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With no real background in computer science, he decided to jump into the field headfirst anyway. Graduating in May with a degree in computer science, Rampersad is now a software engineer at Alfa Insurance.Even in high school, Rampersad\u2019s mind would wander toward his computer, curious to see what new discovery he could unlock that day; a whole new undiscovered world at his fingertips. Rampersad decided to channel that interest and has already laid out tracks for a career in cyber through Faulkner University\u2019s Computer Science Department, which includes participating in the department\u2019s new partnership with CodingSolutions. \u201cI never had a real background in computer science, I just have always had an interest to learn about computers and the tech industry. It might sound scary to some, but I learned the fundamentals here at Faulkner and now since I know the common language of cyber, I can learn more and explore on my own.\u201d Javan Rampersad\u201cWhen I was in high school, I enjoyed looking at different features of the computer, how they were made, what processes they used and how I could use those,\u201d he said. \u201cI heard from a friend in the field of web programming about how much he liked app development on different devices and I became interested in the projects he was working on.\u201dThe natural next step for Rampersad was to explore those different job opportunities through CodingSolutions by using the fundamentals of coding they learned at Faulkner. They partnered with different college students around the state and experts who have been in the tech and cyber industry for years. Together the group learned how to solve coding issues to accomplish a project using collaboration software such as GitHub, Docker, JIRA, and more.CodingSolutions is a new Montgomery-based, job-readiness program, preparing new top-of their class computer science students and graduates for career positions across Alabama. Their group\u2019s completed project is helping boost Rampersad\u2019s resume and he\u2019s confident the additional experience will push him to the top of the hiring list when he starts looking for a job in his feild.Rampersad worked with his group for six weeks to create a mobile app that would organize a student\u2019s homework and could be filtered by grade levels, send notification alerts on projects, and ask questions. Together, the group created a way to manage the account and create a model for users to navigate.Creating an app was something new for Rampersad and opened a new side of cyber for him and was interested in pursuing a career in database management or network management.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cI was glad to be a part of it and it gave us good real-world experience,\u201d Rampersad said. \u201cIt was something I never did before, but really enjoyed the project. Now I can use this to show potential employers.\u201dRampersad is a recent graduate from the Computer Science department. He served at the Vice President of the newly formed Sigma Zeta National Science and Mathematics Honor Society at Faulkner and was a member of the Alpha Chi Honors Society. He also volunteered his time teaching area fifth graders coding during Faulkner\u2019s annual Day of Coding event."},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.faulkner.edu\/news\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Graduate","item":"https:\/\/www.faulkner.edu\/news\/\/graduate\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Computer Science degree opens world of cyber for recent graduate","item":"https:\/\/www.faulkner.edu\/news\/graduate\/computer-science-degree-opens-world-of-cyber-for-recent-graduate\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]