From Combat to Code: How Programming Is Helping Veterans Find Purpose

Monday, March 13, 2017 - 11:55am12:50pm

Jerome Hardaway, Vets Who Code

Abstract: 

A Talk about how veterans are using software engineering to move on for life after the military, common misconceptions and how to integrate them into your teams.

Jerome Hardaway, Vets Who Code

Jerome Hardaway is a Memphis native currently residing in Nashville. He is the Executive Director of Vets Who Code, a 501(c)(3) that trains early stage transitioning veterans in Web Development and helps them find gainful employment in the software industry.

His work has been featured in Huffington Post as well having been invited to the White House, DreamForce, and Facebook for his work with veterans.

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BibTeX
@conference {201784,
author = {Jerome Hardaway},
title = {From Combat to Code: How Programming Is Helping Veterans Find Purpose},
year = {2017},
address = {San Francisco, CA},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = mar
}

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