From Prison Walls to Silicon Valley Calls: A Story of Technology and Transformation By Perservere
speaks louder than potential. Today, that same man starts his mornings differently. From his Florida home office, he logs into systems at Vant4ge's Salt Lake City headquarters, where his work as a QA Tester helps shape cutting- edge public safety technology. The transformation wasn't miraculous: it was the result of determination, preparation, and unwavering support. From Code to Career: Inside the Transformation Vincent's path to becoming a full-stack developer did not begin with a job offer. It began inside the
Each morning at Wakulla Correctional Institution began with the same sounds. Steel doors echoing through concrete corridors. The mechanical count. The steady rhythm of a world where time stood still. For Vincent M. Gordon Delemos, those sounds marked days that blurred together, each one indistinguishable from the last. As technology evolved at a dizzying pace beyond the prison walls, Delemos watched his future seemingly contract. In a world increasingly driven by digital innovation, he faced the stark reality awaiting many upon release: limited opportunities, skeptical employers, and the weight of a record that often
walls of Wakulla Correctional Institution, where he enrolled in Persevere's intensive 12-month full-stack development program. What started as an introduction to HTML and the basics of coding soon evolved into a transformative process that reshaped his sense of identity, direction, and possibility. Inside the classroom, Persevere instructors pushed Vincent to think like a software engineer. The program required discipline: daily standups, project sprints, peer reviews, and real-world problem- solving. As the months passed, he built increasingly complex applications while mastering front- end frameworks, back-end architecture, databases, and version control. More importantly,
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