About Me
“Tell your story…” Medium’s data-default-value prints within the text box before I start typing. As I ponder my words, my anxiety rises and I think to myself, “How inviting.”
Me? Oh, I’m just a girl, living in the city, learning to code. How’d I get here? Simple: I wanted a better life.
After obtaining a Bachelors of Science in Psychology, I had no clue what I wanted from life, love, or a career. So for a while, I lived without any care for the future. I worked in the restaurant industry as a server, manager, and bartender…and I loved long walks on the beach (just kidding, I was landlocked)
I wasn’t necessarily unhappy. But, I wasn’t exactly happy either. I wanted more. Wanted to learn something new and get out of the service industry. Don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t take back one moment; those experiences made me who I am, laying blueprint to a life I could have never imagined. Although, if past me was reading this, she’d probably name about 50 moments I could have lived without, each time the also in, “ALSO, that other time…” getting just a bit louder. You get the point. I hope.
After meeting a cute comedian-boy with a beautiful soul, I said goodbye to little ol’ Tallahassee, Florida and said hello to the big city of Atlanta. I worked as a server, executive assistant, then a receptionist/office manager. I still wasn’t fulfilled at the end of the day. I saw where a life in general office management was heading, and I wanted out.
A few friends had suggested looking into coding. I’m thinking “yeah…sure.” But, as the months went on, I began going to meet-ups. I wanted to see what this “coding thing” was all about. At the end of 2016, I had barely knew what Java was besides the coffee cup (which I also thought was the same as JavaScript). However after a heap of meet-ups, web searches, and asking countless questions of my IT-employed friends, I learned a bit more about coding. And I liked it.
In June of 2017, I began an epic journey. I started down a path notorious for its ups and downs, famous for its highs and lows, resigned myself to a future of frustrated tears and exalted laughter. I signed up for a Coding Bootcamp.
So far, I’ve created multiple web pages, a Powerball number generator, a PyGame, and a lot more.
I don’t actually plan on anyone reading this but, as they say, ‘each journey starts with a single step’ and maybe this will help with my struggles over the next 3 months too. Or not. Are you still reading this? Good for you!! I was also persuaded as I couldn’t figure out these checkboxes in jQuery and stumbled upon an article on medium that helped. So maybe, someone will stumble upon one of my posts after banging their head against their computer for 2 hours and I’ll be able to help them.
