$50,000 Nucamp scholarship for Veterans in partnership with Warrior Rising

In response to the economic impact of COVID-19, we've partnered with Warrior Rising, a national non-profit that assists U.S. military veterans in becoming business owners, to help veterans shift careers into software development and entrepreneurship. We are collaborating to assist veterans to start, maintain, and expand small businesses through software development skills. By adding a $50,000 Veteran Coding Bootcamp Scholarship fund, we are also furthering our mission to help underserved communities become software developers.

COVID-19's Economic Impact on Veterans

According to the Military Times, when 2020 began, the veteran unemployment rate was 3.5 percent. Then COVID-19 struck and the veteran unemployment rate now sits at 6.4 percent, lower than the nonveteran unemployment rate of 7.9 percent. However, a closer inspection shows the pandemic isn’t affecting all veterans equally. Post-9/11 veterans (7.5 percent) and younger veterans ages 25-to-34 (9.4 percent) are experiencing higher rates of unemployment. So too, the black veteran unemployment rate sits at 7.8 percent, strikingly higher than that of white veterans (6.1 percent).

Creating a Career Path to Vetrepreneurship Through Coding and Business Training

We here at Nucamp have worked really hard to expand access to coding education for lower-income, unemployed, and underemployed individuals. Too many veterans have joined these groups during these tough COVID-19 times. It’s heartbreaking to see U.S. veterans having to take low-wage jobs to meet their financial challenges after they selflessly served their country. We want to do our part to open up greater access to higher-paying jobs in software development and business ownership to everyone, and especially veterans.

Founded in Utah in 2015 by former Army Special Forces Major and the author of Deliberate Discomfort, Jason Van Camp, Warrior Rising seeks to make a difference for those veterans who want to continue to serve, lead, profit from their own achievement, and solve problems with small business solutions. Together with Warrior Rising, we aim to pave the way for veterans to start or accelerate small businesses centered around software development skills.

“Our team works with veterans to assist them in turning the unique skills they learned while in the military into successful businesses,” said Jason Van Camp, the decorated Green Beret and founder and executive director of Warrior Rising.  “Software development skills are important in creating many veteran-owned businesses of the future. By partnering with Nucamp, veterans get the best of both worlds, superior business training, and coding training to start or accelerate their aspirations in business.”

One of Our Own

Former Petty Officer First Class, Paul Turner, a FMF Hospital Corpsman who served two Iraq tours during Operation Enduring Freedom in 2003 and 2006 with 1st Marine Division and 2nd Marine Division, was a graduate of our very first coding bootcamp course in Tacoma, Washington. Similar to many veterans, when Paul left the Navy, he struggled to find his professional purpose as a civilian.

“When I came out of the military, I fell on hard times and landed in a job catching shoplifters, even with my military background, college degrees, and experiences as an associate professor,” said Paul. “I found Nucamp and the price point gave me the perfect opportunity to rebrand myself. Times are even tougher now for veterans due to COVID, so I’m excited to bring this new Nucamp opportunity to so many veterans who are hungering for new starts and job opportunities in software.”

Upon completing the bootcamp, Paul joined us as the Student Success Manager where he currently is focused on helping our students achieve academic success within their web development bootcamps. Two years later, Paul began volunteering as the Director of the Warrior Academy for Warrior Rising, which helps U.S. military veterans and their immediate family with business planning, formation, and funding. In his role at Warrior Rising, Paul immediately saw the synergies to assist other veterans interested in learning to code, whether form their own business or to work for someone else in a good paying job.

How the Scholarships Work

1. The veteran registers as a student with one of our Coding Bootcamp’s Front-End or Full- Stack coding bootcamps.
2. The veteran requests to receive our Coding Bootcamp military Veteran scholarship.
3. The veteran provides proof of military status.
4. Upon graduation from either our Front-End or Full- Stack coding bootcamps, veterans are cordially invited to join Warrior Rising’s Warrior Academy, a valuable entrepreneurial learning experience and gateway to Warrior Rising’s other resources.

Learn more and apply for the the Warrior Rising scholarship.