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| McConlogue to the left and Grand to the right. |
Right now in the computer programming world there are two pretty popular individuals, not so much for their contributions towards computer programming but the message they deliver. Patrick McConlogue and Leo Grand are two computer programmers. The thing is, grand wasn't always a computer programmer. In 2011, Grand lost his job at MetLife then his home. In August 2013, while homeless, Grand was offered the choice between $100 or coding lessons by Patrick Mconlogue. Grand took the lessions. Grand was able to learn coding, which lead to the launch of his "Trees for Cars" mobile app. The application had the aim of being environmentally beneficial. What makes the story of these two individuals so influential is the idea that if you give someone the opportunity to make some sort of change in their life, and they take it... Then it's all worthwhile. Just as EOP students are typically those who people think "Aren't fit for college" some might say "All homeless people are mentally ill, lazy, and unintelligent" which is not true at all. Grand has shown that it doesn't matter what your living arrangements are like as long as you've got the mindset and the will to do something. And that really stood out to me.
(I couldn't really find an academic source for this story but this is the link where I got it from http://journeymancourse.com/)
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