Here is the story of Xolani, a 2014 Matriculant who enrolled on our Java Bootcamp in 2015:
He is currently our highest-earning alumnus to date, earning a six-figure annual income as a Full-Stack Java Developer at a well-known bank in South Africa.
Since our inception, Code College offered study bursaries to students with potential and without a sponsor.
Xolani applied for such an opportunity as he was only reliant on his mother who was a domestic worker at the time. Her employers paid for his school fees and he was an above-average matriculant, passing with a University exemption
He did not really want to pursue the university option even if he qualified for a SASSA loan, as he felt it will take too long for him to start earning and he was keen to get employed in software development. (Read Coding Bootcamp vs. University Degree)
We invited him for an interview and aptitude test which he passed with flying colours so we decided to offer him the option to study now and only pay back when he finds employment
As we expected, he was one of the top students in the class. He was also one of the first students to get a job. He quickly started paying back his studies. We always kept in touch and he stayed involved as a Code College ambassador, student advisor and mentor which can be seen in some of our videos. We did not expect him to pay anything during patches of unemployment in his career
We tracked his career growth with great interest - he proudly showed us his job contract when he broke through six-figure earnings per annum, 5 years after completing his Java Bootcamp.
If you have completed Matric recently with a minimum average in all your subjects, (Maths is a plus, but not a requirement if the other subjects were good) - please send us your academic results
We will then invite you for an interview and an aptitude test
Based upon the outcome of these, you may be offered the Income Share Agreement.
We would not be offering this kind of agreement if we were not confident that you will find employment
If you do not find employment, we also loose and we are in business to create win-win solutions.
We have changed many lives from unemployed to employed, facilitated career changes and improved existing careers
We have many students that can testify and we are very proud of it
Here are some video testimonials: