How I Find Time for Coding While Raising My Newborn Son
I was in college when I had my first child. I was studying East Asian Studies and Computer Science. K was conveniently born over Christmas…
Category: Inspiration
How I Learned to Code (Without a CS Degree or Bootcamp)
I’ve been a professional web developer for about 8 years now, working in both the back and front end. But what’s surprising to people is…
How I Learned to Code and Built a Real Software Product in 6 Months
On May 21st, 2020 I wrote my first-ever line of code as part of Harvard’s CS50 online course. I was a 30 year old with…
Dear Developers: Please Share your Story. We Could All Learn from Each Other’s Coding Journeys.
I was fortunate enough to share my story of transitioning from sales to web development on the freeCodeCamp publication: How I Went from Sales to…
How to Become a Software Developer
As a Director of Engineering, I’m a software developer who hires and leads other software developers. It’s not surprising then that I get asked this…
Why I Love Being a Beginner Programmer
Ever since I was seven years old, I have always been involved with music. I was that kid in high school that was part of…
How My Musical Training Has Helped Me Learn How to Code
You might be thinking to yourself, what does music have to do with learning how to code? Well, as a professional oboist, I have noticed…
How I Went from Civil Engineer to Web Developer Using freeCodeCamp to Learn to Code
Hey everyone! 👋 2020 was a very tough year. The COVID-19 pandemic is still going strong. Some people are sick or recovering from the virus,…