How did I get started in tech?

I was introduced to tech way back in the MySpace days, long before I knew that the HOURS I was spending importing themes, updating HTML/CSS on my profile page, and embedding playlists to match my teenage feelings were actually preparing me for a possibly lucrative career. I didn’t even know what computer science was until it was suggested by a family member that I major in it in college. Torn between majoring in Criminal Justice(what I originally planned on majoring in) and Computer Science, I decided to take a computer course my first semester to see how I liked it – Fundamentals of Computer Programming. The moment I ran my first piece of code and it actually worked??! I was hooked. That was it. The decision was made and I was officially a Computer Science major by the time the Spring Semester of my freshman year rolled in.

Many years and many obstacles(mainly myself) later, I pushed through and got my degree. I officially graduated in 2017 with my Bachelor’s in Computer Science and minor in International Business & Trade. Listen! As long as it took me to get to that point, feeling excited and accomplished was an understatement!

How did I land a job in Tech?

So while I was in college, I started working at T-Mobile, where I was a Retail Sales Associate for 7 years. After getting my Computer Science degree, I applied for a Technology Professional position in their corporate department and got it. By 2019, I was promoted to an Associate Software Engineer, and the rest is history.

Why did I start this blog?