Yolanda Haynes - Breaking into Tech: It Takes Time

This week Bekah and Dan sat down with Yolanda Haynes, a career changer who went from working as a certified occupational therapy assistant to a Software Engineer, about the importance of finding community during your learning journey, and remembering that you shouldn’t judge your journey based on anyone else’s; focus on the learning journey, absorbing what you can, and preparing yourself for your future.

Links:

• 100devs
• The Collab Lab

About Yolanda:

A career changer from working in healthcare as a COTA (certified occupational therapy assistant) to a Software Engineer.

• yhaynes.com
• @YolandaHaynes on GitHub
• @_YolandaHaynes on Twitter
• @yolanda-haynes on LinkedIn

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