I tried finding work further in the IT technician field but I found it to be very saturated. When I saw an advert for learning Web Development, I dived straight into it.

There is some difference between a programmer, such as a web developer or software engineer, and a technician.The job of an IT technician can be more hands-on and manual, primarily involving the repair, maintenance, installation and testing of computer systems and software, rather than making brand new programs, or fixing bugs in program code. However, the close work with computers this career involved made Michael’s decision to learn about the computer system a natural progression.

He signed up for an online part-time Full Stack Web Developer bootcamp with HyperionDev, hoping to learn how to turn his computer knowledge into full programming capability.

What he didn’t predict was that HyperionDev would help him find his first job as a Junior Web Developer.

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