Hack Oregon was my first learners community for c...

Hack Oregon was my first learners community for coding and I really bonded with classmates and instructors doing 9-months of JavaScript courses and volunteering for a build session. It s a bit scrappy, but having worked with arts organisations and other non-profits, the non-glossy experience felt comfortable to me. I learned loads and felt challenged in ways I was looking to be challenged. I ve since gone on to land my first dev job, which took we away from Oregon. Being in a new city, I sorely miss the learning/building/community dynamic I had access to at Hack Oregon and hope to find something similar in my new home city.