Aquatics Director to Software Quality Engineer

Assistant Aquatics Director

During the pandemic I was furloughed and wanted to find ways to invest in myself during an unpredictable time.

After learning on my own for about a year, I knew I needed to commit full time or else I was never going to make the career change I wanted. Coding temple offered the most amount of skills in the short period of time that I needed.

Balancing between, learning something completely new, changing careers, and having self doubt all the time was the hardest part. The only way getting through it was reminding myself that my success was all on me and the only way to get there was putting everything I had into it.

We are constantly growing and learning as humans. Commitment and dedication takes you a long way.

Marlene, my career coach was definitely very helpful, the alumi job search meet ups, and my instructors, and the community within CT.

Job hunting as a new developer was one of the hardest challenges I’ve had to face. However, keeping an open mindset helped me a lot during the process. CT helped me mentally prepare for job interviews that can be very intimidating.

After graduation, I was able to find a contract role as a Development Quality Assurance Engineer through a staffing agency. Which led me to gain some experience and eventually land a full time role as a Software Quality Engineer 9 months later.

Coding temple was exactly what I knew it would be based on the information they provided. The experience was humbling and exciting all the same time and I would not have changed it for the world!

You are going to work extremely hard, have self doubt all the time, and even cry a little every single night. But all of it will be worth it when you land your first job in the tech world!