From the Founder

I spent my 'college years' wandering about and tinkering with tech. I was lucky that the internet was coming of age as I was, and I dug into tech--from building my first computer as Win95 was coming out to learning all things web-related as the 'dot com' era grew and expanded in every direction. I was able to land fun, exciting positions because tech skills were hard to come by in those days. It was the wild west. And I was able to eke out a rewarding, enjoyable career. 

When Covid came and shuttered all the doors and opened yawning gaps in my schedule, I decided to take the opportunity to get a master's degree. It was my birthday present to myself that year since I couldn't have a celebration. I was torn between an MBA and an MSc in Analytics and formalizing my work experience with Sec+ and ITIL certifications.

For over a year, I got up around 430am, studied before work, did homework side-by-side with my kids in the evenings, and spent chunks of my weekends studying. It was hard, and tears of frustration were shed, I won't lie. But, I graduated with an MBA and completed a certificate program at Columbia Business School in Digital Marketing and five courses culminating in a Data Science certificate at Cornell, finishing all that off with industry certification in cybersecurity and IT service management.

One of the things my classmates and I were confronted with time and again is the difficulty in bridging academic experience with work history. As part of the curriculum, we obtained industry certifications in project management, marketing, and data analytics. We were champing at the bit! We had bachelor's and master's degrees in our fields of interest, hundreds of hours in project work, and certifications cluttering our walls, to say nothing of our work histories. Many of us found ourselves wondering where the job opportunities were. 

On the other side are the small businesses and non-profits that would benefit from the project work to improve their infrastructure, marketing goals, or data analytics processes but don't have the in-house skills to embark on these investments. There is a glaring symbiosis between these two groups, and WiredTreehouse was founded to help bridge the gap. 

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