LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Code Louisville staff, graduates, mentors, employers, and partners celebrated at Virtual Peaker in the NuLu Marketplace a significant milestone achieved by the software development and technology training program.
Code Louisville offers students a unique blend of online learning, career readiness training and guidance from experienced software development professionals. Hundreds of industry mentors have now donated a total of 15,000 hours of their time to Code Louisville – including many program graduates. More than 40% of the 91 mentors who’ve served in 2022 are former Code Louisville students, for example.
The event was hosted by Virtual Peaker, a local energy technology company founded in 2015 that is one of the top employers of Code Louisville graduates, alongside El Toro, Humana, Switcher Studio, Waystar and UPS. In all, more than 300 companies have hired at least one Code Louisville graduate over the past seven years.
“Code Louisville has been instrumental in the growth and success of Virtual Peaker’s development team and ultimately our technology platform,” said the company’s CEO and Founder, Dr. Bill Burke. “We’ve created a hiring strategy around the program, and it has proven to be successful as we’ve hired 14 full-time engineers directly from Code Louisville. We’re looking forward to this continued partnership as our team continues to expand.”
Shawn Offutt, a Code Louisville graduate who has worked as a software developer at Virtual Peaker since 2020, also spoke about his experience breaking into the technology industry. “Before Code Louisville, I was working in a warehouse. Getting into technology was my goal, but at the time I couldn’t afford to go back to school,” he said. “Code Louisville helped me get promoted to the front office, then transition into a full-time career as a software developer. The training is definitely top notch… everyone there is ready to help you out.”
Brittney Coble, who now works as a Support Operations Engineer at Capella Space, also spoke about the impact Code Louisville made on her career. “Code Louisville didn’t just teach me how to code, it also taught me how to problem solve so that I could continue learning and building on my skills after I graduated the program,” said Coble, who has since mentored multiple cohorts of Code Louisville students.
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