---
title: "Stories. Coyotiv blog"
description: "Stories from the people who came through Coyotiv School of Software Engineering."
url: https://coyotiv.com/blog/stories/
---

Stories

# People who came through.

Graduates on what they did before, what the school was like, and where they went next.

- [All](https://coyotiv.com/blog/)
- [AI](https://coyotiv.com/blog/ai/)
- [Engineering](https://coyotiv.com/blog/engineering/)
- [Products & research](https://coyotiv.com/blog/products/)
- [School](https://coyotiv.com/blog/school/)
- [Stories](https://coyotiv.com/blog/stories/)
- [Diversity](https://coyotiv.com/blog/diversity/)

- 15 September 2026
- 9 min read

## [The case for Wile E. Coyote, engineer](https://coyotiv.com/blog/the-case-for-wile-e-coyote-engineer-how-a-cartoon-character-shaped-the-way-we-build/)

The story behind the name Coyotiv begins with a question: what if Wile E. Coyote was actually an ambitious engineer working with terrible tools?

- 1 August 2023
- 3 min read

## [Meet Tom Schwabe, our graduate from Cohort 11](https://coyotiv.com/blog/meet-tom-schwabe-our-graduate-from-cohort-11/)

Tom moved from project management at a cloud consultancy to building House Meister, his own app that cuts costs on Google Cloud.

- 17 June 2022
- 7 min read

## [How to complete the self-paced course while working full-time](https://coyotiv.com/blog/self-paced-software-engineering-course-experience/)

İpek from our social media team starts the self-paced course next to her full-time job, with a two-week plan based on the book Deep Work.

- 12 April 2022
- 5 min read

## [Ceyhan's story: from mechanical engineer to thriving software engineer](https://coyotiv.com/blog/ceyhans-story-from-mechanical-engineer-to/)

After his factory in Spain downsized during the pandemic, mechanical engineer Ceyhan retrained at Coyotiv. Now he's a software engineer and peer learner here.

- 22 February 2022
- 4 min read

## [Film director Moritz adds software engineering to his resume](https://coyotiv.com/blog/film-director-moritz-review/)

Film director Moritz took our self-paced course alongside family and work, and now builds his own apps and open-source libraries.

- 22 February 2022
- 3 min read

## [Paloma's story: from curator to confident and creative software engineer](https://coyotiv.com/blog/paloma/)

Paloma was a curator and exhibition designer before joining Coyotiv. Now she's a software engineer at Sauce Labs, and still curates.

- 16 June 2020
- 6 min read

## [Coyotiv, chapter 1](https://coyotiv.com/blog/coyotiv-chapter-1/)

Franziska Hauck on meeting Armağan Amcalar at Women Techmakers Berlin, and joining Coyotiv as an advisor before its first coding course.