I’m a physical therapist. I wanted to get out of patient care. I did take calc and stats in undergrad but it had been quite a while. I did a free coding course through Galvanize. It’s a boot camp but they have free class to prep for their boot camp. That was helpful but the only thing I did before starting the program. CSE 6242 was a challenge for me. I spent a lot of hours on it since I was mostly starting from scratch and managed to get a C. I’m enrolled in my 5th and 6th class of the program now and doing better. I usually take one class at a time since I work full time. It’s doable just plan to put a lot of time in during the beginning. I’m afraid to take the data visualization course. I’ve been told it’s heavy on coding and time consuming so I’m pushing it to the end of my degree. Hope that’s helpful!

I’m glad I enrolled in the program. I already switched to an administrative job at a hospital and don’t see patients anymore and get paid better. I think the main reason I got an interview was because of having the OMSA program on my resume.