Devon Akers, BA’15: Translating the Russian Language to Programming Language
Senior Software Engineer, Capital One
A Russian and Philosophy major, Devon is now a Washington, D.C.-based software engineer for one of the nation’s biggest banks.
“Studying Russian at Vanderbilt gave me so many more skills than just the language. I learned to think critically, and now I can apply a rigorous thought process to solve any problem I come across,” he says. “My background in Russian was also very useful as I learned to speak new languages–programming languages. The fact that my education prepared me for my career, even though it seems to be unrelated, speaks volumes about the quality of education I received.”