From Composing to Coding: Greg's Journey With UT Dallas Tech Bootcamps

If you’re considering a career change from other domains to coding, Greg Kurka’s journey is truly an inspiration to start your career transformation. He began his career in music composition and was a piano teacher, but then found his true calling in tech while composing for the popular game Piano Tiles 2. This is when his interest in coding and game development sparked, and led him to the UT Dallas Coding Bootcamp powered by Fullstack Academy. He realized his existing tech knowledge was “scattered" and sought a structured path to a new career.

Greg shares, “What led me to UT Dallas Tech Bootcamps was the idea that I could hone all this knowledge into something and sculpt it into a career”. UT Dallas’ full-time coding bootcamp provided the focus he needed, with his instructor helping him “hone it into a skill that I could then apply to just learning any specific library or program." This foundational understanding was critical in reaching his career goal.

During Greg’s bootcamp training, the career success support was invaluable. His dedicated Career Success Coach helped him articulate his unique strengths and draw parallels between his musical background and newfound technology skills. The bootcamp helped Greg become more confident and prepare to transition his diverse skills into a thriving tech career. Greg specifically targeted QA engineering as a career path and landed a role at QA Wolf, a company that provides large-scale QA services, after completing the bootcamp.