NEW YORK — If you knew Assane Savadogo before the pandemic, you might not recognize him now.
The 39-year-old worked as an Uber driver for years in New York City after fleeing an uprising in his native Burkina Faso. But after a conversation with one of his riders, he enrolled in a part-time coding course with Flatiron School.
Once the pandemic hit last spring, Savadogo decided to step back from driving and focus full-time on his studies. After graduating, he got a job as a software engineer in Seattle with Liberty Mutual.
He is entering the summer of 2021 as a new, relaunched version of himself: Savadogo 2.0. “The pandemic motivated me, and helped me double down on…
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