case studies
The people who rebuilt their careers through Holberton, and the organisations who partnered with us to build their tech talent pipelines.
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CASE STUDIES 01
Career changers who came in from nursing, real estate, healthcare and trades — and walked out as engineers at Australia’s leading tech employers.
CASE STUDIES 02
Enterprises and government agencies who sponsor, co-design and hire from Holberton cohorts to build the engineering capability they can’t recruit fast enough.
Forrester Case Study
REA partnered with Holberton to power Springboard to Tech, retraining existing staff and opening an external pathway for women career changers into its engineering teams. Forrester independently documented 89% higher retention and 100% program satisfaction.
Source: Forrester Research, June 2024
defence partnership
A joint pathway creating clearanceable engineering talent Defence can’t recruit at market. Career changers complete 6 months of Foundations followed by 3 months of Azure cloud training before entering Defence technology roles.
Source: DIGITAL PROFESSION
PEXA SHEE
PEXA’s initiative to build women engineers by removing the biggest barrier to retraining: income. Participants receive a paid scholarship, a salary throughout training, and a permanent graduate role at PEXA on completion.
Source: PEXA Group
aps digital profession
Presented to the Australian Government’s Digital Profession — demonstrating how alternative tech education fast-tracks career changers into APS digital roles, treating digital capability as a workforce issue rather than just a hiring problem.
Source: Digital Profession Presentation, 2025
NAB Engineering Pipeline
NAB partnered with Holberton to create a pathway for career changers into core banking engineering teams through their StarCamp program.
Source: NAB
AWS re/Start Collaboration
MYOB’s program building women developers by removing the financial risk of retraining. Participants receive a paid scholarship, a full salary throughout their Holberton training, and a permanent graduate role at MYOB on completion.
Source: MYOB
Victorian Skills Authority
Holberton Australia is a founding signatory of the Victorian Skills Authority’s Digital Skills Compact, launched July 2026 alongside Accenture, AWS, Google, Fujitsu and other industry leaders. Signatories commit to making Victoria the most inclusive, innovative and future-ready digital workforce in Australia.
Source: Victorian Skills Authority, Digital Skills Compact Launch, 2026.
Reece Springboard
Reece converted non-technical staff into software engineers through a fully sponsored internal academy. Participants kept their full salary throughout and returned to Reece’s engineering teams with years of business context no external hire could match.
Source: Reece Group Talent Strategy, 2024
