Johanna and Juha Mikkola are CEO and co-founders of Wyncode, a coding bootcamp teaching HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Ruby, Ruby on Rails in the Wynwood Art's District of Miami. This powerful and optimistic couple moved to Miami from Toronto, Canada in 2014 to start Wyncode without knowing a single person in the city. Their mission was simple - they wanted to transform the way education works and chose Miami because it presented an opportunity to have a huge impact. Six years later, Wyncode is ranked 12th in Course Report's Best Bootcamps around the world! Their Wyntalent hiring program has provided quality jobs to over 700 developers and counting. 

Here are the topics addressed and timestamps: 1:14 Who is Johanna and Juha Mikkola? What is Wyncode? 5:54 How Wyncode Began, Relationship with The LAB Miami, Partnerships, and Entrepreneurship 21:57 How has Wyncode evolved and program growth 31:48 Miami's ecosystem changes, local technology talent, and diversity 39:58 Tech education in schools, access to quality tech education, Miami business analysis 50:12 Salary Differences vs local talent, tax codes, and venture capitalism

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Show Notes:

Wyncode

Johanna Mikkola

Juha Mikkola

Magic Leap 

CareCloud 

Microsoft 

UltimateSoftware 

Broward County School Board 

Norwegian Cruise Line

Royal Caribbean Cruises

CareerSource Florida

Fusion Recruiting Labs

Peloton 

Offerup 

Jetblue

The Knight Foundation

Endeavor Miami

The LAB Miami