Formation Alumni | Engineers Who Landed Top Tech Roles

Work alongside engineers like you — serious about leveling up in a tougher market

Our Fellows come from diverse backgrounds, but they all have one thing in common: they came to compete for the hardest offers.

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Wil Gatlin\ \ Senior Software Engineer \ \ 6+ years of experience in Software Engineering\ \ Joined Formation to level up into a top-tier tech company\ \ Landed at Meta in August 2025](https://www.linkedin.com/in/wilgatlin/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ She/Her\ \ Farnoosh Abrishamkarzadeh\ \ Software Engineer \ \ 3 years of experience in Software Engineering\ \ Started their engineering career at Coinbase\ \ Placed at Meta in 2025](https://www.linkedin.com/in/farnoosh-abrishamkar/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Jedidiah Akano\ \ Software Engineer \ \ 5+ years of software engineering experience\ \ Joined Formation to level up into a new company and role\ \ Landed at Applied Intuition in May 2025](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jedidiah-akano/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ She/Her\ \ Dalila Nelson\ \ SDE II \ \ 7+ years of software engineering experience\ \ Joined Formation to level up into a FAANG company\ \ Landed at Amazon in April 2025](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dalilanelson/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni Spotlight\ \ She/Her\ \ Myranda Palomino\ \ Rotational Software Engineer @ Meta\ \ Worked with multiple startups as a contract SWE\ \ Joined to land a role at a top-tier company\ \ Placed at Meta in 2023\ \ \ \ Formation’s emphasis on repetition and structured approach significantly improved my performance in actual interviews.\ \ Read her story](/content/blog/myranda-palomino-how-i-landed-a-role-as-a-software-engineer-at-meta-with-formation/index.html)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Varun Kulkarni\ \ Senior Software Engineer \ \ 16+ years of software engineering experience\ \ Joined Formation to break into a cutting edge company\ \ Landed at NVIDIA in April 2025](https://www.linkedin.com/in/varunkulkarni/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ John Chen\ \ Backend Engineer II \ \ 5+ years of software engineering experience\ \ Joined Formation to level up into a prestigious role\ \ Landed at HashiCorp in April 2025](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jchenm/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Sai Poruri\ \ IC5 Engineer \ \ 6+ years of experience in software engineering\ \ Joined Formation to break into a FAANG company\ \ Landed at Meta in March 2025](https://www.linkedin.com/in/saiporuri/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Arjun Kaul\ \ Software Engineer, L5 \ \ 4+ years of software engineering experience\ \ Joined Formation to transition from the finance industry to tech\ \ Landed at Amazon in March 2025](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaul1/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni Spotlight\ \ He/Him\ \ Roy Garcia\ \ Software Engineer @ Meta\ \ Former Tesla & Northrop Grumman SWE\ \ Wanted to work on large-scale systems\ \ Placed at Meta in 2023\ \ \ \ I improved significantly with Formation. I went from freezing up and being super anxious about these interviews to being really confident in them. \ \ Read his story](/content/blog/roy-garcia-success-story/index.html)

\ \ \ \ Alumni Spotlight\ \ She/Her\ \ Nicole Miller\ \ Software Engineer @ Apple\ \ Worked on ATLAS Space Force contract at past role\ \ Wanted to increase comp and move out of defence\ \ Placed at Apple in 2023\ \ \ \ Formation gave me the motivation to pursue what I wanted: career development, higher compensation, and interesting technology.\ \ Read her story](/content/blog/success-story-nicole-miller/index.html)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Adam Miller\ \ Engineering Manager @ Square\ \ 16+ years of experience in software engineering\ \ Joined Formation to level up tech in an engineering manager role\ \ Landed at Square in November 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/chadam-miller/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ She/Her\ \ Amaya Agha\ \ Software Engineer @ Meta\ \ 14+ years of software engineering experience\ \ Joined Formation to level up into a top-tier tech company\ \ Landed at Meta in November 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/amaya-agha/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Eddie Melo\ \ Senior Software Engineer @ Roblox\ \ 5+ years of software engineering experience\ \ Joined Formation to level up into a dream company\ \ Landed at Roblox in October 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/heriberto-melo/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Jacob Dowdle\ \ Rotational Engineer @ Meta\ \ 3+ years of software engineering experience\ \ Joined Formation to break into tech and work on meaningful projects\ \ Landed at Meta in October 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacobdowdle/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni Spotlight\ \ She/Her\ \ Jocelyn Icaza\ \ iOS Engineer @ Realtor.com\ \ Grace Hopper bootcamp grad\ \ Wanted to land first role in tech\ \ Improved algo and system design skills\ \ \ \ I always have confidence that I can complete tasks on-the-job because of how Formation trained me.\ \ Read her story](/content/blog/fellow-spotlight-josie-icaza/index.html)

\ \ \ \ Alumni Spotlight\ \ She/Her\ \ Heather Barney\ \ Assoc. SWE @ Carrot Fertility\ \ Former collegiate athletics coach\ \ Bootcamp grad seeking SWE role\ \ Placed at Carrot Fertility in 2023\ \ \ \ Self-directed platforms like Leetcode can determine if your code works, but having experienced engineers point out subtle aspects went a step beyond that.\ \ Read her story](/content/blog/fellow-spotlight-heather-barney/index.html)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ She/Her\ \ Mariah Maninang\ \ Rotational Software Engineer @ Meta\ \ 2+ years of software engineering experience\ \ Joined Formation to break into tech\ \ Landed at Meta in October 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariah-m/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Sodiq Lawal\ \ Rotational Software Engineer @ Meta\ \ 9+ years of software engineering experience\ \ Joined Formation to land in a FAANG role\ \ Landed at Meta in October 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawalsodiq/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Julio Barriga\ \ Senior Software Engineer @ Paypal\ \ 3+ years of software engineering experience\ \ Joined to break into the tech industry and level up\ \ Landed at PayPal in September 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliodbarriga/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Aditya Arolkar\ \ Deployment Strategist @ Palantir\ \ 5+ years of software engineering experience\ \ Joined Formation to break into a FAANG-level company\ \ Landed at Palantir in September 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityaarolkar1/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni Spotlight\ \ He/Him\ \ Brian Do\ \ Software Engineer @ Statsig\ \ Self-taught coder with Philosophy degree\ \ Wanted to work for a tech-first company\ \ Placed at Statsig in 2022\ \ \ \ I wanted to get into software engineering, I just needed the right path to entry. I tried getting a SWE job for at least 6 months with no luck before finding Formation.\ \ Read his story](/content/blog/fellow-spotlight-brian-do/index.html)

\ \ \ \ Alumni Spotlight\ \ She/Her\ \ Mariah Papy\ \ Software Engineer @ Google\ \ Systems Senior Associate at Net Impact\ \ Wanted to work at a top-tier tech company\ \ Placed at Google in 2022\ \ \ \ All the mock interviews I did in my Fellowship helped me see that interviewers are just like us. The person on the other side is just a human going through this, too. \ \ Read her story](/content/blog/fellow-spotlight-mariah-papy/index.html)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ She/Her\ \ Alexis Olaes\ \ Software Engineer @ Microsoft\ \ 4+ years of software engineering experience\ \ Joined Formation to join a company she was passionate about\ \ Landed at Microsoft in August 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexis-olaes-925b7618a/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Shane Gallagher\ \ Software Development Engineer @ Amazon\ \ 5+ years of software engineering experience\ \ Joined Formation to land in a role that enables him to learn and grow\ \ Landed at Amazon in August 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sgall/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Samuel Singer\ \ Front-End Engineer \ \ 5+ years of software engineering experience\ \ Joined Formation to get back into a FAANG company\ \ Landed at Amazon in July 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/samuel-y-singer/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Brandon Nicklas\ \ Data Engineer \ \ 6+ years of data engineering experience\ \ Joined Formation to level up and work on cutting edge tech\ \ Landed at Netflix in July 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-nicklas-b111736a/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni Spotlight\ \ She/Her\ \ Valerie Don\ \ iOS Software Engineer @ Apple\ \ • Blue Bottle Barista\ \ • Wanted to be held to a top-tier bar\ \ • Placed at Apple in 2022\ \ \ \ Formation uses a level system that allowed us to test into more and more advanced levels, which was a great gauge for tracking progress\ \ Read her story](/content/blog/fellow-spotlight-valerie-don/index.html)

\ \ \ \ Alumni Spotlight\ \ She/Her\ \ Tiffany Grevious\ \ Apprentice Engineer @ Pinterest\ \ Self-taught engineer\ \ Wanted to land first SWE role\ \ Placed at Pinterest in 2022\ \ \ \ Formation was so well-structured and the material was very much individualized to you. It made me feel valued and like I was more than just a number.\ \ Read her story](/content/blog/fellow-spotlight-tiffany-grevious/index.html)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Yernat Yestekov\ \ Software Engineer \ \ 8+ years of software engineering experience\ \ Joined Formation to level up into a FAANG company\ \ Landed at Meta in July 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/yernatyestekov/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Franklin Hernandez\ \ Principal Machine Learning Engineer @ Atlassian\ \ 6+ years of data science and machine learning experience\ \ Joined Formation to level up into a tech company\ \ Landed at Atlassian in July 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/franklinhernandez/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ She/Her\ \ Andrea Garcia\ \ Software Engineer @ Microsoft\ \ 1+ year of software engineering experience\ \ Joined to break into tech\ \ Landed at Microsoft in June 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrygzt/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ They/Them\ \ Orion Montoya\ \ Senior Software Engineer @ Gusto\ \ 8+ years of software engineering experience\ \ Joined Formation to break into a big company post start-ups\ \ Landed at Gusto in June 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/orionmontoya/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni Spotlight\ \ He/Him\ \ Adam Zhu\ \ Software Engineering Intern @ Nextdoor\ \ • Computer Science Student\ \ • Wanted to land a top-tier Internship\ \ • Placed at Nextdoor in 2021\ \ \ \ The actual job interviews went almost exactly like what I had been practicing for a while in Formation\ \ Read his story](/content/blog/fellow-spotlight-adam-zhu/index.html)

\ \ \ \ Alumni Spotlight\ \ He/They\ \ Carlitos Willis\ \ Full Stack Engineer @ Gusto\ \ UC Berkley Grad, Cognitive Science\ \ Wanted to master CS fundamentals\ \ Placed at Gusto in 2021\ \ \ \ Working with the Mentors helped me find my areas of insecurities but also areas of confidence.\ \ Read their story](/content/blog/fellow-spotlight-carlitos-willis/index.html)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Harvey Limbo\ \ Software Development Engineer \ \ 4+ years of software engineering experience\ \ Joined Formation to level up into a top company\ \ Landed at Amazon in June 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/harvey-limbo-a10809151)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Sinuhe Guerra\ \ Senior Software Engineer @ Microsoft\ \ 17+ years of software engineering experience\ \ Joined Formation as a Mentor, and then as a Fellow\ \ Placed at Microsoft in 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sinuheg/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ They/Them\ \ Sofie Graham\ \ Software Engineer @ Meta\ \ 6+ years of software engineering experience\ \ Joined to break into “Big Tech”\ \ Placed at Meta in 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sofiegraham/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Drew Bartlett\ \ Senior Software Engineer @ Atlassian\ \ 17 years of software engineering experience\ \ Joined to land at a top-tier company\ \ Placed at Atlassian in 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/drewjbartlett/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni Spotlight\ \ He/Him\ \ Colin Bethea\ \ Software Engineer @ Afterpay\ \ College “opt-out”\ \ Wanted to improve in technical interviews\ \ Placed at Afterpay in 2021\ \ \ \ During my job hunt, people at Formation were experienced and knew how to handle certain situations and helped me avoid mistakes. I’m so grateful for that.\ \ Read his story](/content/blog/colin-bethea-fellow-spotlight/index.html)

\ \ \ \ Alumni Spotlight\ \ She/Her\ \ Hiwot Woldeyohannes\ \ SDE II @ Amazon\ \ Started Eng. Career in Ethiopia\ \ Wanted to improve in technical interviews\ \ Placed at Amazon in 2021\ \ \ \ The platform's timeline allowed me to actually enjoy the journey because I knew all the challenges and tasks I was doing were going to help me get to my end goal.\ \ Read her story](/content/blog/fellow-spotlight-hiwot-woldeyohannes/index.html)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Connor Stauffer\ \ Software Engineer \ \ 8+ years of software engineering experience\ \ Joined to land at a FAANG company\ \ Placed at Meta in 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/connorstauffer/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Anthony Wallace\ \ Software Engineer for AI Training Data @ Scale AI\ \ Former Navy Operations Specialist\ \ Joined to break into tech\ \ Placed at Scale AI in 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonytwallace/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Mike Clarke\ \ Software Engineer, Service Capacity Management @ Meta\ \ 25 years of software engineering experience\ \ Wanted to transition from finance to tech\ \ Placed at Meta in 2024](https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-g-clarke/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Rafael Segarra\ \ Software Engineer @ Meta\ \ Former Zinnia & Policygenius SWE\ \ Joined to level up his career\ \ Placed at Meta in 2023](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafael-segarra/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni Spotlight\ \ She/Her\ \ Leizle Ho\ \ Software Engineer @ Meta\ \ • Born in the Philippines\ \ • Wanted access to supportive Mentors \ \ • Placed at Facebook in 2021\ \ \ \ One of my biggest goals was to work at Facebook, so I printed out the Facebook logo and framed it. Every time I looked at it, I told myself someday I would work there.\ \ Read her story](/content/blog/fellow-spotlight-leizle-ho/index.html)

\ \ \ \ Alumni Spotlight\ \ He/Him\ \ Paul Lueng\ \ Software Engineer @ Airbnb\ \ SWE at an early-stage startup\ \ Wanted to accelerate growth\ \ Placed at Airbnb in 2021\ \ \ \ I learned the practical side of engineering that I was missing from my Computer Science background at Formation.\ \ Read his story](/content/blog/fellow-spotlight-paul-lueng/index.html)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Patrick Mondala\ \ Software Engineer @ Google\ \ Software engineer with 3 years of experience\ \ Looking to place at a top-tier company\ \ Placed at Google in 2023](https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-mondala/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Alec Inthalangsy\ \ Software Engineer @ Mailchimp\ \ Software engineer with 4+ years of experience\ \ Wanted to up-level his career\ \ Placed at Intuit Mailchimp in 2023](https://www.linkedin.com/in/aalecji/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ She/Her\ \ Rosemary Liang\ \ iOS Engineer @ Realtor.com\ \ Assurance Senior at Ernst & Young\ \ Wanted to land first full-time SWE role\ \ Closed technical skill gaps with Eng. Mentors](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosemaryliang18/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Anthony Benites\ \ Senior Data Engineer @ Capital One\ \ Joined Formation with 6+ years of SWE experience\ \ Wanted to close his skills gap\ \ Placed at Capital One in 2023](https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthnyb/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni Spotlight\ \ She/Her\ \ Akyya Mayberry\ \ iOS Mobile Engineer @ VMware\ \ • Film Director\ \ • Wanted to master CS fundamentals\ \ • Placed at VMware in 2020\ \ \ \ I really loved the system design group sessions because I had only known about the monolithic, outdated ways of designing and managing applications.\ \ Read her story](/content/blog/fellow-spotlight-akyya-mayberry/index.html)

\ \ \ \ Alumni Spotlight\ \ He/Him\ \ Justin Johnson\ \ Web Developer @ Dropbox\ \ • Bootcamp Grad\ \ • Wanted to improve in technical interviews\ \ • Developing the Dropbox brand\ \ \ \ Spiral Matrix flabbergasted me the first time I saw it in an interview...After Formation, I could solve it in my sleep.\ \ Read his story](/content/blog/fellow-spotlight-justin-johnson/index.html)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Jaime Mutale\ \ Senior Software Engineer @ Chegg\ \ 9+ years of software engineering experience\ \ Wanted to increase compensation\ \ Placed at Chegg in 2023](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaime-mutale)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Joshua Igwe\ \ Software Engineer @ JP Morgan\ \ Bootcamp grad\ \ Wanted a role where he could grow his career\ \ Placed at JP Morgan in 2023](https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuaigwe/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Pierre Lourens\ \ Senior Full-Stack Engineer @ Flow\ \ SWE at IBM with 2+ years of experience\ \ Wanted to build a strong network\ \ Placed at Flow in 2023](https://www.linkedin.com/in/pierrelourens/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ They/Them\ \ Sara Devereux\ \ Deploy @ Scale SWE\ \ Former Executive Chef\ \ Wanted to land first SWE role\ \ Placed at Cloudflare in 2023](https://www.linkedin.com/in/saradevereux/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni Spotlight\ \ He/Him\ \ Raymond Chen\ \ Production Engineer @ Meta\ \ • City College Student\ \ • Wanted to master CS fundamentals\ \ • Placed at Meta in 2020\ \ \ \ The Formation Fellowship structured the process with milestones that gave me confidence\ \ Read his story](/content/blog/fellow-spotlight-raymond-chen/index.html)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Shivam Patel\ \ Senior Engineer @ Draft Kings\ \ Software Engineer at Electronic Arts\ \ Wanted to increase comp. and responsibilities\ \ Placed at Draft Kings in 2023](https://www.linkedin.com/in/shivamap/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ She/Her\ \ Arshiya Singh\ \ Software Engineer @ Microsoft\ \ Software Engineering Consultant\ \ Left consulting to land a top-tier role\ \ Placed at Microsoft in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/arshiyasingh/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Arthur Damm\ \ Software Engineer @ Meta\ \ Full Stack SWE with 1 year experience\ \ Wanted to land a role with a bigger scope\ \ Placed at Meta in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/arthur-damm/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Austin Rochon\ \ Software Engineer @ Amazon\ \ Former Corps Member, Teach For America\ \ Wanted to gain confidence in interviews\ \ Placed at Amazon in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/austinrochon/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Balaji Vemulapalli\ \ Software Engineer @ Amazon\ \ Software Engineer with 12 years of experience\ \ Sought role at high caliber eng. company\ \ Placed at Amazon in 2022](/content/site-root.html)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Bryan Tran\ \ Software Engineer @ Plaid\ \ Software engineer with 2+ years of experience\ \ Sought role at engineering-focused company\ \ Placed at Plaid in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryantranva/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Chris Guizzetti\ \ Frontend Engineer @ Snap\ \ Triplebyte Certified Front End Engineer\ \ Wanted to level up his career\ \ Placed at Snap in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherguizzetti/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ She/Her\ \ Christina Tang\ \ CoreOS Engineer @ Apple\ \ Software engineering intern at T-Mobile\ \ Wanted to break into a top-tier company\ \ Placed at Apple in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tangckt/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Clarence Luk\ \ Full Stack Engineer @ Quantcast\ \ Full Stack Mobile Developer Intern\ \ Wanted to land first full-time SWE role\ \ Placed at Quantcast in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/clarenceluk/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Jacob Authier\ \ Software Engineer @ Amazon\ \ B.S. in Civil Engineering\ \ Wanted to land first big role in tech\ \ Placed at Amazon in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacobauthier/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Jason Wang\ \ Software Engineer @ Amazon\ \ Data Engineer with 1 year of experience\ \ Wanted to land a full-time SWE role\ \ Placed at Amazon in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-w-31114090/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Ji En Chen\ \ Software Engineer @ Amazon\ \ Software Engineer with 3+ years of experience\ \ Wanted to work at a FAANG company\ \ Placed at Amazon in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jienchen/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Jordan Gamble\ \ Software Engineer @ Amazon\ \ Self-taught Full Stack Engineer \ \ Wanted to land a FAANG role\ \ Placed at Amazon in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-gamble-dev/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Juan Mendoza\ \ Software Engineer @ Square\ \ Rotational Software Developer\ \ Wanted to improve technical skills\ \ Placed at Square in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/juanjmendoza/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Kevin Khuong\ \ Software Engineer @ Microsoft\ \ Software Engineer with 1+ year of experience\ \ Wanted to break into a top tech company\ \ Placed at Microsoft in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kkhuong/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ She/Her\ \ Lena Kwon\ \ Software Engineer @ Google\ \ Developed app that earned 800,000+ downloads\ \ Wanted to land a role at Google\ \ Placed at Google in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/lena-k-1b385046/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ She/Her\ \ Liana Getkin\ \ Software Engineer @ Dropbox\ \ NYU Law School Grad, former attorney\ \ Wanted to land a top-tier role\ \ Placed at Dropbox in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/lianagektin/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Martin Maza\ \ Software Engineer @ Atlassian\ \ Member of the U.S. Army Reserves\ \ Wanted to up-level his career \ \ Placed at Atlassian in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinmaza/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Matt Payne\ \ Software Engineer @ Meta\ \ Began career in Real Estate sales\ \ Wanted to land his first SWE role\ \ Placed at Meta in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mpay/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ She/Her\ \ Pooja Ghatge\ \ Software Engineer @ Microsoft\ \ SWE with 2 years of experience\ \ Wanted to break into a top-tier company\ \ Placed at Microsoft in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/pooja96/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Shannon Brown\ \ Software Engineer @ Microsoft\ \ Earned Bachelor’s and Master’s in CS \ \ Wanted to break into a top tech company\ \ Placed at Microsoft in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sbrown2012/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Thomas Hlebowicz\ \ Software Engineer @ Palantir\ \ Investment analyst looking for big tech role\ \ Strengthened live coding interview skills\ \ Placed at Palantir in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-hlebowicz-9a745a10b/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Vincent Samaco\ \ Software Engineer @ Front\ \ SWE with 8+ years of experience\ \ Wanted to land a high-impact SWE role\ \ Placed at Front in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/vincentsamaco/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Yoichi Nagano\ \ Software Engineer @ Loom\ \ Bootcamp grad\ \ Wanted to master CS fundamentals\ \ Placed at Loom in 2022](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ymnagano/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ She/Her\ \ Stella Liao\ \ Software Engineer @ Formation\ \ • Contributor to open source projects\ \ • Wanted mock interviews with top engineers\ \ • Joined the Formation team!](https://www.linkedin.com/in/stellaliao/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Alex Perez\ \ Software Engineer @ Gusto\ \ Bootcamp intern\ \ Wanted to strengthen his technical skills\ \ Placed at Gusto in 2021](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-perez4/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ She/Her\ \ Amy Lam\ \ Senior Engineer @ HashiCorp\ \ • Learning Core Team at Ember.JS\ \ • Wanted to improve in technical interviews\ \ • Placed at HashiCorp in 2021](https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyrlam/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ She/They\ \ Ashley Luk\ \ Frontend Engineer @ Gusto\ \ • Contract Web Developer\ \ • Wanted to improve in technical interviews\ \ • Placed at Gusto in 2021](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashley-luk-89049092/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ She/Her\ \ Awuradjoa Quansah\ \ Software Engineer @ Blend\ \ • Bootcamp Grad\ \ • Wanted to master CS fundamentals\ \ • Placed at Blend in 2021](https://www.linkedin.com/in/awuradjoaq/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ She/Her\ \ Carolyn Chan\ \ Software Engineer @ Asana\ \ • Software Engineer at an early-stage startup\ \ • Wanted to land a top-tier role\ \ • Placed at Asana in 2021](https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolyngchan/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Casey Matt\ \ Software Developer @ Amazon\ \ Michigan State University Grad, Accounting\ \ Wanted to land a top-tier role\ \ Placed at Amazon in 2021](https://www.linkedin.com/in/caseydmatt/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Deep Patel\ \ Forward Deployed Eng. @ Palantir\ \ • SWE at an investment group\ \ • Wanted to land at a top-tier company\ \ • Placed at Palantir in 2021](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dpatl/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ She/Her\ \ Grace Chung\ \ Frontend Dev. Intern @ Shopify\ \ • Bootcamp Grad\ \ • Wanted to improve in technical interviews\ \ • Placed at Shopify in 2021](https://www.linkedin.com/in/chung-grace/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Julius Hochmuth\ \ Software Engineer @ Rockset\ \ • Contract Software Consultant\ \ • Wanted to land a top-tier role\ \ • Placed at Rockset in 2021](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jhochmuth/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Malik Jean\ \ Full Stack Engineer @ Twitch\ \ Contract Javascript Dev\ \ Sought referrals into top-tier companies\ \ Placed at Twitch in 2021](https://www.linkedin.com/in/malikxjean/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ She/Her\ \ Mallory Ishaya\ \ Software Engineer @ Nextdoor\ \ UC San Diego Grad, Computer Science\ \ Wanted to improve technical skills\ \ Placed at Nextdoor in 2021](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mallory-ishaya-8573b914a/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Pavan Reddem\ \ Software Developer @ Amazon\ \ Earned M.S. in Data Analytics Engineering\ \ Wanted to master CS fundamentals\ \ Placed at Amazon in 2021](https://www.linkedin.com/in/pavanreddem/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ She/Her\ \ Prajkta Bonde\ \ Sr. Software Engineer @ Microsoft\ \ • Sr. Software Engineer at New Relic\ \ • Needed to brush up on Algos and Sys. Design\ \ • Placed at Microsoft in 2021](https://www.linkedin.com/in/prajkta-bonde-98279617/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Rajesh Maheswaran\ \ Software Engineer @ Microsoft\ \ Earned M.S. in Computer Science\ \ Wanted to gain more confidence in skills\ \ Placed at Microsoft in 2021](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajeshmaheswaran1996/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ She/Her\ \ Soubhagyasri Guddum\ \ SDE @ Microsoft\ \ • Software Engineer at Goldman Sachs\ \ • Was tired of Leetcoding\ \ • Placed at Microsoft in 2021](https://www.linkedin.com/in/soubhagyasri-guddum-2524b11a1/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ She/Her\ \ Dhivyaa Mailvaganam\ \ Software Engineer @ Nova Credit\ \ • UC Berkeley Grad, Chemical Engineering\ \ • Was tired of Leetcoding\ \ • Placed at Nova Credit in 2021](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhivyaa-mailvaganam/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ She/Her\ \ Meagan Nolan\ \ Software Engineer @ Microsoft\ \ • Wellesley College Grad\ \ • Wanted to master CS fundamentals\ \ • Placed at Microsoft in 2020](https://www.linkedin.com/in/meagannolan/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ She/Her\ \ Swapnil Pandey\ \ Software Engineer @ Microsoft\ \ Senior Software Engineer at SAP\ \ Wanted mock interviews with top engineers\ \ Placed at Microsoft in 2020](https://www.linkedin.com/in/swapnil-pandey-59a97737/)

\ \ \ \ Alumni\ \ He/Him\ \ Chris Wilson\ \ Software Engineer @ LinkedIn\ \ • UC Berkeley Grad, Political Economy\ \ • Wanted to master CS fundamentals\ \ • Placed at LinkedIn in 2019](https://www.linkedin.com/in/cwcodes/)

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