How I Turned My Design Job Into a Reason to Learn to Code
07/23/2026
5 minutes
Today’s learner story is from Bri Campbell, a 31-year-old Senior Graphic Designer at a nonprofit, living in upstate New York.
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Every day since 2015, George Bell has logged on to learn with Codecademy. Here’s how he stays motivated and what he’s learning next.
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6 minutes
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How I Went from Coffee Entrepreneur to GitHub Support Engineer in 9 Months
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Today’s story is from Daniel Hardej, a 31-year-old Support Engineer at GitHub, living in Perth, Australia.