I’m live proof that a job in technology can be obtained without a college degree. I landed a job as a software engineer at a large Australian company at the age of 39, after learning online for less than two years. One day in 2019, I was exploring possibilities of remote work. I considered language …
It’s been a very busy month at work, but here I am again! I’m ready to reflect a bit on what I’ve learned so far and make plans for the next two months! Lucky First of all, I have to say how lucky I am for having the opportunity of working with such an amazing …
A few months ago I had a bit of bladder pain when peeing. I didn’t make much of it and eventually the discomfort ceased. A couple of months later the pain started again. It wasn’t intense. But it was always there. My girlfriend convinced me to see a GP. He asked for some extra tests …
Last week I felt so much more comfortable working at EB Games! It was my second week and I think I now understand the basics and I’m getting some traction. By the end of the fortnight I had solved seven tickets, which makes me very proud. I always have the fear of being too slow …
What an intense week!! It was everything I expected. Exciting, nerve-wrecking and extremely humbling. I initially thought of writing a post a day but the last thing I wanted to do after an entire day in front of the computer was TO BE ON A COMPUTER writing a blog post. So I’ll try to give …
I have been learning React for four days in preparation for my new job. I assumed it would be the most important technology to dive into. I was given a list of items that are used in the company but there’s no order of importance. So I chose something I had no familiarity with. And …
At this time next week I’ll be inside an office in a big Australian company working in my first dev job! I’m very scared and I’ll try to use these next seven days to do as much work as I can to be prepared. Checklist Up to this morning I didn’t have a very good …
I did it!!! After two years of coding obsession, I got my first programming job! I’m in freaking heaven! So many days working at 4 am, banging my head against the wall feeling stuck and hopeless and daydreaming about code, I got my offer!!!! I think this is the second happiest day of my life …
I’m currently in the middle of a selection for developer job . I haven’t been writing about it because I want the process to be over before I say anything else. Let’s just say that I’m very anxious about the results, even almost being certain I won’t get it. 😔 I had to study a …
Blog The last couple of weeks of my journey were tough! I went through one of those times every self-taught developer knows well: feeling absolutely stuck. The problem I had gained some momentum building my first app. Day after day I was just building, tweaking, implementing new features, without much trouble. My creative juices were …
