Coding through Adversity
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Is released from prison after 17 years in 2017 and learns to code through Code.7370 / The Last Mile, builds a working Fitness Monkey prototype that logs clean time and workouts and shows relapse metrics, learns HTML CSS JavaScript without internet on link machines then Mac minis, reports first cohort of 18 with 12 advancing, about 30–40 graduates released so far, helps package a learning management system and moves into a Fandom internship that becomes a full‑time engineering job.
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