. >> my kentucky dople ganger believes in kentucky, but what about an actual trainer. a coal minor himself but was still affected by the decline in the coal industry. >> so many people were dependent on the coal industry, even though they didn't work directly in a coal mine so once the coal industry went downhill it got worse and worse. >> here say guy with zero coding experience who works full timeat ankerr's company. >> the techie program took all of the roadblocks out of the way and said here's your opportunity to learn how to code. and we'd never had that before. >> was your family at your graduation ceremony? >> yes. >> and they were all proud. >> well, i certainly hope so, yeah, as far as i know. >> i graduated from u.c. davis, which slike the harvard of the greater sacramento area, and my dad was like, "you know, i wish you would have gone to u.k. berkeley." >> okay. >> and that was my graduation. >> yeah. >> and i just wish my dad was proud of me. ( laughter ) ( applause ) >> so success story alex whose family is definitely proud of him is now focused on develo