When Terrell Singletary moved to Philadelphia about two years ago, he launched his pursuit of a career in tech, enrolling in courses at Community College of Philadelphia while working in the restaurant industry.

He’d been scouted by a medical devices sales company and been offered a job, but when COVID-19 hit, that job dried up. With the job opportunity and restaurant work grinding to a halt, Singletary did what many of us said we’d do in the pandemic — learn new skills.

But while most were cooking viral TikTok recipes or launching home improvement projects, Singletary put himself through Tech Elevator’s 14-week software development bootcamp in Java. The recent grad just secured a programming position with JPMorgan Chase, which he’ll start at the beginning of March.

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