Since graduating from the University of Washington in 2004, Scottie Houghton has gained experience in many different roles in multiple industries of the professional world. His most recent positions have found him focusing on office management and administrative work. Other past experience includes working in live music production and music marketing and promotion. Looking for a career pivot, Scottie decided to sign up for Code Fellows’ program with the hope of a long, successful journey into the tech world.
In his free time, Scottie enjoys attending live shows at his favorite music venues and hanging out with friends at their local haunts in his neighborhood (sometimes while singing karaoke). During the spring and summer, Scottie can be found camping or watching his beloved Mariners at the ballpark. While in the fall and winter, he looks forward to bowling every Tuesday on his league or finding pub trivia nights to test his knowledge.
Elaine Huynh, is a critical care nurse in the process of finding a new career as a software engineer. Having graduated from Seattle Pacific University in 2020, she continued her education at Bellevue College to gain a foundation in Java. Currently, she is a student at Code Fellows working on front-end development, and soon to be designing full-stack web applications.
In her free time, Elaine enjoys cycling, trying new restaurants and reading. Her favorite book is Paul Kalinithi’s, When Breath Becomes Air, and she is currently reading Siddhartha Mukherjee’s biography on cancer, The Emperor of All Maladies. Elaine's goal is to utilize her healthcare background as a full-stack developer to build innovative health and wellness applications.
Matthew Larkin is an Air Force veteran who has over six years of experience in IT. While in the service, he worked as a network technician and earned his CompTIA Security+ certificate. He then separated and worked at Motorola Solutions Inc. as a System Manager. Now he is attending Code Fellows to further develop himself and pursue his goal of becoming a software developer.
Matthew likes to spend his free time both inside and outside. He enjoys playing video games and reading as well as playing different sports. His favorite sport is Pickleball, but he will pretty much play anything you want.
After graduating from high school in 2019, Alec Torres decided to attend college at Stony Brook University for 2 years before moving on from it. Alec did not know what to do after that but knew he couldn't sit around and do nothing. After searching for alternatives, Code Fellows seemed to be an answer towards building a foundation for his young adulthood. He's hoping all this hard work pays off and that he can continue to build his life brick-by-brick.
Alec enjoys reading books, playing video games and playing basketball, but tries to make time to learn something new every day. He can be very competitive and it adds to making any activity he does even more enjoyable.
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