COVID-19 pandemic hit.With concert venues shut down and music schools closed, the Calgary woman quickly realized she had two choices sit home and wait for things to improve, or set out on a completely new path.She chose the latter, enrolling in a six-month rapid-training program offered by Calgary tech training non-profit InceptionU.
Last week, George started her new job as a full stack developer for Acuspire, a Calgary tech startup.“At first I was a little bit scared, because it’s a big jump from music and teaching to tech,” George said. “I thought about just waiting (for the pandemic to end), but then I thought maybe I should take advantage of this.