From Depression & No Direction to Dream Career in Just 5 Months

A few months back, I saw this comment in our private Discord server on ZTM.

A job offer in just 5 months of learning to code is incredibly good, so I reached out to Marlon and asked if I could interview him for this article.

We chatted back and forth, and the more I learned about this dude, the more he blew my mind. I have zero doubt that this guy will continue on to even greater things.

But rather than me telling you all the details, this is his story and how he got hired, so I’ll pass you over to him.

Meet Marlon

Hi, my name is Marlon, I'm 31 years old and based in Belgium.

I am currently employed at a telecommunications company, but have just been offered a brand new role as a Software Engineer after just 5 months of learning to code!

Well, technically it's been 7 months since I decided to learn to code, but the first 2 months I was buying random courses off Udemy and then never logging into them, so I’m not sure if that really counts?

TL;DR

It's been 5 months since I sat down and decided to learn every day and make it happen.

When did you first realize you needed something like ZTM Academy?

I tried to learn on Udemy at first. However, I soon encountered the problem of buying 3-4 courses each month, and never completing any of them.

I am someone who is truly interested in 101 topics, and so I knew that I needed something that could help apply my curiosity in a controlled manner. This way I could learn things step-by-step, vs. just grabbing and doing any old course.

Now that you have your new position, how do you feel?

I feel incredibly proud, with a sense of peace, and much more self-confident.

Don't get me wrong though - it wasn’t easy. I’m a father, I work full-time and I put in 30-40 hours a week improving myself with this training and working on myself.