In July 2018 I decided that my job at the time had kind of taken it's course and there wasn't really anywhere else to go with it. I was working as a remote tech support agent for a company based out of New Zealand. I loved the people I worked with, and working from home, but I had learned pretty much all I could for that position, and as a very small, established company, there wasn't much room for growth or other opportunities. So, I started teaching myself to code using online tutorials, videos, books, etc.
By November, I was applying for an internship with a local company who had an amazing paid internship program, were really into self-taught developers and those who had taken a different track, and had a great success rate for their interns. I got a call back and they let me know they actually wanted to hire me full-time. I was floored. I was still very much a newbie and had a lot of learning to do, but they were willing to take the risk on me, take me on and teach me the ropes.
I started as an Entry-Level Developer with the company in January and have learned a ton since then. I absolutely love my job, they seem to be happy with me and my progress, and I'm ready to keep learning and leveling-up. When I saw someone I follow on Twitter mention dev.to, I figured it would be a good place to connect with other Devs and help me keep growing and learning. So here I am! I'm super excited to be a part of this community, to become a better developer, and to grow.
Currently I work with mostly Python, MongoDB, PostGres, and AWS on the back end, but I also work with Go a little as well. I'm really interested in leveling-up my Python skills more than anything.
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In July 2018 I decided that my job at the time had kind of taken it's course and there wasn't really anywhere else to go with it. I was working as a remote tech support agent for a company based out of New Zealand. I loved the people I worked with, and working from home, but I had learned pretty much all I could for that position, and as a very small, established company, there wasn't much room for growth or other opportunities. So, I started teaching myself to code using online tutorials, videos, books, etc.
By November, I was applying for an internship with a local company who had an amazing paid internship program, were really into self-taught developers and those who had taken a different track, and had a great success rate for their interns. I got a call back and they let me know they actually wanted to hire me full-time. I was floored. I was still very much a newbie and had a lot of learning to do, but they were willing to take the risk on me, take me on and teach me the ropes.
I started as an Entry-Level Developer with the company in January and have learned a ton since then. I absolutely love my job, they seem to be happy with me and my progress, and I'm ready to keep learning and leveling-up. When I saw someone I follow on Twitter mention dev.to, I figured it would be a good place to connect with other Devs and help me keep growing and learning. So here I am! I'm super excited to be a part of this community, to become a better developer, and to grow.
Currently I work with mostly Python, MongoDB, PostGres, and AWS on the back end, but I also work with Go a little as well. I'm really interested in leveling-up my Python skills more than anything.